MEDIA COVERAGE
All links last checked on June 22, 2009. For additions, email press(at)burningman(dot)com
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- Minister of Merriment
Henry Sweets, Planet Jackson Hole, April 7, 2009
“The trick of Burning Man is to keep yourself from taking photos of Burning Man, actually, because it is truly the most unique cultural experience of the developed western world, and documenting that photographically is pretty much a no-brainer, really.”
- Art car pioneer Tom Kennedy dies on Ocean Beach
Michael Taylor, San Francisco Chronicle, April 14, 2009
“Mr. Kennedy also did special cars, like the Whale, for the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, a place where he felt there was enough room to stretch.
He was kind of a renegade, he would drive Ripper like a shark, zigzagging around. He celebrated that a lot - he wanted to live, and he lived by that principle.” - PUC relaxes solar rebates program because of high demand and high cost of going green
Geoff Dornan, Nevada Appeal, April 17, 2009
“Tom Price of Black Rock Solar said the combination of the PUC order is ‘a tremendous step forward’ for renewable energy programs in Nevada. Price said Black Rock, a non-profit organization, is working on a major project to put a solar system on the roof of the new Food Bank of Northern Nevada.”
- From Tweet to Meet: Social Media Fans Get Together in the Real World
Bonnie Ruberg, PCWorld, April 24, 2009
“…the increasing appeal of Burning Man for techies is being able to connect without needing to be plugged in. Wi-Fi access is limited, and cell phone reception nonexistent. It's a recess from that technology and investing instead in something more tangible.”
- Sharing love with strangers in the desert night
Jennifer Grafiada, Las Vegas Weekly Blogs, April 28, 2009
“Dark Skies, a beacon to repressed artists and the open-minded, has been attracting hundreds from Nevada and nearby states for a decade. Up until this year, it was located near Primm and the stateline, but the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decided that they wanted to start charging the organizers.”
- Job-Search Networks, in All Shapes and Sizes
Matt Villano, The New York Times, May 2, 2009
“Caryn Sykes, a self-employed accountant and business planner, said she assembled the free-form group [DC Burner Opportunities] from friends she met at the annual Burning Man cultural festival in Nevada to help get over the shock of losing two of her biggest clients.”
- Sculptor brings his alien creations to Toronto's Distillery Special
David Silverberg, Digital Journal, May 23, 2009
“Michael Christian's sculptures are straight out of a fevered nightmare. Now his unique metal creatures, best known to prowl Burning Man events, will be holding court at the Distillery District in Toronto.”
- Burning Man
Deirdre Mullins, RTE News, May 29, 2009
“Burning Man is not like any other festival. Visitors are encouraged to ‘participate’ and there are ‘no spectators’. It's not about going to see bands and DJs playing. Although that's all there, it's primarily an art festival, where you are invited to be the artist.”
- Solar energy comes to tribal clinic
Lahonton Valley News, May 30, 2009
“A new solar energy system is providing about half of the electricity needed to power the Pyramid Lake Tribal Health Clinic in Nixon. Labor and materials were donated by the nonprofit Black Rock Solar, and costs for the solar panels were offset by a $138,000 rebate from the SolarGenerations program, which is managed statewide by NV Energy.”
- Solar blast: Black Rock Solar Project takes it one roof at a time
Kat Kerlin, News Review, May 31, 2009
“BRS is the only large-scale, nonprofit solar installer in the nation. The vast majority of its work is done in Nevada. Recently, the group was instrumental in getting the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to release 6.5 megawatts of expired solar rebates that, for various reasons, weren’t used by those who’d applied for them.”
- Necessary Pain - How to Cope with Emotional Teething and Come Out Smiling
Annie Passinis, Los Angeles Chronicle, June 11, 2009
“Burning Man is an event impossible to describe, so I will spare you a laundry list of its wonders…although most of my moments in the Nevada desert were of the ‘Zippity Do Dah’ variety, others were the emotional equivalent of teething…At Burning Man I discovered a rare predicament: I could not cry.”
- Fare wars may boost air traffic
Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal, March 29, 2009
“About 15,000 people fly in to Reno-Tahoe from across the world to attend [Burning Man]. It is expected to be the second-largest annual event for the airport for 2009. Only the Safari Club International convention in January, which brings as many as 21,000 through the airport, is larger.”
- Married to mischief
Mel Flores, ASU Web Devil (Tempe, AZ) , March 25, 2009
Members of AZ Cacophony Society mention Burning Man as the inspiration behind their Idiotarod and Brides of March happenings. “I’ve met some people here [at Brides of March], but I know quite a few of them because of Burning Man,” says Lundquist. “These events are like miniature versions.”
- Is Burning Man a Pagan Rite? A Contemporary Woodstock? You Decide
Lois Friedland, About.com, March 24, 2009
“Burning Man. Is it a festival? A Pagan rite? An art event? It's a gathering of thousands of people - some 48,000 in 2008 - who want to escape their normal lives. Trying to define the annual Burning Man gathering is like trying to describe what an art festival designed around a bonfire looks like.”
- Burning Man's HQ is on the move
Steven T. Jones, San Francisco Bay Gaurdian, March 24, 2009
“Company spokesperson Marian Goodell said she’s been working with the Mayor’s Office and the vast network of local burners to find what they need: a 20,000 square foot showcase space with room for its core staff and the ancillary organizations its has spawned, such as Black Rock Arts Foundation and Burners Without Borders”
- A vicar at America's Burning Man festival
Rev. Peter Owen Jones, The Times (London, UK), January 25, 2009
“Black Rock City is a mirage, a theatre of dreams, a testament to impermanence.... As breaks go, I don’t think they come any better... I needed to accept that comfort is a mental state of being, not a physical one, but that is surely a good lesson to learn.”
- From the People's House to the President's House, and Everything In Between
Caroline Klibanoff et al, The (Georgetown University) Hoya, (Washington, DC), January 22, 2009
“...the Art of Change Ball offered a creative, offbeat twist on traditional [inauguration] parties... Artomatic and Playa Del Fuego [Delaware’s Burning Man Regional] teamed up to make this event a sell-out success. Both are dedicated to promoting radical self-expression...”
- Pull Over, Please: Centraltrak would like to search your vehicle
Kaitlin Ingram, Dallas Observer, January 8, 2009
“Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia is a fantasy world where visitors need immigration forms (and presumably nerves of steel) to cross the border between reality and their dreams... the event will be at Dallas' own Centraltrak”
additional coverage by KERA-FM/North Texas Public Broadcasting
additional coverage by University of Texas at Dallas Mercury - Crit: Learning From Black Rock
Fred A. Bernstein, Architect Magazine, January 2009
“People don't believe I went to Burning Man to see the architecture and urban design... as it turned out, Burning Man's layout and structures—and even its infrastructure—are among its most compelling features.”
All links last checked on June 22, 2009.
