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Burning Man
Burning Man is an eight-day-long annual festival that takes place in Black
Rock City, a temporary city on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada,
90 miles (150 km) north-northeast of Reno, ending on the American Labor Day
holiday in September. The event is described by organizers as an experiment
in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance[1] and
takes its name from the ritual of burning a large wooden sculpture of a man
on the sixth day. The event is organized by Black Rock City, LLC, under the
guidance of founder Larry Harvey. In 2007, 47,097 people participated in The
Burning Man Project.
History
1986 to 1989
The annual event now known as Burning Man began on the summer solstice in
1986 when Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and a few friends met on Baker Beach in
San Francisco and burned an eight-foot- (2.4-meter-) tall wooden man as well
as a smaller wooden dog. The inspiration for burning these effigy figures
has been shrouded in mystery by Harvey, who described it as a spontaneous
act of radical self-expression. Sculptor Mary Grauberger, a friend of
Harvey's girlfriend Janet Lohr, had held art-party gatherings on Baker Beach
on or about the summer solstice for several years prior to 1986, and the
burning of sculpture was a central theme. In addition to the burning of
sculpture, a key ingredient to the pre-Burning Man gatherings was the fact
that Baker Beach is a cove area frequented by nudists.
Harvey attended some of the pre-Burning Man gatherings on Baker Beach, and
when Grauberger stopped holding her parties, Harvey picked up the torch and
ran with it, so to speak. Harvey asked Jerry James to build the first
eight-foot (2.4-meter) wooden effigy with him, which was much smaller and
more crudely made than the neon figure featured in the current ritual. In
1987, the effigy had grown to almost fifteen feet (4.6 m) tall, and in 1988
it grew to around forty feet (12 m).
For Harvey, the use of wood in building the man had symbolic significance
and was a critical part of the ritual; also, he swears that he did not see
the movie The Wicker Man until many years later, so it played no part in his
inspiration. Accordingly, rather than allow the name "Wicker Man" to become
the name of the ritual, he started using the name "Burning Man."[2]
1990 to 1999
The event grew quickly, moving from Baker Beach in San Francisco to the
Black Rock Desert of Nevada in 1990 after the burn scheduled for the summer
solstice was shut down by police. After striking a deal to raise the Man but
not to burn it on the beach, event organizers disassembled the effigy and
returned it to a vacant lot where it had been stored. Shortly thereafter,
the legs and torso of the Man were chain-sawed and the pieces removed when
the lot was unexpectedly leased as a parking lot. The effigy was then
reconstructed, led by Dan Miller, Harvey's then house-mate of many years.
The Man found his new home in conjunction with the already scheduled
Cacophony event sponsored by John Law and Kevin Evans, "Zone Trip #4" in the
other worldly, remote and largely unknown, Black Rock desert.
As the event has grown, one of the challenges faced by the organizers has
been balancing the freedom of participants with the requirements of various
land-management and law-enforcement groups. Over the years, numerous
restrictions have been put in place, such as bans on fireworks, firearms,
dogs, and driving non-art cars. A notable restriction to attendees is the
7-mile- (11-km-) long temporary plastic fence which surrounds the event and
defines the pentagon of land used by the event on the southern edge of the
Black Rock playa. This 4-foot- (1.2-meter-) high barrier is known as the
"trash fence" because its initial use was to catch wind blown debris that
may escape from campsites during the event. Since 1998, the playa beyond
this fence is not available to "burners" (Burning Man participants) during
the week of the event.
2000 to present
In January 2007, John Law announced that he would be pursuing Michael Mikel
and Larry Harvey in a bid to make Burning Man and its trademarks a part of
the public domain.[3][4]
Timeline of the event
Statistics shown below illustrate the growth of the Burning Man event.[5]
(Note: The man has remained close to 40 feet (12 meters) tall since 1989.
The height and structure of the base have changed; thus the following
referenced height figures are misleading.)
