An Architect In Support of An Artist
The Temple of Descendants is no more. Here is the project organizer Ross Asseslstine, talking about the engineering and architecture that goes into the Temple design, less than a month ago. Ironically,...
View ArticleSouk On This!
Burning Man have launched “souk.burningman.com”, written by Larry Harvey. If this is a glimpse of where they are going artistically with their new web site, then I like it. They’ve also started a...
View Article2014 Art Grant Winners Announced
The man burns in less than 90 days. To help us get excited, BMOrg have finally announced the 2014 Honorarium Art Grant winners. The delay this year may be related to the Temple shenanigans. In the...
View ArticleEmbrace Embrace
Embrace is going ahead – and looking for a home after Burning Man. Unlike the Temple design they were initially pitching for, now they are building art that can survive to be enjoyed by others outside...
View ArticleBELIEVE In Reno
Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg’s massive word sculptures are a popular fixture at Burning Man. Now, Reno residents and visitors can enjoy last year’s “BELIEVE”, which has moved from the Playa to the...
View ArticleCatch Up On Some Light Reading
Reno’s KTVN 2 news brings us a story about the Library of Babel, which is taking shape at The Generator in Sparks, NV. It will be 50 feet across and 45 feet tall, with silk screening based on Muslim...
View ArticleTemples, Temples, Everywhere…
Inhabitat is one of my favorite Internet sites. They’ve just featured Burning Man – specifically, the Hayam Sun Temple designed by British architecture student Josh Haywood. This might give David...
View ArticleBig Art That Will Blow Your Mind
Fest300 have published a story on some of this year’s larger art installations. We’ve covered some of these already: Embrace Embrace Temples, Temples, Everywhere Temple Deal Falls Through 2014 Art...
View ArticleSoma Showcases Burner Culture on the Embarcadero
SFist tells us about a new Big Art installation on Pier 14. Soma was made by the Flaming Lotus Girls, and debuted at Burning Man in 2009. Bizarrely, Pier 14 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero is just to...
View ArticlePosties Go Postal!
A Nevada postie travelled back from the future to chastise us for promoting this young up-start: Just reading an article you have here on Nick Farr’s Playa Postal Union. This confuses me! He says it’s...
View ArticleCollected Wisdom of Burners
Paul Duane had an interesting project at Cargo Cult. He asked Burners to distill their wisdom down into 3 key points then photographed them. Here are some of the results. From PaulDuane.Net, hope we...
View ArticleBMOrg Announces ASS Project
And they really need your help. This time, they’re not asking for a donation. Just, if you’re gonna get free schwag at Burning Man, accept it in the form of gifts from Burners only: don’t take any of...
View ArticleDigital Face Painting
Slashgear brings us a story of pushing the technology envelope: Projecting computer graphics onto buildings or rooms to make them digitally come alive isn’t new, but how about if your canvas is a...
View ArticleSt Art Ups Posing as Playa Art [Update]
Burner Anarchist Jim has brought this to our attention: An interesting tidbit that might be worth a blog post… the Honorarium art piece Dreambox, is a front for a startup called Dreamus. They’ve got a...
View ArticleCrank Out Some Dope Beats
“Beats. Phat beats. Dope beats. Dirty beats. Clean beats. Killer beats. Mad beats. Everyone loves beats. Then there’s the drop. Folks just love the drop…I suppose some may love the drop more than the...
View ArticleEmbrace Environmental Sustainability
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/52028165 The burn starts at 6:45. That blue stuff looks gnarly – glue? Interesting that they burned it in the day time. Looking at the stream now, it is whiteout...
View Article2014 Photos
Thanks to all the photographic artists who helped to capture the images of Burning Man 2014 to share with the community. If you have a photo collection you’d like to be listed here, please add it to...
View Article7 Notable Designs
Interior Design has some highlights from 2014. Words from http://www.interiordesign.net/articles/detail/36380-7-design-highlights-at-burning-man-2014 Burning Man is a giant canvas…It’s easy to see...
View ArticleImpossible Light
A documentary about the Bay Lights is premiering later this month in the NYC area. Created by Burning Man Director – and Disorient founder – Leo Villareal, the $8 million Bay Lights Project is the...
View ArticleJunk ‘n Funk In The Trunk
Ace Junkyard, “an unlikely epicenter of San Francisco’s industrial, mechanical, kinetic, maker and artist community” which has played a big, behind-the-scenes role in supporting Burner art projects, is...
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