BINNEKRING BLOG
Department of Public Works Update #1 2017
Our DPW crew has been hard at work on site, building that city we’re all clamoring to get back to. They’ve already started grafting on the streetlamps and toilets, but why not hear it directly from the crew lead H: …More »
Basil’s AfrikaBurn
It’s a festival of joy and happiness and everyone is invited. No-one judges you and you’ll feel right at home the moment you get there. We saw so many families, young and old enjoying the art and the people. If you want to express yourself then AfrikaBurn is the place to be.More »
Hey, You – Burner!
It’s 3am, and I am standing in a metal cage somewhere on a dry lake bed in Black Rock City, Nevada. Dusty, spent, broken, and ready for more. Did I mention the cage was getting struck by lightening? Yip, from a Tesla coil, to a soundtrack of seriously macabre circus music. More »
Trash Talk
How to reduce waste at the burn – and even before you leave? Princess Caralot’s got all the answers in this, the first of a series of posts designed to get you talking trash and reducing MOOP. More »
‘Sculpting with fire’ article by Dr. John Steele
In 2015, Dr John Steele participated in AfrikaBurn with a view to writing an academic paper on land art. Here’s his finished paper, as published in the South African Journal of Art History. 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 »
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 »
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 »