Year Height from ground to top of Man Location Participants Theme Notes
1986 8 ft (2.4 m) Baker Beach, San Francisco 20 None Larry Harvey & Jerry
James build & burn wooden man on Baker Beach on the summer solstice.
1987 20 ft (6 m) Baker Beach 80 None
1988 30 ft (10 m) Baker Beach 150-200 None
1989 40 ft (12 m) Baker Beach 300+ None First listing of the Burning Man
event in the Cacophony Society newsletter.
1990 40 ft (12 m) Baker Beach / Black Rock Desert, Nevada 500 / 90 None
Figure erected at Baker Beach on Summer Solstice (June 21) but not burned.
Labor Day weekend becomes the date the event is held in the Black Rock
Desert, Nevada.
1991 40 ft (12 m) Black Rock Desert 250 None First year of neon on the man.
1992 40 ft (12 m) Black Rock Desert 600 None
1993 40 ft (12 m) Black Rock Desert 1,000 None
1994 40 ft (12 m) Black Rock Desert 2,000 None
1995 40 ft (12 m) Black Rock Desert 4,000 Good and Evil Encampment becomes
known as Black Rock City.
1996 48 ft (15 m) Black Rock Desert 8,000 The Inferno Theme featuring
Dante's Inferno/HELCO. First year the man is elevated on a strawbale
pyramid. Guns banned. First fatality (motorcycle collision)
1997 50 ft (15 m) Hualapai Playa 10,000 Fertility Driving banned. First year
the city has grid streets. 3 campers killed when drunk driver drives over
their tent.
1998 52 ft (16 m) Black Rock Desert 15,000 Nebulous Entity Forms its first
management structure, fund-raises and becomes solvent.
1999 54 ft (17 m) Black Rock Desert 23,000 Wheel of Time Listed in the AAA's
RV guide under "Great Destinations."
2000 54 ft (17 m) Black Rock Desert 25,400 The Body First active law
enforcement activity, 60 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and police arrests
and citations. Most are for minor drug charges following surveillance and
searches
2001 70 ft (22 m) Black Rock Desert 25,659 Seven Ages See Seven Ages of Man.
Over 100 BLM citations, 5 arrests
2002 80 ft (24 m) Black Rock Desert 28,979 The Floating World First year for
FAA approved airport. 135 BLM citations, 4 Sheriff citations
2003 79 ft (24 m) Black Rock Desert 30,586 Beyond Belief Dogs are banned for
the first time. 177 BLM citations, 9 police citations, 10 arrests, 1
fatality (Woman crushed by art car).
2004 80 ft (24 m) Black Rock Desert 35,664 The Vault of Heaven BLM: 218
citations, some issued from decoy 'art car', Camps giving away alcohol
subjected to state law compliance examinations and 1 arrest. Pershing County
Sheriff's office: 27 cases, 4 arrests, 2 citations. Nevada Highway Patrol: 2
DUI arrests, 217 citations, and 246 warnings were issued.
2005 72 ft (22 m) Black Rock Desert 35,567 Psyche The Man can be turned by
participants. BLM: 218 and 6 arrests.
2006 Height unknown. Black Rock Desert 38.989 Hope and Fear: The Future The
Man goes up and down reflecting a hope/fear meter. BLM: 155 citations and 1
arrest. Pershing County Sheriff's office: 1 citation and 7 arrests. Nevada
Highway Patrol: 234 citations, 17 arrests, and 213 warnings.
2007 Height unknown. Black Rock Desert 47,097 The Green Man The Man set on
fire around 2:58 in the morning on Tuesday 8/28, during a full Lunar
eclipse. Paul Addis arrested and charged with arson. Crews scramble to
rebuild as reported from BRC's Radio.[6] A Burning Man participant from
Colorado committed suicide. The man was found dead the morning of August 30,
hanging from the inside of a two-story high tent within the Comfort & Joy
camp. The suicide is the festival's first in its 21 year history. [7]
2008 Height TBD. Black Rock Desert TBD American Dream
The event has changed considerably as it has grown from a small handful of
people on a beach in San Francisco to over 47,000 people attending the event
in 2007. The scale of the event has increased enormously, and Black Rock
City, LLC has in turn become more structured.
