MEDIA COVERAGE
All links last checked on January 22, 2008. For additions, email press(at)burningman(dot)com
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2008
- Burning Man
Ron Cowan, Statesman Journal, April 6, 2008
“New York photographer chronicles and his work is showing at Chemeketa Community College Art Gallery”
- Burn on the Bayou' showcases Burning Man participants' post-Katrina relief efforts
Daniel Terdiman, CNET news.com, March 21, 2008
“Burn on the Bayou is a strong film that successfully shows how a large group of people took it upon themselves to run to help communities that were in no position to help themselves.”
- Burning Man costumes illuminate the outrageous
Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal, March 21, 2008
“[Jan] Loverin, curator of clothing and textiles at the Nevada State Museum, and [Scott] Klette, a photographer for the museum, went to the annual Black Rock Desert event to document the fashions and costumes [for] the presentation "Nevada's Desert Dress: The Fashion of Burning Man"... "Scantily clad, nude or elaborately clad, it's because of Nevada features, our climate," Loverin said.”
- Burning Man months away, but cheap tickets sold out
Sam Bauman, Nevada Appeal, March 20, 2008
“Burning Man celebration doesn't set up until Aug. 25 and tickets have been on sale for several weeks now. Prices edge up as the date nears...”
- Pisco Shakedown: Disaster relief group, Burners Without Borders, brings hope, color and plumbing to Peru
Gregory Dicum, Conscious Choice, March 2008
“On August 15, 2007, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale devastated Pisco, Peru. ...The [BWB] effort in Pisco began when Sam Bloch, a carpenter who helped build Burning Man’s Center Camp, heard about the earthquake. He and three friends headed to Peru and just showed up on the scene to see if they could help.”
- Tanker, Tanker in the Sky: An artist’s tribute to truck power
Justine Ingersoll, RoadKing magazine, March/April 2008
“Big Rig Jig [seen at BM 2007] was inspired by a cross-country hitch-hiking tour Ross took with his fiancée, Nicole, years ago. The couple caught the majority of their rides with truck drivers, and Ross found himself fascinated by the people and places he saw along the way.”
- "Big Rig Jig" artist lands Sound Transit gig
Mike Lindblom, Seattle Times, February 23, 2008.
“For its future Capitol Hill light-rail station, transit officials have hired Mike Ross... whose sculpture of tanker trucks — "Big Rig Jig" — was a highlight of last year's Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Barbara Luecke, Sound Transit's public-art administrator, said she pursued Ross after she saw "Big Rig Jig" at Burning Man.”
- Book Review: 'The making of Second Life'
Daniel Terdiman, CNET news.com, Feb 11, 2008
“Rosedale's 1999 visit to Burning Man... influenced his view... There was a magic going on out there in the desert--a way that people dealt with each other and laid down their disbelief--with which he wanted to imbue his virtual world.”
- Downtown Santa Cruz Closer to Burning Man
Russ Megowan,City on A Hill Press (Santa Cruz, CA), January 2008
“What do a flamethrower, glow-in-the-dark sneakers and a giant labyrinth have in common? They are all housed at the Museum of Art and History... as part of the exhibit 'Close to the Flame: In the Spirit of Burning Man'.”
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Von Knowledge Sommeliers, Barcamps und der Gift Economy des Burning Man
(Machine Translation)
Media Blog (Germany), January 22, 2008
“Burning Man, and it is a real phenomenon, the concretization of science fiction ideas, California thinkers and free spirits.... also goes to the post-monetary era....the free thinking, that we Germans are missing in many cases... refreshing as a freshly squeezed orange juice.”
- Taking the desert by storm
Joab Jackson, Government Computer News (GCN.com), January 21, 2008
“..all we could see was a wash of yellowish-orange flying sand and debris. Iraq? No, the 2007 Burning Man arts festival....How does one make a newspaper in the middle of the desert? The enterprise has indeed left a long line of damaged, sandblasted equipment.”
- Hundreds of volunteers participate in Fernley flood cleanup effort
Staff Report, Reno Gazette-Journal, January 18, 2008
“FERNLEY--There was businessmen and women, construction workers, teachers, laborers, people from all walks of life, who came out help neighbors who were affected by the Fernley flood.”
- Black Rock Solar
Jeremy Faludi, Worldchanging.com, January 16, 2008
“Ever heard of someone donating a 90-kilowatt solar array? Ever heard of them doing it over and over, and inviting you to help? Meet Black Rock Solar, a child of Burning Man's Black Rock City that plans to make a difference in the rest of the world.”
- Wi-Fi, Philanthropy, and Solar Power
Amy Mayer, Wi-Fi Planet, January 14, 2008
“The array will wirelessly send information about the wattage currently being generated, ... and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided since the array was installed... a real-life, real-time learning opportunity for the students using the solar power”
- Solar man
Steven T. Jones, San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 2, 2008
An article about Tom Price and his work with BWB and the Black Rock Solar.
- Redefining Parties: Out of Doors, Off the Hook
Damon Tabor, Outside Magazine, January 2008
