Trip Reports and Indie Archives#
Trip report websites#
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Indie web and ancient burner websites#
- Edgecentral — “Turning Man” (art histories & honoraria) — Indie reflections on BRC art, incl. honoraria context. (edgecentral.blogspot.com)
First-timer vs veteran reports#
- My First Day in Black Rock City — Personal first‑timer narrative on arrival and acclimation (journal.burningman.org)
- The Trial of a Burgin East Coaster — First‑burn perspective and lessons learned (journal.burningman.org)
Build-week diaries and lessons learned#
- Build Week 2023: The Calm Before the Storm — The cadence of Build Week; last big all‑crew gathering before gates. (journal.burningman.org)
- Designing for Burning Man: The Shrumen Lumen (IDEO) — process notes on concept, prototyping, and on‑playa design constraints (ideo.com)
- What Is It Like to Design and Build Something for Burning Man (Core77) — lessons learned from large‑scale interactive builds (core77.com)
- Mycodelic Forest — “PCQ opens today / fast-tracked” (2025) — Camp’s PCQ email excerpt and deadline; indie example of timeline comms. (mycodelicforest.org)
- Healing Foot Wash — Placement (2015) — Example of gaining placement, mapping (5:30 & B), and inviting participation. (healingfootwash.org)
- Healing Foot Wash — Placement (2016) — “Placed for 2016… Rod’s Road @ 8:30” with staffing notes; good ops flavor. (healingfootwash.org)
- Healing Foot Wash — Placement (2017–2018) — Multi-year placement logs (addresses at 5:30 & G, 6:30 & G). (healingfootwash.org)
- Healing Foot Wash — Placement (2022/2024) — Recent “we’ve been placed” notes and camp plan links (e.g., 3:30 & G; 2:30 & E). (healingfootwash.org)
Theme camp ops writeups (kitchens, power, water)#
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Art build and Temple crew journals#
- A sacred place amidst the dust — reflections on the Temple as a sacred space at BRC (burningman.org)
- Black Rock Lighthouse Service — build story and design of a large-scale playa artwork (burningman.org)
- Building a Temple — insights into the planning and construction of the Temple (burningman.org)
- Temple of Juno — official site with details and archives for the 2012 Temple (thetemplecrew.org)
- The Temple of Whollyness — background and design notes on the 2013 Temple (burningman.org)
- BWC Architects — Temple of Together “Monumental Hands” — Volunteer build doc for the 2024 Temple; tooling and process notes (bwcarchitects.com)
- 2025 Temple — “Temple of the Deep” (project site) — Active BRC Temple project: scope, fundraising, volunteers; shows grant ≠ full budget (2025temple.com)
- Gigapan — Temple of Flux build-week note (2010) — Field note on schedule discipline (finished by Sunday pre-gates, MOOP sweep). (gigapan.com)
- Temple of Flux (Flux Foundation project page) — Specs/photos for the 2010 BRC Temple (190′×110′×40′); commissioning notes. (fluxfoundation.org)
- Temple of Whollyness — Kickstarter (archive) — Crowdfunding mechanics & comms for a Temple build. (kickstarter.com)
- Temple of Whollyness — Tumblr (2013) — Project blog + Kickstarter; volunteer/funding ops for a BRC Temple. (tumblr.com)
- Of a Temporary Nature — Sculpture for Black Rock City — Personal build notes for a BRC piece (2017) and later camp art. (ofatemporarynature.blogspot.com)
MV/DMV experiences and inspections#
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Weather/storm years (mud/rain) and whiteout stories#
- “The Disaster That Wasn’t” (2023 Rains ops) — Lessons on flexible role reassignment when weather disrupts sequence. (journal.burningman.org)
Exodus and logistics post-mortems#
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LNT/MOOP sweep outcomes and camp grades#
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Photo essays and documentaries#
- Burning Man 2019 Trip Video — Personal 2019 trip film of BRC: camps, art, and playa life. (youtube.com)
- Burning Man 2024 — Inception (Estonian Traveler) — Participant video documenting the 2024 Burn experience. (youtube.com)
- Burning Man at the Smithsonian American Art Museum — exhibition overview and featured works (americanart.si.edu)
- CROWN: Interactive Kinetic Sculpture for Burning Man (Kickstarter) — project overview and build narrative (kickstarter.com)
- FoldHaus Collective — Shrumen Lumen (project) — project page, images, and background (foldhaus.com)
- La falla en el desierto (El País) — feature on large-scale design at Burning Man (elpais.com)
- No Spectators: FoldHaus Collective — Smithsonian online exhibition feature (americanart.si.edu)
- No Spectators: Marco Cochrane — Smithsonian online exhibition feature (americanart.si.edu)
- Temples: Best Of (Raw Vision) — photo essay of Burning Man temples (rawvision.com)
- Video: Meet artist Marco Cochrane — No Spectators — artist interview and work overview (americanart.si.edu)
Regionals comparisons and reports#
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Indexed archives (ePlaya, Wayback)#
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