Black Rock City is not considered a Census-designated place according to the
United States Census Bureau. If it were, 2000 event attendance would have
placed it between Carson City and Pahrump, making it the 7th largest city in
the state of Nevada at the time. Since then, Paradise, Sunrise Manor, and
Spring Valley (all suburbs of Las Vegas) experienced proportionally larger
population growths than the rest of the state, pushing Black Rock City to
the 10th largest city in Nevada according to 2004 census estimates (still
between Carson City and Pahrump).[8]
Principles
Because of the variety of goals fostered by participatory attendees, Burning
Man does not have a single focus. Features of the event are subject to the
participants and include community, artwork, absurdity, decommodification,
and revelry. Participation is encouraged, and being a spectator is
discouraged.[9] The Burning Man event is governed by the 10 principles of
Burning Man, which are radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification,
radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic
responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy.[10]
Gifting
Instead of cash, event participants are encouraged to rely on a gift
economy, a sort of potlatch. In the earliest days of the event, an
underground barter economy also existed, in which burners exchanged material
goods and/or "favors" with each other. While this was originally supported
by the Burning Man Organization, this now is largely discouraged by the
event organizers. A gift should be given unconditionally. Often the giver
benefits more than the recipient. [11]
Decommodification
With the exception of the following items, no cash transactions are
permitted in accordance with the principles of Burning Man:[12]
* Café beverages (coffee, chai, lemonade, etc.) are sold at Center Camp[13];
the money raised offsets the cost of the coffee.
* Ice is available for purchase at three places in the city: "Camp Arctica"
in Center Camp, "Ice Cubed" at the 3 o'clock portal, and "Ice-9" at the 9
o'clock portal. Ice vendors are open Monday through Sunday from 9 am to 6
pm, and Labor Day Monday from 9 am to Noon [14] Ice sales benefit the local
Gerlach-Empire school system. Bags of crushed ice (7 pounds) are available
for $3 per bag, or $15 for 6 bags (buy 5, get one free). Solid block ice (10
pounds) is also available.
* Admission tickets,[15] though most attendees purchase tickets in advance
at select stores or via the Burning Man ticket website.
* Tickets for the shuttle bus to the nearest Nevada communities of Gerlach
and Empire, operated via a contract with Green Tortoise. As of 2006, the
tickets were $5. Participants must be clothed and sober to board the
bus.[16]
Volunteering
The Burning Man event is heavily dependent on a large number of volunteers.
Many of these participants happily donate their time and energy to assure
the event's continued survival. [17]
Art
Art on the playa is assisted by the Artery, which helps artists place their
art in the desert and ensures lighting (to prevent accidental collisions),
burn-platform (to protect the integrity of the dry lake bed), and
fire-safety requirements are met.[18]
Since 1995, a different theme has been created, ostensibly by Larry Harvey,
for each year's event. For 2006 the theme was Hope and Fear[19] and for 2007
it was The Green Man.[20] It determines to some extent the design of the Man
(although his design and construction, while evolutionary, has remained
relatively unchanged) and especially the structure on which he stands (an
Observatory for "Vault of Heaven," a Lighthouse for "The Floating World").
These themes also greatly affect the designs participants employ in their
artworks, costumes, camps and vehicles.[21]
Burning Man primarily features outsider art and visionary art, though a
great variety of art forms are presented during the event. Creative
expression through the arts and interactive art are encouraged at Burning
Man. Numerous Theme Camps, registered and placed by the LLC, are created as
event and residence centers by sizable sub-communities of participants and
use extensive design and artistic elements to engage the greater community
and meet the LLC's interactivity requirements. Music, performance, and
guerrilla street theatre are art forms commonly presented within the camps
and developed areas of the city. Adjacent to the city, the dry lake bed of
Lake Lahontan serves as a tabula rasa for hundreds of isolated artworks,
ranging from small to very large-scale art installations, often sculptures
with kinetic, electronic, and fire elements.
