BINNEKRING BLOG
Solar Santa Goes to Quaggafontein 2022
Story and Pics by Ronnie Jack The long wait is over. After three painful years AfrikaBurn is back. As nearly a thousand miles lie behind me the dreaded R355 shakes my car to pieces and covers me in …More »
THERE IS NO PLAN ~ The ongoing adventures of Solar Santa
“I’m afraid the grand plan has gone pie shaped”. The message is from the Oracle of the Tankwa. The visit to the Cape has been months in the making. Designed to stop me from going bosbevok from overexposure to lockdown. …More »
Light art at AfrikaBurn: Finding our sublime selves?
This is a summary of a paper presented at the 14th National Conference of the South African Journal of Art History, hosted virtually by Nelson Mandela University in September 2020. By John Steele, Walter Sisulu University; [email protected] Despite being off …More »
Humans Of AfrikaBurn: Kim Goodwin
Feature image: Temple |Xam by Jonx Pillemer, profile pic by Kood De Kock, words by Shannon Smith This man has changed your life, and many of you probably don’t even know it. Do you remember that magical piece that …More »
HomeBurn: a trilogy in four parts ~ Part 3: So Long and Thanks for All the Art
Words by Solar Santa with Isa Marques, May 2020 Photos by Isa and Jade Holling (featured image by Carmel Ives) Solar Santa’s Burn boots continue their virtual journey into the heartland of HomeBurn 2020. This time we are in the …More »
HomeBurn: a trilogy in four parts ~ Part 2: The Phoenix at the End of the Pangolin
Words by Solar Santa with Nathan Victor Honey, May 2020 Photos by Nathan Honey except the one of himself (header image taken by Mark Thomas) Solar Santa continues on his dusty virtual journey into the heart of HomeBurn 2020. This …More »
Urban design and performing land art at AfrikaBurn: academic article by Dr John Steele
The article “Ephemeropolis: urban design and performing land art at AfrikaBurn 2019” by John Steele has just been published. It seems timeous to be reflecting on urban planning and curation of spaces, people and works since 2007, especially considering …More »
The Hammer Falls Pt II
Words and photos: Helena Sheridan Inside, the joke. DPW is very much an inside joke. Not that any job the crew does is a joke, but that like, you had to be there… One does not simply explain the experience …More »
The Hammer Falls
As we gather for the last time at Stonehenge Private Reserve, so DPW will have its own burn – The Hammer! Read H’s piece to find out more, and support the project. More »
Lakes of Fire Exchange 2019
Words & photos: Jonx Pillemer I must admit at the outset, that while I knew there was a ‘Burner Exchange’ programme between the Great Lakes regional burn (Lakes of Fire) and AfrikaBurn, the South African regional burn, I have …More »
