Burning Man, part 8

Burning Man, part 8

Sig­ni­fier found out where the steam bath was, so I headed over there. Oh wow. Inside a dome, they’d built a low wooden bench around the edges and the floor had wooden floor­boards in a hexagonal pat­tern with gaps between. There was a keg of...
Burning Man, part 7

Burning Man, part 7

I went to media cock­tails and we got hit by a wind­storm. This one wasn’t too bad and it was nice to hang out at the media space and sip my bour­bon and mango-pas­sion­fruit Rock­star energy drink (it actu­ally tasted pretty good…)Back to camp for dinner and...
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...