Artwork is generally viewed as a gift the artist makes to the community,
although art grants are available to participants from the LLC via a system
of curation and oversight, with application deadlines early in the year.
Grants are intended to help artists produce work beyond the scope of their
own means, and are generally intended to cover only a portion of the costs
associated with creation of the pieces, usually requiring considerable
reliance on an artist's community resources. Aggregate funding for all
grants varies depending on the number and quality of the submissions
(usually well over 100) but amounts to several percent (on the order of
$500,000 in recent years) of the gross receipts from ticket sales. In 2006,
29 pieces were funded.
Various standards regarding the nature of the artworks eligible for grants
are set by the Art Department of the LLC, but compliance with the theme and
interactivity are important considerations. This funding has fostered
artistic communities, most notably in the Bay Area of California, the region
that has historically provided a majority of the event's participants. There
are active and successful outreach efforts to enlarge the regional scope of
the event and the grant program. Among these is the Black Rock Arts
Foundation (BRAF).
While BRAF does not fund any installations for the event itself, it relies
on the donations from the LLC for a significant portion of its funding, and
does facilitate presentation of work created for the event in outside venues
as well as offering its own grants for artworks that typify interactivity
and other principles and traditions the event.
Mutant vehicles
Mutant Vehicles are vehicles, often motorized, that are purpose-built, or
more commonly, creatively altered cars and trucks, and an art form at
Burning Man. Participants who wish to bring motorized art cars or Mutant
Vehicles must submit their designs in advance to the event's own DMV or
"Department of Mutant Vehicles” for approval and for physical inspection at
the time of the event. Vehicles that are unsafe, minimally altered, and/or
whose primary function is to transport participants are discouraged or
rejected. Some particularly interesting vehicles include: giant motorized
muffins, a yellow submarine, (nearly identical to "Yellow Submarine" album
picture), and many things not easily described.[22]
Temples
In addition to the burning of the Man, the burning of a temple has become an
activity at the event. David Best's temple projects were ritually burned
from 2000 to 2004. [23]
In 2005, Best stepped aside to allow for another artist, Mark Grieve, to
build his own interpretation of a temple.[24] Grieve's temples were seen in
both 2005 and 2006. However, in 2007 David Best took over the temple
building duties for one last time. Best has stated that it is time to hand
the temple over to the community. [25]
Black Rock City
Black Rock City, often abbreviated to BRC, is the name of the temporary
urban phenomenon created by Burning Man participants. Much of the layout and
general city infrastructure is constructed by Department of Public Works (DPW)
volunteers who often reside in Black Rock city for several weeks before and
after the event. The remainder of the city including theme camps, art
installations and individual camping, are all created by participants each
year.
City planning
The developed part of the city is currently arranged as series of concentric
streets in an arc composing, since 1999, two-thirds of a 1.5 mile (2.4 km)
diameter circle (resembling the layout of Poverty Point or Seaside, Florida)
with the Man Sculpture and his supporting complex at the very center ( [show
location on an interactive map] 40°46′9.48″N, 119°13′12.36″W in 2007).
Radial streets, sometimes called Avenues, extend from the Man to the
outermost circle. The outlines of these streets are visible on aerial
photographs.
The innermost street is named the Esplanade, and the remaining streets are
given names to coincide with the overall theme of the burn, and ordered in
ways such as alphabetical order or stem to stern, to make them easier to
recall. In 1999, for the "Wheel of Time" theme, and again in 2004 for the
"The Vault of Heaven" theme, the streets were named after the planets of the
solar system. The radial streets are usually given a clock designation (for
example, "6:00, 6:15"), in which the Man is at the center of the clock face
and 12:00 is in the middle of the third of the arc lacking streets. These
avenues have been identified in other ways, notably in the 2002, in
accordance with "The Floating World" theme as the degrees of a compass (for
example, "180, 175 degrees") and in 2003 as part of the Beyond Belief theme
as adjectives ("Rational, Absurd") that caused every intersection with a
concentric street (named after concepts of belief such as "Authority,
Creed") to form a phrase such as "Absurd Authority" or "Rational Creed".
