Tag Archives: video

Dec 1 2019

Burning Shadows 2019

My art has inspired more art! As an artist, that’s a great feeling. Clearsight Productions has done a fantastic job in telling the Burning Man story in countercultural context with this excellent new documentary.

Burning Man is an annual event held at Black Rock city in the Nevada desert. This documentary film explores to connections between the CIA, Pentagon, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, the occult, Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley, LSD, mind control, transhumanism, neo-pagan rituals, the counter-culture

Kudos also to The Dudermensch who got there first with this wonderful highlight reel tribute:

Aug 17 2019

TED Talk – Why Art Thrives at Burning Man

Many Burners would tell you that hallucinogenic drugs play a big part in why art “thrives” in Black Rock City. Others might point to Silicon Valley having too much money. Decide for yourself…

Jul 24 2019

A Dream of a Crucible

Guys (and gals, and members of the other 72 genders, whichever pronouns you prefer) – you already dreamed about this place for decades. You threw a party there in 1997. Then in 2016 you hit up the Billionaire Burners in the community and raised $7 million in donos to purchase it. That was more than three years ago! Since then, you’ve repeatedly asked the Burner community to ideate a vision – and proceeded to ignore any and all suggestions.

What sort of dreams are you looking for? Why not take some of that $50 million annual budget and actually make something happen on top of your $7 million real estate investment?

Maybe if you took a leaf out of Monopolys book and offered Free Parking for Art Cars, a community would coalesce out there independently of a massive bureaucracy?