BINNEKRING BLOG
Masi Fire Assistance: Show Some Love!
On Saturday 28th November, a horrific fire ripped through Masiphumelele, leaving 2 people dead and 4000 displaced. Donations (of both $ and physical items) can go a long way to helping the community restore and rebuild. If you’re able to, please help out.More »
Streetopia Takes To The Streets Of Obs!
Roll up, step up and get involved – Streetopia’s taking over the streets of Obs in Cape Town for one day, on the 28th! More »
Wanted: Your Clan concept
That blank canvas that AfrikaBurn is, where everything is created by those who partake in the experience? It applies to everything related to Tankwa Town – and that includes our central and iconic effigy, the Clan. If you’re up to it, we’d love to hear your ideas.More »
Bringing Tankwa Town Alive – In Cape Town
Calling all Mutant Vehicles, Performers, buskers, Rangers, volunteers and artists – for one day, on November 28th, we get to bring Tankwa Town alive in Obs. Interested? Check out the info here and get in touch! More »
Project & Grant Registrations & Tickets
Get the lowdown on project registrations (they’re open), Grant applications (also open) and ticket timelines – all of which start earlier this year, as we head toward that mysterious X in our tenth year…More »
Roots, Fruits and Offshoots
That ‘Burner culture’ would take root in so many far-flung locations was something that was perhaps not on the radar of those who were instrumental in the creation of Burning Man, back in the early 90s – and even before, when the pre-Burning Man events took place in and around San Francisco. Let’s take a look at some history…More »
CPUT ECP – An AfrikaBurn Experience
Read the second instalment about CPUT students who built & burned for the first time at this year’s event where “the experience was life changing…and they were overwhelmed at the extreme kindness and goodwill of everyone they met at the burn. The sheer scale of the event blew their minds, the tented camps and the chance to witness the large timber sculptures opened up a new sense of appreciation to design.” – Alex Noble, CPUT LecturerMore »
Decompression 2015!
Looking to reconnect, revive, share your memories of this year’s event – and make connections for next? Come along to the Decom, and get involved!More »
Burning Fiscilla
Among the many projects that added to the diversity of this year’s event, a posse of students from CPUT (Cape University of Technology) saw a glittering fish artwork named Fiscilla, and a band stage, take shape. Here’s the lowdown from CPUT Design Project Imagineer Andrea Broom. More »
A Greater Purpose
The Spirit Train – “An inspired process of synchronicity and creativity that brought strangers together and will hopefully live on inside of us for many years to come. What has since unfolded has organically embodied its name-sake, and the spirit in which it began – that of selflessness.”More »