However, these proved unpopular with participants due to difficulty in
navigating the city without the familiar clock layout.
Center Camp
Center Camp is located along the midline of BRC, facing the Man at the 6:00
position on the Esplanade, and serves as a central meeting place for the
entire city. It is also the only place within in Black Rock City where
things can officially be purchased with money - though only drinks from the
Center Camp Cafe and ice from Camp Arctica.
Villages and theme camps
Villages and theme camps are located along the innermost streets of Black
Rock City, often offering entertainment or a service to the temporary
residents.[26]
Theme camps are usually a collective of people representing themselves under
a single identity. Villages are usually a collection of smaller theme camps
which have banded together in order to share resources and vie for better
placement.
The Burning Man community
Self-expression
The event promotes self-expression, and participants express themselves in a
variety of ways. The event is clothing-optional and public nudity is common,
though not practiced by the majority.[27][28]
Burning Man and the environment
"Leave No Trace" policy
Participants are encouraged to Leave No Trace of their visit to Black Rock
City. Burning Man takes place in the middle of an uninhabited large desert
playa. Participants are told to be very careful not to contaminate the playa
with litter (commonly known as MOOP, or "matter out of place"). In addition,
while fire is a primary component of many art exhibits and events, materials
must be burned on burn platforms. At one time, burning was allowed to take
place directly on the ground of the playa, but the formation of burn scars
was observed.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which maintains the desert, has very
strict requirements for the event. These stipulations include trash cleanup,
removal of burn scars, dust abatement, and capture of fluid drippings from
participant vehicles. For four weeks after the event has ended, the Black
Rock City Department of Public Works (BRC - DPW) Playa Restoration Crew,
remains in the desert cleaning up after the temporary city and making sure
that no evidence of the event remains.[29]
A local environmental group, Stop Burning Man, has criticized Burning Man
for the environmental impact left by the event. Their criticisms include the
following
* Despite the BLM and LLC insistence on the practice of LNT, the amount of
residual trash at the site has increased over the years.[30]
* According to ecologists Peter Brussard and Donald Sada, the cumulative
effects of Burning Man on the complex playa ecosystem need to be more
carefully investigated.[31]
Burning Man and effect on global warming
A group of San Francisco scientists are calculating how much the event will
contribute to global warming.[32] They have created the CoolingMan
organization[33] and have implemented a system that will calculate how much
greenhouse gases Burning Man participants will create. The project has
inspired many to look for positive ways to get involved in the global
warming and climate change movements by seeking out solutions. The
CoolingMan website suggests ways that Burners may offset the damage by
planting trees or investing in alternative energy solutions.[34] During
Burning Man 2007, ecological concerns will also be explored through the art
theme of The Green Man.[35]
Safety, policing and regulations
BRC is patrolled by various local and state law enforcement agencies as well
as the Bureau of Land Management Rangers. Burners refer to these people
collectively as LEOs (Law Enforcement Officers). Burning Man also has its
own in-house group of volunteers, the Black Rock Rangers, who act as
informal mediators when disputes arise between burners.
Burning Man has developed a reputation for drug use,[36] which is not
tolerated by law enforcement.
In 2001, local law enforcement objected to an art installation depicting a
homosexual act at a former camp called "Jiffy Lube" now renamed "Stiffy
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.[37]
Burning Man Arson
Paul Addis, a known critic of the Burning Man organization, was arrested and
charged with arson on August 27, 2007 for deliberately setting the man on
fire four days ahead of schedule during the Lunar eclipse.[38] A replacement
man was built on site and installed in time to be burnt on Saturday as
planned.
