Editing Burning Man (section)

{{Short description|Annual experimental festival based in Nevada, United States}}
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| venue              = Black Rock City
| location           = [[Black Rock Desert]], <br />[[Pershing County, Nevada|Pershing County]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|US]]
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| years_active       = {{age|1986|06|22}}
| first              = {{start date|1986|6|22}}
| founders           = [[Cacophony Society]]<br />[[Larry Harvey]]<br />[[John Law (American artist)|John Law]]<br />Jerry James
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| participants       = 2019 (official): 78,850<br />2021 (unofficial): 20,000
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| organised          = [[Burning Man Project]]
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'''Burning Man''' is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the [[Western United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2017 |title=These Photos Prove How Wild Burning Man Really Is |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/nevada/burning-man-nevada-art-festival/ |access-date=February 16, 2021 |website=Travel |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128014707/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/nevada/burning-man-nevada-art-festival/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Extraordinary History of Burning Man |url=https://www.farandwide.com/s/burning-man-history-6325fb09d8644613 |access-date=June 18, 2020 |website=farandwide.com |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621023142/https://www.farandwide.com/s/burning-man-history-6325fb09d8644613 |url-status=live}}</ref> The event's name comes from its ceremony on the [[penultimate]] night of the event: the symbolic burning of a large wooden [[effigy]], referred to as the Man, the Saturday evening before [[Labor Day]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Katie |title=Everything You've Been Wanting to Know about Burning Man, the Wild 9-Day Arts Event in the Nevada Desert Frequented by Celebs and Tech Moguls |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-burning-man-theme-tickets-dates-outfits-2018-8 |access-date=May 25, 2020 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=May 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529223557/https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-burning-man-theme-tickets-dates-outfits-2018-8 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since 1990, the event has been at Black Rock City in northwestern [[Nevada]], a temporary city erected in the [[Black Rock Desert]] about {{convert|100|mi}} north-northeast of [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]. According to Burning Man co-founder [[Larry Harvey]] in 2004, the event is guided by ten stated principles: radical inclusion, [[Gift Economy|gifting]], [[decommodification]], radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, [[Civic engagement|civic responsibility]], [[Leave no trace|leaving no trace]], participation, and immediacy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 10 Principles of Burning Man |url=https://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/ |access-date=June 18, 2020 |website=Burning Man |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527111649/https://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Burning Man features no headliners or scheduled performers; participants create all the art, activities, and events.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Art and Performance |website=Burning Man |url=https://burningman.org/event/art-performance/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511095840/https://burningman.org/event/art-performance/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Artwork includes experimental and interactive sculptures, buildings, performances, and [[art car]]s, among other media. These contributions are inspired by a theme chosen annually by the [[Burning Man Project]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burning Man 2020: The Multiverse |url=https://journal.burningman.org/2019/10/news/brc-news/burning-man-2020-the-multiverse/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |website=Burning Man Journal |date=October 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413174047/https://journal.burningman.org/2019/10/news/brc-news/burning-man-2020-the-multiverse/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The event has been called "countercultural revelry" and described by its organizers as an "excuse to party in the desert".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holtermann |first=Callie |date=September 4, 2023 |title=What Is Burning Man, and Why Have Paris Hilton and Elon Musk Shown Up? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/style/what-is-burning-man.html |access-date=September 4, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904090752/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/style/what-is-burning-man.html |url-status=live}}</ref> However, [[NPR]] said of Burning Man in 2019, "Once considered an underground gathering for [[Bohemian style|bohemians]] and free spirits of all stripes, Burning Man has since evolved into a destination for social media influencers, celebrities and the Silicon Valley elite."<ref>Bowman, Emma (July 14, 2019) [https://www.npr.org/2019/07/14/737708644/federal-clampdown-on-burning-man-imperils-festivals-free-spirit-ethos-say-burner "Federal Clampdown on Burning Man Imperils Festival's Free Spirit Ethos, Say Burners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715023340/https://www.npr.org/2019/07/14/737708644/federal-clampdown-on-burning-man-imperils-festivals-free-spirit-ethos-say-burner |date=July 15, 2019 }}. NPR.com. (Retrieved July 14, 2019.)</ref>
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Burning Man originated on June 22, 1986, on [[Baker Beach]] in San Francisco as a small function organized by Larry Harvey and Jerry James, the builders of the first Man. It has since been held annually, spanning the nine days leading up to and including [[Labor Day]]. Over the event's history, attendance has generally increased. In 2019, 78,850 people participated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burning Man Timeline – 2019 |url=https://burningman.org/timeline/2019/ |access-date=June 18, 2020 |website=burningman.org |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609064829/https://burningman.org/timeline/2019/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Burning Man is organized by the Burning Man Project, a nonprofit organization that, in 2013, succeeded Black Rock City LLC, a for-profit [[limited liability company]]. Black Rock City LLC was formed in 1999 to represent the event's organizers and is now considered a subsidiary of the nonprofit organization. The Burning Man Project endorses multiple smaller [[#Regional events|regional events]] guided by the Burning Man principles in the United States and internationally.

The film ''[[Stalker (1979 film)|Stalker]]'' by [[Andrei Tarkovsky|Tarkovsky]] heavily influenced the [[Cacophony Society]], which began in 1986 in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] and which organized "Zone Trips" for participants.<ref name="journal.burningman.org">{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2021 |title=Into the Zone – Episode 2: A Bad Day at Black Rock |url=https://journal.burningman.org/2021/09/black-rock-city/building-brc/into-the-zone-episode-2/ |access-date=June 28, 2024 |website=Burning Man Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620191816/https://journal.burningman.org/2021/09/black-rock-city/building-brc/into-the-zone-episode-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The first burning of a wooden, symbolic man at [[Black Rock Desert]], Nevada, occurred on "Zone Trip Number 4" in 1990. This occasion evolved into an enormous annual festival of arts, music, and culture called Burning Man.<ref name="journal.burningman.org" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Enter the Zone – Episode 1: How a Band of Pranksters Inadvertently Created Burning Man |url=https://journal.burningman.org/2021/08/black-rock-city/building-brc/zone-episode-1-how-pranksters-created-burning-man/ |access-date=June 28, 2024 |website=Burning Man Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620191816/https://journal.burningman.org/2021/08/black-rock-city/building-brc/zone-episode-1-how-pranksters-created-burning-man/ |url-status=live}}</ref>