BINNEKRING BLOG
‘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 »
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 »
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 »
AfrikaBurn Is A Tool
If you can draw it, you can make it. So get out a pen and a serviette/newspaper, and draw The Thing. Photograph it and send it to your friends. You’ll find yourself down a rabbit hole in no time that you can’t reverse out of.More »
The Gift Of Life
They ignite the temple, it catches fire, and an orange light is cast on the playa … and in that light, if you look around you, you see something you’ll never see anywhere else: 40,000 people crying.More »
Decompression – June 14th
It’s that time again – time to reconnect, revive and reboot! Time to plug in and come together for a wild slice of Tankwa spice. There’s a whole lot of amazing going on, thanks to a stellar show of participation on the part of you – our fantastic community. More »
2014 Gate Handout
Months of planning, building, dreaming and scheming have all come together and we have the pleasure of releasing our biggest and most packed Gate Handout yet! More »
