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Burning Man is a week-long festival with international draw, held annually. The festival dates incorporate the week prior to and including Labor Day weekend (in early September) in the United States. Its current location is on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, at or 90 miles (150 km) north-northeast of Reno. The temporary city (housing 36,500 residents in 2005) is put forth as an experiment in community, radical self expression, and radical self reliance. The culmination of the event is the burning of a large wooden sculpture of a man on Saturday night, the sixth night of the event.
Primary focus of the festival
Participation. Burning Man is held to be a "spectator-free" zone—that is, only participants are allowed. As such, all attendees are ostensibly expected to contribute to the community, but the nature of this participation is left up to each individual, and in reality some spectators are present with cameras in hand.
Arts and crafts are featured, particularly outsider art and visionary art. Creative expression through the arts is encouraged at Burning Man. Large-scale art installations, theme camps, music, performance, and guerrilla street theatre are amongst the most common art forms shared at Burning Man. Sculptures and interactive installations are generally placed on the playa, in the open space surrounding the Man. Many are along specific art-walk pathways that lead to and from the central Burning Man complex, while others are scattered throughout the open playa. The largest and most active public theme camps are generally clustered on the Esplanade, Black Rock City's inner circle "main street." The Burning Man Opera was a significant interactive community performance that ran for over four consecutive years. Most recently, the ritual burning of David Best's temple projects have rivaled the burning of the central Burning Man complex in community significance and popularity. The ornately designed, three story high temple buildings borrow from Southeast Asian and Balinese architecture, and are used as repositories for the memories of deceased loved ones. A few years ago, local law enforcement objected to a gay-themed art installation at a camp called "Jiffy Lube." The art was moved to a more private area of the camp, giving rise to charges of censorship and homophobia from a number of quarters. *
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um, @joshkornbluth: I think your version of Burning Man is generally referred to as "San Francisco"
cianna (Cianna Stewart) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:52 -0000
um, @joshkornbluth: I think your version of Burning Man is generally referred to as "San Francisco"
If Burning Man were nice and cool, with comfortable bathrooms and maybe a bookstore café, I would be SO there every year.
joshkornbluth (Josh Kornbluth) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:28:40 -0000
If Burning Man were nice and cool, with comfortable bathrooms and maybe a bookstore café, I would be SO there every year.
RT @TurnSocial A CEO's Dilemma - Should I Take my Burning Man Pics off Facebook? http://bit.ly/1OBln4
BillNigh (Bill Nigh) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:21:28 -0000
RT @TurnSocial A CEO's Dilemma - Should I Take my Burning Man Pics off Facebook? http://bit.ly/1OBln4
Great read re socialmedia strategy RT @jpenti: ...Should I Take My Burning Man Pics off Facebook? http://bit.ly/4ii3zk. I'd go case by case.
hannuvangsgaard (Hannu Vangsgaard) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:05:47 -0000
Great read re socialmedia strategy RT @jpenti: ...Should I Take My Burning Man Pics off Facebook? http://bit.ly/4ii3zk. I'd go case by case.
boiler exploded at work, was awesome, rattled the place. used to explosions at Burning Man so kept working until the fire alarm went off :D
runningtony (runningtony) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:56:50 -0000
boiler exploded at work, was awesome, rattled the place. used to explosions at Burning Man so kept working until the fire alarm went off :D
WI. Wis. man convicted of beating, burning baby girl: SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A 20-year-old Sheboygan man a.. http://tinyurl.com/ybc2yg9
LaCrosseTribune (LaCrosse Tribune) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:50:15 -0000
WI. Wis. man convicted of beating, burning baby girl: SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A 20-year-old Sheboygan man a.. http://tinyurl.com/ybc2yg9
The Burning Man Project - Official site, with the essential survival guide, a guide for first-timers, message boards, information about volunteering, city ordinances, art installations, theme camps and villages, press kit, and ticket sales.
Meta Description: [ Burning Man is an annual art festival and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. ]
Beer Piss, Piss Beer - Site made at Burning Man '01, pokes fun at the community rules and hatred.
Meta Description: [ Piss Beer is a Zine made at Burning Man ]
BurninBabes.Com - A sisterhood born from fire, bent on stretching imagination and breaking rules
Burning Man Radio Frequency Assignments - A list of station names and frequencies assigned.
BurningMan Is Dead - Rants against the management of Burning Man, an amusing collection of hate mail, and deconstruction of official propaganda.
How to Get Laid at Burning Man - It's easy, just don't be a Yahoo.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Yahoo Education Pamphlet, How to get laid at Burning Man. It's easy, just don't be a Yahoo. ]
PlayaChicken.com - This rubber chicken travels the playa collecting stories and images from those she meets. Also a collection of Burning Man images from 1996 to 2000 (many transferred from the peterman.org site).
Stop Burningman - Activist/political site to make people aware of the related environmental degradation, poor land management and policy decisions from regional government groups.
That Guy's Burning Man - Photos, writing, and QuickTime VR panoramas from trips to the festival.
Meta Description: [ Burning Man photos, writing, and QuickTime VR panoramas from trips to the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. ]
The Black Rock Rangers - Citizens of Black Rock City who volunteer their time to facilitate the safety and well-being of others. Reasons for being a ranger, how to apply, events calendar, survival guide, resources and community information.
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