BINNEKRING BLOG

MOOP Map 2015

This year’s MOOP Map is wonderfully green, well done! BUT – it still looks like there are some areas that can be improved on. Here’s this year’s map, with commentary from Sonica, our fearless Leave No Trace lead. More »

Follow The Light

Let me clear something up once and for all, this is not a festival, it’s a temporary community and ideal we’d like one day to share with the rest of the world, which if everyone else in society followed would make for a much happier peaceful world….just saying…More »

Memoirs of A Burner

I don’t think I could possibly mention all of what I saw and keep this review under a reasonable word count, but suffice it to say it was all wonderfully spellbinding. There was nothing I experienced at any of the installations, artworks, theme camps or mutant vehicles that made me wish I hadn’t seen or done it.More »

Last Minute Info 2015

With all crew in the desert and net access intermittent at best (and phone contact only for critical medical emergencies), this is the post you need to read for last-minute info. More »

Let’s Talk Kak

Many people talk kak, but few walk the talk. Here’s the lowdown on our shitters, with input from an expert. Like the loo with a view? Think it can be improved? Step up! More »

Clan 2015: Community Building

Thanks to the support of Mzansi Golden Economy, an initiative of the Department of Arts and Culture, ten local unemployed people have signed up as apprentices to build the Clan under the training and guidance of Project Lead Nathan Honey and his small band of international volunteers. More »

Poster 2015

Here at last ladies and gents is your 2015 poster – a gorgeous hybrid of Art Nouveau and rock poster, it features some great detail of artworks from years gone by, all adding up to a great concept that’s riddled with the ideas of this year’s theme. More »

Why I Love This Time Of Year

If you listen closely and look around, in garages, gardens, workshops all around the country, you’ll hear a new sound. The sound of people sawing, hammering, drilling, planning, plotting scheming.More »

How To (Still) Get Tickets

Gagging to join the other 9 800 people who’ll be gathering in the Tankwa dust at the end of April, but don’t have that all-important ticket? Don’t fret – if you really want to go, you’ll get the ticket you’re …More »

Behind Every Cynic Is A Disappointed Idealist

A lot of people have asked us for our response to the roast our workyard manager, Kurt, published. As we’re a community-based organisation that has consistently made itself available to answer any questions, we’re responding to the many issues Kurt’s raised.More »