Build it, burn it - and they will come to First Night
on December 29, 2008in Austin (TX) American Statesman/Austin360.comFor artists Dave Umlas and Merrilee Ratcliffe, the satisfaction is in the ephemeral - like 34-foot clock that burns
Burning Man meets Havdallah at synagogue in S.F.
on December 12, 2008in Jewish News Weekly of Northern CaliforniaBurning Man is an example of where young Jews are congregating to express their Judaism in nontraditional settings, Bleyer said. Jews celebrate Shabbat, it's in the middle of the desert and half of them are naked.
'Night Lights' in Scottsdale
on November 17, 2008in Arizona Republic (Phoenix)Mark Lottor, who works in technology and software, introduced his piece Cubatron at the 2004 Burning... The piece consists of thousands of round LED lights programmed to change colors and effects.
Victims of Hurricane Ike Receive Helping Hand in Texas
on November 15, 2008in Construction Equipment GuideRecently, BWB (Burners Without Borders) returned to the Gulf Coast..., Four Seasons Equipment, donated a Hyundai loader and excavator... `We started tearing down houses that afternoon.'
NEXT: Design Industry News That Matters
on November 1, 2008in STEP Inside Design MagazineYou've probably heard the question “Paper or plastic?” so many times at the grocery store, it's stopped having any real meaning. An art project at this year's Burning Man festival might jolt you out of complacency.
Out-of-towners give their time to Sabine Pass residents
on November 1, 2008in The Port Arthur (TX) NewsBased on his reputation, Four Seasons Equipment representatives donated nearly half a million dollars in equipment to a man they'd never met (Richard Scott of BWB) to tear down Sabine Pass structures Hurricane Ike destroyed.
Dry-Ice Martini and Electric Cake
on October 29, 2008in New York TimesMr. Buckley drove his cryogenic ice cream truck (a DHL truck he...converted himself) to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, stocked with every flavoring he could think of... pomegranate syrup, single-malt whiskey, beets...
Solar panels installed on new UNR student union
on October 28, 2008in AP via San Diego Union-TribuneThe University of Nevada, Reno has dedicated new solar panels to provide energy to the Joe Crowley Student Union.... made possible by partnering with Black Rock Solar...
Additional coverage from Alternative Energy Retailer
Creative fire: Charlotte artists join 49,500 at play in Burning Man's bizarre alternative universe
on October 17, 2008in Charlotte ObserverThis is my story of the transformative power of collaborative creativity and what I think it means for the future of our Great Democracy.
Decompression party is for burners and civilians alike - Relive the playa's glory or get your first taste Saturday
on October 14, 2008in Metromix.com Reno EditionHeld all over the world, the parties celebrate the successful burning of The Man... The event also helps to connect the Burning Man to the real world.
Hot hobby: Playing with fire - Performers capturing thrill of fire spinning
on September 30, 2008in Chicago TribuneAs the sun dipped below the horizon, the gathering near Foster Avenue Beach was growing, from dozens to over 100. The fire-handling tools were laid out—chains, metal staffs, even hula hoops.
The Greening of Burning Man
on September 25, 2008in National Geographic Travel MagazineBurning Man has been repeatedly called `counter-culture,' and maybe it is time to take the lessons of that `counter-culture,' and look at the way in which our American culture has lived counter to the environment.
Reader Travelogue: Olive Branch woman soaks up annual Burning Man event
on September 21, 2008in TN)Imagine yourself... underneath a snow globe sky -- huge and magnificent. To your left is the muffled sound of a distant rave beat, to your right is a slow moving 20-foot-tall copper dragon, behind you is a pair of flame jugglers...
Gallery: Burning Man festival heats up
on September 20, 2008in News.com.au/News Limited newspapers (Australia)How I Got Here: At The Helm of Burning Man
on September 17, 2008in The Wall Street JournalDennis Nishi spoke with founder Larry Harvey about how he became the founder and organizer of Burning Man. ...says Mr. Harvey, ‘We're not exactly comparable with other more commercial enterprises.’
The city is missing
on September 9, 2008in Argentina)...pilgrims arriving in vehicles invented for the occasion camped in the desert and celebrate their lives as you want... spontaneous and multiple surrealism... It is a journey to humility. The best therapy.
Burning Man art sprouts up in downtown Reno
on September 7, 2008in Reno Gazette-JournalAn empty lot on the corner of Sierra Street and the Truckee River in downtown Reno has been converted into a coppice of sculptures that originally were exhibited at Burning Man 2007... Eight trees made from recycled materials
related photos at downtownmakeover.com (images 16-19 in gallery)
Photo Essay: Loucura no deserto (original Portugese text)
on September 4, 2008in Expresso (Lisbon, Portugal)Madness in the desert(automated English translation)
49,599 attended Burning Man festival
on September 3, 2008in Reno Gazette-Journal (archivcd by Friends of Black Rock/High Rock)In keeping with the American Dream theme, this year's Burning Man festival featured bigger, badder toys.
added photo essays and blog coverage from Reno Gazette-Journal
HUMMER crashes Burning Man in a big way
on September 2, 2008in Autoblog.comTake a good look at this Hummer replica that towered over the unique individuals who gathered themselves together at the Playa
American Dreamers Run Free at Burning Man
on August 29, 2008in Kat Wade[Burning Man] celebrates that most-American ideal: freedom. Freedom to ride a giant red, white and blue tricycle across the playa; freedom to blow your mind however you want; freedom to traipse around wearing nothing but body paint.
