Entries Tagged as 'burningman'

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

quantum marketing

i’ll admit right now that this is not what i ought to be writing about.
i’ve been travelling for more of the past month than i’ve been at home, and just coming up with things to write about that i had no time to follow through on. so now that i’ve finally gotten to shower in […]

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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

this changed everything

tiffa novoa 1975 - 2007

heavy shit today.
tiffa (née tiffany ann snead) was not just a fashion designer, she invented an entire aesthetic style. she was not just one of the founding members of a notorious performance troupe, she helped to create an entire subculture. she wasn’t just a visionary artist, she was a force […]

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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

the significance of the man burning early

a play about cross-cultural communication:
burner - played by someone who is part of the burningman community.
non-burner: played by someone who is not.
- - -
burner: OMG! the man burnt early!
non-burner: what?
burner: have you ever heard of burningman?
non-burner: hmm… looks like some crazy festival in the desert?
B: yeah. they also burn a statue of a man. that’s […]

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Filed under countercuture, irony, gate-crasher, cross-cultural communication, burningman, festival, controversy, rad!, community management, art, community

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

a momentary lapse in being original

perhaps it’s just typical to find SOMETHING to dislike about the business 2.0 article about how “burningman grows up” but i can’t help it!
i bet there’s probably even distinct camps of dislike about it, in fact.
camp #1 are the people who dislike that their special countercultural identity-defining ritual is being profiled somewhere so mainstream, and […]

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Filed under festival, community management, bad strategy, burningman, business 2.0 mag., countercuture, identity, controversy, authenticity, strategy, image management, culture, article, community, event