From the edge of the circle On the Paddock you first notice it just after dusk: a small circle of people moving in perfect rhythm, flames tracing arcs in the dark, sparks scattering like stars. You watch, mesmerised, from the edge of the circle. Every spin seems...
(aka: how to start an in-paddock event at Kiwiburn) There are two types of people at Kiwiburn:those who go looking for something to happen,and those who accidentally invent a tradition because they got bored near a beanbag. This is a guide for the second kind. Or for...
There are, unfortunately, very reliable ways to have a bad time at Kiwiburn. Not catastrophic, “you won’t believe this” bad. Just quietly, persistently underwhelming. The kind where you get home, tip a small ecosystem of out of your bag, and say,“Yeah, it was good.”...
I didn’t go to Kiwiburn to become Princess.I went because something in my life had caught fire and I didn’t know how to put it out. We arrived late.As we always do. Even with our best intentions.Driving toward a temporary city makes time feel negotiable. You are...
Everything is temporary, to an extent.We just don’t usually think about it at this scale.We know relationships can end.Bodies will age.Festivals pack down and vanish behind us.But we rarely choose to love something knowing exactly when and how it will be...
The World Is Held Together By People Who Didn’t Mean To Be In Charge There is no sensible reason why, once a year, a group of ordinary people would travel for hours, take time off work, and arrive somewhere actively hostile to phone reception, only to build a city...
Kiwiburn needs to update our existing constitution to bring it into compliance with the Incorporated Societies Act 2022. You can find a copy of the constitution here: Kiwiburn Rules of Incorporation - Current.pdf The legislation under which Kiwiburn...
If the first rule of Kiwiburn is that you can’t buy anything, the second is: stop trying to.When I first heard about “gifting culture” at Kiwiburn, I pictured myself turning up in the middle of a field, surrounded by beautiful, half-naked people, clutching a box of...
What is Burnable Art?Burnable Art is a powerful and unique art form that merges creativity with the impermanence of fire. This type of art is intentionally created to be destroyed by fire, often symbolising themes of release, transformation, and the transient nature...
What is Consent and How Does it Fit with the Principles of Burning Man? The pro-active, Burner-led initiative to drive consent culture, 11th Principle: Consent!, suggests the yet-to-be-made-officially-official Burning Man Principle of ‘consent’ be fleshed out in the...