Regional events
See also: List of regional Burning Man events
The popularity of Burning Man has encouraged other groups and organizations
to hold events similar to Burning Man. In recent years, burners wishing to
experience Burning Man more frequently than once per year have banded
together to create local regional events such as Xara Dulzura and Fuego de
los Muertos in San Diego; Playa del Fuego in Delaware; Burning Flipside in
Texas; Recompression near Vancouver, British Columbia; and Kiwiburn in
Whakamaru, New Zealand.
Some of the events are officially affiliated with the Burning Man
organization via the Burning Man Regional Network. This official affiliation
usually requires the event to conform to certain standards outlined by the
Burning Man organization, and to be substantially coordinated by a "Burning
Man Regional Contact," a volunteer organizer with an official relationship
to the Burning Man Project via a legal Letter of Agreement. In exchange for
conforming to these standards, the event is granted permission to officially
represent itself as a Burning Man Regional Event.
Burning Man in popular culture
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Television
Burning Man has been featured in both fictional and non-fictional accounts
on American television.
* In the 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "When She Was Bad," Sunnydale
High's computer science teacher Jenny Calendar describes her summer vacation
(which included attending Burning Man) to Buffy's watcher, Rupert Giles:
"I did Burning Man in Black Rock, ohhh, such a great festival, you should've
been there. They had drum rituals, mobile sculptures, raves, naked mud
dances, you would've just... hated it with a fiery passion!"
* In a 2000 episode of The Simpsons Lisa joins the environmental group Dirt
First which is looking for someone to camp out with in an endangered tree.
The group's leader, Jesse, says, "Once you're up there, you can't come down.
Not for a Phish concert, not even for Burning Man."
* In an episode of Jimmy Neutron, Jimmy's dad attends an event called
Burning Duck.
* In the 2003 Reno 911! episode "Burning Man Festival," the officers,
planning to go undercover at Burning Man, head out from Reno but get lost on
the way, encountering various embarrassing situations such as having to
attend a family restaurant in their fairly ridiculous costumes and getting
questioned by other fellow cops.[39]
* In the 2005 South Park episode "Die Hippie, Die," Eric Cartman briefly
makes references to Burning Man while talking about hippie festivals. Also,
in the background at the hippie festival, a large neon man, similar to the
one at Burning Man, can be seen.
* In the 2005 American Dad! episode "Francine's Flashback," Stan and Hayley
actually attend the event in order to rescue Francine, who had been
brainwashed by Stan.
* In the 2005 Malcolm in the Middle episode "Burning Man," Hal and Lois
discover Malcolm and Reese's plan to sneak off to Burning Man, and decide to
make it a family outing, with predictably disastrous results. Hal sets up a
barbecue grill and curious observers assume that he's actually engaged in
some kind of "suburban dad" performance art. Reese and Lois embrace the true
spirit of the event and Malcolm loses his virginity to an older woman. In
the end, as opposed to the man burning, the RV the family came in is burned
and is thus dubbed "Burning Van."
* Burning Man 2006 was covered extensively for television for the first time
by Current TV which handed out cameras to participants and broadcast daily
updates via satellite from the playa. In keeping with the spirit of Burning
Man, Current TV removed their corporate branding and said no to commercial
sponsorship for the entire week of coverage. The result was a temporary
"pirate" TV station known simply as TV Free Burning Man.[not in citation
given]
* In the Clone High episode titled "Homecoming: A Shot in the D'Arc", Clone
High principal, Cinnamon J. Scudworth, and GESH (Genetically Engineered
Super Human High) principal, Colonel Principal, make a bet on a basketball
game between the two schools. Colonel Principal's bet is the Clone High
won't score a single point against GESH. The loser has to do the other
principal's laundry for a week. When Clone High does score one point,
Scudworth holds up a pair of stained underwear in front of Colonel Principal
and says "I wore these bad boys at Burning Man...7 years in a row!"
* In an episode of Dharma and Greg, the couple try explaining what Burning
Man is to Greg's parents... who obviously don't get "it".
