Burning Man Festival - August 18, 2025
JRS: π₯ The Man Burns in 12 Days
The Jackrabbit Speaks by Burning Man Project | V29:#29 β β...
| No images? Click here  Volume 29, Issue #29 | August 18, 2025   Every day, more crews are arriving on playa, mapping the city, building infrastructure, and kicking off a gazillion moving parts that will coalesce into a vibrant ephemeral city. Weβre rolling into Build Week, when people from all over the world converge to share their wonderful gifts β awe-inspiring art, mutant vehicles, and theme camps filled with delightful interactivity. LET'S DO THIS. First up, get an update from the original Jackrabbit, CEO of Burning Man Project Marian Goodell. In her new Journal post, read about finances, global participation and impact, and get a sneak peek into some of the projects destined for Black Rock City Tomorrow Today. Since the early days, Burning Man has been a sandbox that emboldens people to mingle artistry and technology. Nearly 40 years since this grand cultural experiment began, Burning Man has become a nexus for creative technological innovation. In the spirit of great scientific and cultural exhibitions Tomorrow Today will showcase the radical inventiveness of this inquisitive, experimental community. Read on to meet Burner technologists, artists, and sustainability innovators whose Burning Man-inspired projects are having an impact well beyond the dust. If you're not headed to Black Rock City, nothing is stopping you from going to Burning Man where you live. Gather your friends. Make some art together and gift each other astonishing things. Then light up the night and shake some of that considerably less dusty booty. No need for FOMO, lovelies. YOU are Burning Man. Now you can frolic in the digital dust with BurnerSphere β no VR headset required. Created by the good folks behind BRCvr, this shiny new virtual playa will be connecting to the playa in real time β with live events linking Center Camp in virtual reality and real life. Details below! If you ARE on your way to Black Rock City, do read the Survival Guide end to end. Read the Special Edition Jackrabbits, too β all but one are already in your inbox. There will be a test, aka living collaboratively in the Black Rock Desert, so study up! Pack all the things!   Once More Into the Dust! β An Update from Marian Goodell  Beyond the Nevada desert, the global Burning Man community is growing and thriving β an incredible testament to the relevance of this radical arts and cultural movement. Last year, 102,000 people attended more than 80 official Burning Man Regional Events around the world, and there are active Burning Man communities in 44 countries. Thank you for everything you do to stoke the flames of Burning Man all year long. In this Journal post by Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell, she shares updates on participation, finances, engagement and impact, and provides some fresh ways to engage from wherever you are in the world. Read "Once More Into the Dust!" The Man Pavilion: βThe Otherβ designed by Jen Lewin, 2024 (Photo by Jamen Percy)  You Can Still Buy Tickets & Vehicle Passes!  Some of you are spontaneous. Others are waiting for the stars to align, for the perfect camp or crew to materialize. Maybe you've got a "what the heck, I'll go!" vibe. Just for YOU, whimsical creatures-of-the-moment, there are tickets at $950 and above for sale. Need a vehicle pass? Now you can buy one without buying a ticket at the same time. For those hoping to score $550 and $650 tickets: They sold out quickly in the OMG Sale, but some may still be available through STEP (the Secure Ticket Exchange Program). (Photo by Stephane Lanoux)   Future Worlds' Fair: Prototyping Tomorrow in the Dust  Black Rock City offers a stress-test setting in one of the most extreme environments on Earth β and perhaps more importantly, an innovative population that loves to experiment. In the crucible of the Black Rock Desert, imagining a more sustainable future merges with building it, and the lessons learned can β and do β reach far beyond the playa. From the cityβs radically reimagined power grid to new modes of creative support for art, read how Black Rock City is a proving ground for ideas that matter for humanity. Read "Prototyping Tomorrow in the Dust" Art: "The Solar Library" by Jared Ficklin and the Solarians, 2023 (Photo by Scott Williams)  How Burning Man Rewrites the Boundaries of Art and Technology  Black Rock City has always been a place for blurring the lines between artistic creation and technological experimentation, with artists and technologists cross-pollinating advancements and creative expression in awe-inspiring ways. This year in Black Rock City, you might find yourself in a dusty library where books share secrets. Or before an AI sculpture that transforms your struggles into compassion. Read on to meet artists who are incorporating new technologies into their work, devising new forms of expression and participatory creativity in Black Rock City and beyond. Read "How Burning Man Rewrites the Boundaries of Art and Technology" Art: "Prairie of Possibilities" by The Moonlight Collective, 2022 (Photo by Mark Nixon)   Hear "Thought Experiments in Time" on the Burning Man LIVE Podcast  Zander was the executive director of The Long Now Foundation, dedicated to long term thinking. He also helped build their library with all the titles we would want to rebuild civilization, if needed. For Tomorrow Today in Black Rock City, Zander and his team are bringing a library to the pavilion beneath The Man. The library is about NOT being burnt; participants will choose which books to save from burning. In conversation with host Stuart Mangrum, Zander shares stories on the effects of books, and muses on Burning Manβs past, present, and future.   Help Build the Future of Burning Man  Black Rock City is almost here! Whether you're heading to the playa or bringing Burning Man to life locally in your community, youβre part of this global cultural and arts movement. It takes all of us β artists, builders, dreamers, and supporters β to make the magic happen. If you believe in the creativity, connection and joy that Burning Man sparks, now is the time to show your support. Make a gift today and help keep the fire burning year-round. Through the Net Zero BRC initiative, weβre replacing diesel with solar, deploying innovative battery and microgrid systems, and scaling up regenerative efforts such as large-scale composting. Thanks to a generous $2.5 million matching challenge, every dollar you give to Net Zero will be matched through the end of the year. (Photo by Rand Larson)   Don't Forget to Pack a Radio and Tune into BMIR 94.5  Did you know Black Rock City has an official radio station? Not only is it the most entertaining eclectic FM signal this side of the Milky Way, it's also the keeper of all sorts of important information. From weather and traffic reports to essential updates in case of emergency, BMIR is YOUR community radio station; you can expect it to go live around noon on August 21. While you're packing and on your way to Black Rock City, tune in by searching 'BMIR' on the iHeartRadio app. And of course, bring a radio play BMIR in camp! (Photo by Vanessa Franking)  Call for Research on Burning Man  Researchers have cast a scholarly eye on Burning Man for a long time, looking at it through a variety of disciplinary lenses, from behavioral psychology to religious studies and a dozen more. If you are working on, or have recently published, or hope to publish research on Burning Man, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at [email protected] and let us know what youβve been up to. Larry's Library (Photo by Julia Nelson-Gal)   BurnerSphere Live Event β August 26 & 29 β Online & Center Camp  Where: BurnerSphere & Center Camp in Black Rock City It really is Tomorrow Today. Burner Sphere is hosting two special events that will connect Center Camp to folks at home in their virtual reality platform, enabling people in both realms to say hello β no VR headset required. Built by the veteran Burners behind BRCvr, BurnerSphere uses virtual reality technology to mirror Black Rock Cityβs sights, sounds, and spirit through virtual environments and 3D videos.   We were listening to... This is Happening by LCD Soundsystem | Listen on Soundcloud   Burning Man Project on Facebook   Post Request: Credits: More Information: Previous Editions of the Jackrabbit Speaks: Subscribe & Unsubscribe:    You are receiving this because of your interest in and support of Burning Man Project. Burning Man Project β’ 660 Alabama St. San Francisco, CA 94110 β’ 415-865-3800 |
