Burning Man, part 6

Burning Man, part 6

Spent the morn­ing read­ing a book on Burn­ing Man by signifier’s friend Jess Bruder. It’s bril­liant, one of the most com­pre­hens­ive and coher­ent com­pen­di­ums on Burn­ing Man that I’ve seen, filled with photos of art and stick­ers and the detritus of the...
Burning Man, part 5

Burning Man, part 5

I head into Centre Camp for coffee with Karen from the Flam­ing Lotus Girls. There is a man there hold­ing a sign. It says: I know some­thing about you​.So we walk up to him and ask him.”You think you’re normal,” he says to me. I laugh. Normal is...
Burning Man, part 4

Burning Man, part 4

I head back to camp, change my clothes and decide to wander around the playa. I figure I’ll jump on an art car and just let it take me wherever it feels like going. I find the Surly Bird only a few blocks away, a red delight play­ing just my sort...
Burning Man, part 3

Burning Man, part 3

Back at Techno Ghetto, I look at the What Where When guide. I’m determ­ined to find some things and do some­thing on the pro­gram, just to show it’s pos­sible. I find that there is a live, life-size ver­sion of Set­tlers of Catan at Hex Camp, with...
Burning Man, part 2

Burning Man, part 2

I register with the media center and ask them whether it’s okay to put up my art pro­ject, some­thing I’ve been talk­ing about doing for a while: a cloth poetry game like fridge magnet poetry but with clothes pins.They say that’s fine but don’t like the way...