Burning Man pays for NHP troopers
on August 29, 2008in Associated Press (via Tahoe Daily Tribune)...organizers have contracted with the Nevada Highway Patrol to provide a dozen or more extra troopers a day through the weekend to assist motorists and help keep a remote 74-mile stretch of state highway safe.
Burning with anticipation
on August 28, 2008in San Francisco ChronicleAttendees are flocking to the remote festival site known as Black Rock City from all over the world, but the biggest crowds aren't expected until Friday.
additional coverage from San Francisco Chronicle at
Electric kool-aid acid carousel: Artist Anthony Bondi prepares 'Merry Go Down' for Burning Man
on August 28, 2008in Jarret KeeneOnce the sun goes down, the batteries held in steel baskets will trigger the carousel's self-contained lighting. Also, SuperBalls that light up and change color when struck are crammed into large, gridded panels, allowing for a distinct and dynamic post-sunset appearance.
Bright Light, Fake City: Burning Man's own brand of art
on August 27, 2008in Boise (Idaho) WeeklyGreg Briggs...created a DJ-controlled flamethrower that shoots tongues of fire out over a crowd in time with music. By day, this pyrotechnician actually fights fires as a 13-year veteran of the Boise Fire Department.
Burning Man Calling: PhoneCar Roams the Playa
on August 27, 2008in Jeffrey SchwartzHoward Davis wasn't thinking about Burning Man when he tore apart a 1975 Volkswagen Beetle and fashioned a road-worthy ride that looks like a push-button phone from the '80s... and only this year decided to bring the PhoneCar, in part to celebrate his 50th birthday.
Burning Man Art Build 08
on August 25, 2008in TV Free Burning Man - Current TVEvery year thousands of people descend onto Black Rock to build a city in the desert from scratch. And for many of the artists and engineers, the period of set-up before the gates actually open has become the most important part of this yearly event.
More TV Free Burning Man coverage available at Current.com
TV Free Burning Man Coverage
on August 25, 2008in Current.comCurrentTV provided spectacular coverage of Burning Man 2007. The live feed of the burn and other great video pods can be seen here.
Burners Take Festival Far Beyond The Playa
on August 23, 2008in Kristin S. LarsenWhat started as a small group of friends... in 1986 on a San Francisco beach, has exploded into hundreds of regional events and tens of thousands of participants scattered across the globe.
Not your usual summer vacation
on August 22, 2008in Katie ThomsonI simply tell them I'm going camping in the desert in Nevada. This is a true statement. However it doesn't even come close to explaining what I am doing.
from the same author: Back from Burning Man. . . to the default world (Sep 25 2008)
Playa Posh: Luxury Living at Burning Man
on August 19, 2008in Renée DavidsonI discovered some clever options for living large on the playa without leaving a big footprint. Though all three solutions were rather low-tech, none would be accessible to Burners without the internet or open source.
Priming for Burning Man, Flames in Hand
on August 14, 2008in Apr DemboskyFour hours a night, three nights a week, for the last three months, about 80 people have rotated through this basement apartment for craft sessions. None will see the final presentation of their work until it is assembled in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
Art ablaze: Local artists prepare for Burning Man
on August 10, 2008in Geralda MillerThe freedom to express one's creativity also defines the American Dream, and Crimson Rose, managing art director for Burning Man, says it's happening in Reno.. Includes: Damian Janssen.s .Zsu Zsu. David Boyer.s kinetic sculptures and Matthew Welter.s .Hand of Order.
Black Rock Unplugged: Before and after Burning Man, silence fills the ethereally empty landscape
on July 27, 2008in Meredith May, San Francisco ChronicleThe Playa, a dry desert lakebed in northwestern Nevada, is so flat it creates mirages.Black Rock's blank canvas is the essence of its majesty. emigrants from Oregon came through in the 1850's on their way to California looking for gold. leaving deep tracks that are still there.
Mathematical Tourist: A Tetrix at Burning Man
on July 14, 2008in Ivars PetersonMathematician. Gwen Fisher of California Polytechnic [and Paul Brown are building] an adult-sized jungle gym in the form of a Sierpin'ski tetrahedron (or tetrix) for the event. 'Bat Country' will stand 21 feet tall and be built from 384 aluminum baseball bats, and 130 12-inch softballs.