Film
* Several documentaries have been made about the event, including Burning
Man: Beyond Black Rock and Juicy Danger Meets Burning Man. A short
documentary on Discovery: Times's Only in America hosted by Charlie Leduff.
A clip from the 1998 burning of the Man can be seen in Bodysong, a
full-length documentary about human life on earth.
* Naked States, a documentary about and directed by photographer Spencer
Tunick, also features Burning Man, where he organized thousands of
participants to pose for an epic artistic nude photograph.
* In the 2007 Movie "Knocked Up", one of the characters undergoes harassment
for growing a beard. One of the comments made towards him is "Going to make
it to Burning Man this year?"
* Dave Attell references Burning Man in a routine on his Album Skanks for
the Memories.
* Part of the film Neurosphere was produced at Burning Man. The film is
expected for release in 2009.
Software/Technology
In 2006 the first Burning Man Software was created by Dan Alvidrez (The
Builder) of BurnItMan.org. He created several pieces of Mac OSX Software
that topped Apple.com's charts including:
* The Burning Man Countdown Widget
* The Burning Man Search Widget
* The Burning Man Slideshow Widget
* The Burning Man Screensaver
Other Burning Man software includes:
* Virtual world Second Life has an annual virtual burn, Burning Life, that
coincides with Burning Man.
* Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are regular attendees at
Burning Man.
Print
* In issue 75 of the Marvel Comics book X-Force, the characters visited a
thinly disguised Burning Man-like event entitled "Exploding Colossal Man."
* The parody newspaper The Onion has published several jabs at Burning Man,
including 1998's "Local Teen Definitely Going to Burning Man Next Year"[40]
and 2003's "No One Makes It to Burning Man Festival"[41].
* The book The Google Story by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed contains an
entire chapter describing how Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the creators of
the Google search engine, were regular attendees of the event. The first
Google Doodle showed Burning Man.
* A significant portion of the novel The Blood Price by Jon Evans takes
place at Burning Man.
References
1. ^ Burningman.com What is Burning Man?
2. ^ (Doherty, Brian (2006). This Is Burning Man. Benbella Books, p. 33.
ISBN 978-1-932100-86-0. )
3. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/11/burning.man.ap/index.html
4. ^ http://laughingsquid.com/john-law-sues-his-former-burning-man-partners/
5. ^ a timeline on BurningMan.com
6. ^ Burningman.com 2007 news
7. ^ SFGate.com Story about suicide at 2007 festival
8. ^ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for Nevada
9. ^ What is Burning Man?
10. ^ 10 principles of Burning Man
11. ^ Burning Man Principles
12. ^ No Cash Transactions
13. ^ Coffee
14. ^ Camp Arctica
15. ^ Gate Tickets
16. ^ Shuttle Service
17. ^ Burningman.com Volunteering page
18. ^ Burningman.com Art Installations
19. ^ Burningman.com 2006 Theme
20. ^ Burningman.com 2007 Theme: The Green Man
21. ^ Burningman.com Event Archives
22. ^ Burningman.com DMV
23. ^ Art of Burning Man
24. ^ [1]
25. ^ [2]
26. ^ Theme Camps
27. ^ Burningman.com Event Preparation
28. ^ What I Saw at Burning Man
29. ^ Bureau of Land Management Burning Man webpages on BLM website
30. ^ Bureau of Land Management Trash Concerns
31. ^ Stop Burning Man. Retrieved on 2006-08-06.)
32. ^ SFGate [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/26/BAGV7KPVGE1.DTL
Global Warming and Burning man article
33. ^ The CoolingMan website
34. ^ Coolingman.org CoolingMan Calculator
35. ^ Burningman.com 2007 The Green Man
36. ^ One more Pagan Orgy, Sex Drugs and Glow Sticks
37. ^ Jiffy Lube
38. ^ Burning the Man with Hunter S. Thompson. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
39. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0685169/
40. ^ http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28911/
41. ^ http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29344/
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