Photo: “Cows with Guns” Effigy, Pete Lumos.
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Beginner Burners | What’s in a Paddock Name?
Don’t Panic – Chapter one for the newer burners out there... What is a Paddock / Playa name? How do you get one? And who cares anyway? A Paddock or Playa name is a respectful nickname given to you by your friends and our community, often based on something you did. ...
How the Burn Ruined My Life: Five Reflections on Ten Years of Participation with Kiwiburn
As the countdown to the 2022 Effigy Burn slips on, second by second, I am feeling excited and ever-more buoyant, but also quite humbled and emotive. Time Travel will be my tenth Burn with Kiwiburn. Not surprisingly, I have experienced much magic, met many...
Debrief: the KB22 Ticket Lottery
Kia ora Burner whānau, Wow, that was a different general sale! This year, after KB21 tickets sold out in 10 minutes flat, we consulted with the community and implemented a new lottery system. The lottery is now live, the first round of tickets has been...
Surprise! YOU are the Event: Participation as a Principle
Photo Credit: You Are the Key by Ralitsa Ivanova, 2013 (Photo by Setareh Vatan) “Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply...
Call for Participation in Virtual Burn
You know what the best thing about Virtual Burn is? Everyone can participate - no matter where you are in the world. Check out this tantalizing teaser video of the experience that awaits us all when we create it together,...
A Glitch in the Art Grants
Last year, I received an Art Grant to build Reality Glitch, the little bit of mystical living room corner which appeared in the new forest section at Kiwiburn 2021. You may be thinking of applying for an Art Grant this year (or thinking that you wish you could apply...
Ticketing Survey Results
Overview We put out a survey to the Burner community to see their reaction to a proposed ticketing change (survey and details of proposal available to view here: https://forms.gle/7bmsZK7LxFj5gRhp6). From this survey we received 304 responses from the community. The...
Survey of Photography at Kiwiburn 2021
Summary The survey was answered by 161 respondents, 37% of whom did not take any photos at this Burn and the rest largely followed the principles of consent. Nearly all were private people (one official photographer responded) and those taking photos mostly used cell...
Adjusting to the Default World
It’s been a week now since the Paddock emptied its population of tired, sunburnt and burned-out yet blissful Burners into the rest of the land. Many of us have returned to our urban jungles and office jobs wondering, how do I adjust to the default world? Never fear,...
