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It’s the Art, Stupid
It seems that, behind every weary merchant visiting the oasis with a caravan of treasures to gift, is a team of Sherpas to wipe their ass. According to the New York Times, the rich people of Burning...
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2014 Mutant Vehicles
Outside Online has a gallery of art cars from Caravansary. What were your favorites? From outsideonline (photos by Nick Kelley): “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle” – Irina Dunn Gonkirin...
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The Way I Won Burning Man
If you didn’t win it, you’re doing it wrong. Check out this promo video for Hangover Pictures, by B3BR: Filed under: Burner Stories Tagged: 2014, art, art cars, art projects, arts, city, event,...
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El Pulp-Doh!
The Lost Coast Outpost has some very exciting news about everyone’s favorite art car, El Pulpo Mecanico: Local artist, kineticist and LoCOcoaster scribbler Duane Flatmo has been on something of a...
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First “Simpsons Go To Burning Man” Images
The Simpsons go to Burning Man this Sunday, November 16 at 8pm on FOX. The name of the episode is “Blazed and Confused”, and it guest stars Willem Dafoe as a Scarface-like teacher, and art cars Dusty...
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FishTank: Behind The Art
Dr Andy Levy talks about the “miles of smiles” inspiration behind his Fish Tank art cars, which are notable for being designed to be totally open. Hop-on, rock-on. Like Fish Tank on Facebook, and...
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Dream Big, Or Go Home
So far the most exciting announcement about Burning Man 2015 is not the $800 VIP tickets, or the “chumps and suckers” circus theme…it’s Big Imagination, who are going to bring a 747 Jumbo Jet as their...
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Weapon of Mass Instruction
Here’s a great idea for an art car that could be used in the real world to spread the mission of The Burning Man Project. I think it would be more effective than panel discussions preaching to the...
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Jonas Brother Latest Celeb to Ride Burning Man Wave
Nick Jonas’ latest video is South Beach meets Burning Man, in particular featuring hardcore Burner artist Yarrow Mazzetti’s much loved art cars the Lady Buggies. Paparazzi site X17Online says: We feel...
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Dancetronauts: Too Loud For Burning Man? [Updates]
The Dancetronauts Strip Ship is one of the most popular art cars at Burning Man. The vehicle rises vertically on a scissor lift, and shimmers with a rainbow wall of LEDs. The entire thing is a giant...
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Burners Inspire The New Fight Club
Way back in the early years of this blog, we brought you news of the ultimate art car: Kuratas. A 4-ton, 13-foot tall, $1.3 million art robot, made in Japan. [Kogoro Kurata, Kuratas Robot Designer]:...
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$5000 for a Ride on an Art Car?
In the past, some Art Cars have turned to Kickstarter and IndieGogo campaigns to raise money for their Burn. An obvious perk is “ride on the car”; a larger one would be “use the whole car for a night...
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Is This The New New Thing?
Larry’s expression when Kucinich asks “what about your humanity?” I have just stumbled across youtube.com/burningman. Sure, there have always been plenty of YouTube videos about Burning Man – earning...
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Burning Man Creates Dance Music Zone [Update]
BMOrg have created a new area for art cars with Level 3 sound systems called the Dance Music Zone (DMZ). A mile from The Man, between 10:30-11:15 & K. They will be setting up portapotties at each...
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Mutant Vehicle Sound Policy and DJ Lineups: The Update
“Stereo! That spells trouble – another all night rave!” The new and improved (?) Mutant Vehicle Sound Policy – starring the Dance Music Zone – has been posted at ePlaya (thanks JV). Loud Art Cars can...
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Vegas Halloween Parade Cancelled by Burning Man Attache
For the last 5 years, tens of thousands of residents of Las Vegas have enjoyed the annual Halloween Parade. This has featured Burner art cars like Dancetronauts Strip Ship, and has been linked to a...
