by J Damrow What happens at a burn stays at a burn, unless all involved give explicit permission, right? Most would agree that this is a clearly understood and entrenched concept. So how would you feel if your intimate messages, inner most thoughts and written...
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Karl de Jong on his artwork, ‘Nebula’, Kiwiburn 2018
Photo by Karl de Jong Please give a brief overview of the story of your project – what was it? What inspired the idea? I stumbled across Firmament (a Burning Man art piece) and loved how much of an impact the lights had while soft music was played. I couldn't...
Paddock Art Series #3: Human Canvas
Yuli Heled’s Effigy-inspired piece from Kiwiburn 2017. Photo by Yuli Heled. You are the Canvas at the Grand Bizarre! By Hayley Ware The third in the Paddock Art Series is here! This time I’ve been talking to Yuli Heled, an accomplished body painter who...
Paddock Art Series #2: Reality Intra-Fabricating Trans-Dimensionaliser
Art by Olivia Hollard @beyondameteurart Mildly Mysterious Art Manifesting at Kiwiburn By Hayley Ware and Fergus Bassett In the second exciting installment of the Paddock Art Series, I’ve been chatting to Fergus Bassett who is bringing an exciting,...
Paddock Art Series #1: Nebula
Karl de Jong’s 2017 Paddock Art, 'Birdie McBirdface'. Photo by Tangent Awesome Art Coming to the Grand Bizarre! By Hayley Ware It’s that time of year when everyone is hard at work planning, designing, creating and constructing fantastic creations to...
Adopt a Burner
Veteran Kiwiburners and aspiring Kiwiburners helping each other out By Hayley Ware Hi, I’m Hayley, and 2017 was my first Kiwiburn! I was lucky enough to have a group of experienced friends to go with, though I know that’s not the case for...
Respecting contributions of art
‘Helping Hand’ by Nico. Photo by Tangent THIS IS A SPECIAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT from the Kiwiburn Pro-Art Protection Agency A unique part of the incredible world we encounter on the Paddock is the fabulous art to be discovered there. The nature of...
Kiwiburn ticketing
Yes, Kiwiburn had printed tickets for a few years! This one is from 2008. Kiwiburn has changed ticketing vendors for the 2018 event. Built by Burners, Quicket has amazing features specifically for Burn events. Key changes: There is a ticket transfer...
Bringing art to Kiwiburn from across the ocean
Photo of Shadows by Peter Jennings In 2017, a group of artists from Seattle applied for an Art Grant and brought their interactive light and sound sculpture, Shadows, to Kiwiburn. An equilateral triangle (2.5m sides) suspended, point down. The edges of the triangle...
Consent Culture within the Kiwiburn Community I Part two: Navigating situations
Photo by Georjie Adams PART TWO: Navigating Situations Welcome to part two of our consent culture blog. If you missed the previous blog about boundaries, check it out here. This week we are exploring how to stay aware of other’s boundaries and what to do if you...