Steam Punks in the Trees
on July 9, 2008in Rachel Swan. to create a piece of vintage fantasy-world architecture using scrap repurposed from the streets of West Oakland. Orlando had, at his disposal, sixty part-time workers, a small grant from Burning Man, and six months
Entertainers enjoy going up in flames
on July 4, 2008in Marla MillerBilled as the premier 'extreme fire show' of the West Michigan lakeshore .Colquitt created West Michigan Burnerz in 2003 after he attended Burning Man
Burned Out on Burning Man: Can the artistic free-for-all go green?
on July 1, 2008in Matthew TaylorEvent organizers had long promoted a 'leave no trace' ethic and ensured that volunteers scrub the desert of the last cigarette, but a chorus of demands for increased environmental responsibility helped motivate last year's eco-theme: Green Man.
Bad Parent: 96 Degrees in the Shade - I took my preschooler to Burning Man.
on June 26, 2008in Kris VagnerBut if you've been a parent for any length of time, you're used to parties raging on without you. .I just felt privileged to be the one showing them that there were adults out there. whose powers of imagination could compete with a three-year-old's.
Nevada Tribe Gets Solar Power From Burning Man
on May 31, 2008in Anon, KTVU.comStudents at a school on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation will get a firsthand lesson... a new solar energy system at Natchez Elementary School in Wadsworth (NV)... built through donated labor from Black Rock Solar.“
Burn, Baby, Burn: Should I bring the kids to Burning Man?
on May 21, 2008in Kris VagnerPeople who believe so strongly in art and fun that they're willing to haul a week's worth of food, water, shelter, and silly clothing out to a barren lakebed in Northern Nevada to share good times with 40,000 strangers. Those were the things – and people – I wanted my kid to see.“
ZeroOne Preview
on May 14, 2008in Gary SinghHudson first displayed Homouroboros at Burning Man last year. the Children's Discovery Museum should provide a perfect downtown San Jose setting for this project, which is simultaneously primeval and technological [yet] simple enough to appeal to those from 1 to 92.
'False Space' residential gallery brings art to life
on April 28, 2008in Mishia TeplitskiyThe exhibition includes an installation by a Dutch artist Daniel Rozenberg called 'Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia.' During his residency at Centraltrak Rozenberg will prepare a much larger model for Nevada's 'Burning Man' festival.
No sugar at this 'tea party' : Annual benefit gives offbeat local artists chance to shine
on April 24, 2008in Laura HawkinsWhat do you get when you combine fire, clowns, good music and children's literature? No, not some kind of terrifying ritual book-burning. It's 'Ms. Spyder's Combustible Tea Party,' .Think of it as a small sliver of Burning Man
Environmental Heroes - Harnessing the Sun: Tom Price
on April 21, 2008in People Magazine
Black Rock Solar... brings solar power - a clean and renewable source of energy - to schools and hospitals in low-income communities
Environmental Graffiti Interview: Tom Price
on April 14, 2008in Robert Knox...if we ...could get volunteers from Burning Man to help build and install [solar power] for not very much wages, then we could build it pretty much for free
Sculptor envisions colorful steel birds for Capitol Hill subway station
on April 4, 2008in Biloxi (MS) Sun HeraldTake a pair of used fighter jets. Rearrange the slices so that each plane curves, like a heron taking flight...That's the vision of Mike Ross, the public-art sculptor for Sound Transit's future underground station at Capitol Hill...[who built] 'Big Rig Jig'.last year for. Burning Man
Burn on the Bayou' showcases Burning Man participants' post-Katrina relief efforts
on March 21, 2008in Daniel TerdimanBurn on the Bayou is a strong film that successfully shows how a large group of people took it upon themselves to run to help communities that were in no position to help themselves.
Tanker, Tanker in the Sky: An artist.s tribute to truck power
on March 1, 2008in Justine IngersollBig Rig Jig [seen at BM 2007] was inspired by a cross-country hitch-hiking tour Ross took with his fiancée, Nicole, years ago. The couple caught the majority of their rides with truck drivers, and Ross found himself fascinated by the people and places he saw along the way.
'Big Rig Jig' artist lands Sound Transit gig
on February 23, 2008in Mike LindblomFor its future Capitol Hill light-rail station, transit officials have hired Mike Ross... whose sculpture of tanker trucks — 'Big Rig Jig' — was a highlight of last year's Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Barbara Luecke, Sound Transit's public-art administrator, said she pursued Ross after she saw 'Big Rig Jig' at Burning Man.
Taking the desert by storm
on January 21, 2008in Joab Jackson..all we could see was a wash of yellowish-orange flying sand and debris. Iraq? No, the 2007 Burning Man arts festival....How does one make a newspaper in the middle of the desert? The enterprise has indeed left a long line of damaged, sandblasted equipment.
Black Rock Solar
on January 16, 2008in Jeremy FaludiEver heard of someone donating a 90-kilowatt solar array? Ever heard of them doing it over and over, and inviting you to help? Meet Black Rock Solar, a child of Burning Man's Black Rock City that plans to make a difference in the rest of the world.
Wi-Fi, Philanthropy, and Solar Power
on January 14, 2008in Amy MayerThe array will wirelessly send information about the wattage currently being generated, ... and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided since the array was installed... a real-life, real-time learning opportunity for the students using the solar power