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Burners Ascending to Prominence in the Art World
Art Basel in Miami is coming up in a couple of weeks (Dec 3-6). Many Burners love to attend this event, and more and more Burner artists are exhibiting their work there. In 2015, there will be 267...
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Art Cars: Now Chosen by Curators
Image: M & R Photography, Flickr (Creative Commons) Over at eplaya, Trilobyte has posted the new rules for Mutant Vehicles. Have a cool art car? That’s no longer enough. In order to bring it, the...
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Radical Inclusion Party Foul
A guest post by Mayor of the Techno Ghetto Terbo Ted TerboLizard, the founder of doof at Burning Man. Ever wonder why there are thousands of massively popular raves in the world, and yet the Cacophony...
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Why We Burn: Heavy Meta
(Returning to my Why We Burn series, I wanted to cast the spotlight on Heavy Meta, a majority woman-built/non-American Art Car that will be hitting Hyperborea (a new Ontario Regional Burn) and the...
View Article. . .Are Condemned to Repeat It
by Whatsblem the Pro Ah, the sugary cloy of kool-aid. We tend to get a lot of comments when we criticize the corporation that runs Burning Man, and our recent article calling for the Board of Directors...
View ArticleAdult Supervision: BRAF Throws a Hoe-Down
by Whatsblem the Pro The internal workings of the Black Rock Arts Foundation are a little bit of a mystery to us here at Burners.me, and given that the BRAF’s Board of Directors includes most of the...
View ArticleBurning Man: Love It or Leave It?
by Whatsblem the Pro When people start talking about the negative aspects of Burning Man – whether they offer solutions or not – it’s a good bet that others will cite the inevitability of change, and...
View ArticleReturn of the Yak
I might not be at Burning Man next year. Yes yes, I know, the gnashing of teeth, the weeping of women, the wailing of virgins, et al. I’m sworn to secrecy on the details (for reasons nothing to do with...
View ArticleHipsters, Scenesters, Twerkers, Lend Me Your Bunny Ears
Scenester TV has done an episode featuring Burning Man 2013. It’s big on the blinky lights, but not so much on the in-depth analysis or factual accuracy. It’s all in good fun though, there are some...
View ArticleArt Car for Sale: Island Oasia
Want your own Art Car? This beauty could be yours for a mere $3400 ($4400 with trailer). 80,000 miles on the clock. It’s been playa tested! We had a great year with our Alien Oasis. Has a stereo,...
View ArticleThe Old Bait-n-Switch
Scribe got the scoop of the year this year, with the news that Burning Man is charging $150,000 for Vogue photo shoots, and profiting from DVD and soundtrack sales from their movie Spark: A Burning Man...
View ArticleCars of Cargo Cult
Barnorama has published a nice selection of the Art Cars of Burning Man 2013. It’s by no means definitive (no Mayan Warrior!), but there’s some great examples on display. See their whole collection here.
View ArticleIce Ice Baby [Updates]
Maybe BMOrg thought that selling gifting scarves for $150 wouldn’t raise any eyebrows in the Burner community. Comments to our recent post Burning Man Project Now Selling Merchandise suggest otherwise....
View ArticlePlaya Chicken Madness
Just came across this video of Burning Man 2012, from Scenester TV. It’s got something in here for all the haters: Playa chickens, Segways, Playa chickens on Segways, tribal headdresses, glitter,...
View ArticleThe Theme is Caravans, but Don’t Bring One
They’ve finally announced 2014’s theme: “Caravansary” For countless centuries, travelers along the Silk Route crossed paths in caravansaries, a network of oases and sanctuaries that dotted the...
View ArticleMusic of Cargo Cult Camp Compendium [Updates]
I’m no librarian, but I’m in a good mood today because I got my visa and I’m… So this one’s for all the ravers, all the players, all the player haters, all the lovers, and all the Burners. A round-up …...
View ArticleIntergalactic Journey
This video of Cargo Cult is beautifully shot by Gilles Bonugli in Hi-Def, featuring drone footage too. Enjoyable and only a few minutes long. Credits: FILM + EDIT : GILLES BONUGLI KALI/AUDIENCE33...
View Article2014 Deadlines
We know Burning Man used to have the rule “no spectators”. Today, this has been subsumed into the 10 Principles as “radical self-expression”. If you want to participate rather than spectate, then you...
View ArticleSheriff Reserves Right to Protect Kids
Guy Farmer of Carson City is a long-time critic of Burning Man. Recently in Nevada Appeal – the Lahontan Valley news – he shared his opinion about Burning Man’s “staring contest” with Pershing County....
View ArticleNew at Burners.Me: Cartoons!
Just like Burning Man, we’re taking it to another level on the Web this year. We’re pleased to welcome Christopher as our resident cartoonist, helping spread joy to the world of Burners We asked him...
View ArticleBlinky Lights – the Next Level
So, you can make LEDs light up and change color. Maybe you can even make propane shoot out in a flame. What comes next? How about some of these ideas? Chemical reactions…let’s take it to the next...
View ArticleEl Pulpo Maker oh!
Goli Mohammadi has a story about El Pulpo Mechanico over at online maker movement zine Make:. It was just in San Francisco at the World Maker Faire, did you see it? It’s interesting to see El Pulpo in...
View ArticleDancetronauts Rock Electric Daisy Carnival
Thatdrop brings us a report on Burner favorites Dancetronauts appearance at last weekend’s Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas. And it sounds like they got an A+ : The Dancetronauts brought the...
View ArticleSo Ridiculous It’s Cool
The Atlantic has a story about a giant brain made out of steel, that will be hooked up to a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine. Parts of the brain will light up, to “teach us” how brains work. Now if...
View ArticleYou Think You Made That Art Car? It’s Ours [Updates]
Recent events have brought the intertwined issues of insurance and liability into the spotlight, like never before. First, the Temple plan for this year collapsed. The artist claimed the main reason...
View ArticleAnd The New Thing To Buy On The Playa Is…
FUEL! We’ve been calling for it to be opened up to the general population, and now it has – somewhat. Black Rock City has a gas station for Mutant Vehicles, and a fuel delivery service for generators....
View ArticleSusan Sarandon Talks Burning Man, Bowie and Brownies
Last year my Burgin sister and I watched the Cargo Cult burn from on top of BalanceVille, an art car sleigh that raises 52 feet in the air with a scissor lift. Next to us, with a small blinky light in...
View ArticleSoul Train
Our cartoonist Christopher has graciously shared his art with us- thanks, Christopher! He’s so humble that he didn’t even ask us for help with his Indiegogo campaign to help upgrade the Soul Train....
View ArticleDeep Space Embrace
One of the big events at Caravansary is going to happen at Embrace, an 80-foot high statue of two figures embracing. Dancetronauts are organizing “Deep Space Embrace”, which promises to be one of the...
View ArticlePlaya Pirate Radio List
Thanks to Sick Dog from Ohm Kamp, a new camp this year at 10 & D, for this unofficial list of unofficial stations. There are 30 on the dial so far. If you have any more, please comment. The...
View ArticleHelp Fuel the Dancetronauts
Dancetronauts are running an Indiegogo campaign to help them purchase the fuel and propane needed to bring the popular Strip Ship out to the Playa. There are 11 days left to go in the campaign, and...
View Article2014 Music Lineups [Updates]
Some information is coming out about the musical talent that will be gifted to you for free by generous Burners this year. Keep checking this page because we will update it. If you have more...
View ArticleWhat Dreams May Come – Part I
When superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold announced the 2014 lineup at White Ocean, I was over the moon – even though I’m not at Burning Man this year. We declared it “victory for ravers”. It seems...
View ArticleCaravansary – First Impressions
Burners are trickling back from the Playa, and reporting on some of the shenanigans. Marsea: Just spoke to my friends who are fresh off the playa. An amazing burning time was had by all. They didn’t...
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