Based in Reno, NV, host Super Suz interviews various key figures and profiles art projects. With over 80 podcasts, she is taking a break until she finds one or two podcast producers/hosts who want to work with her to keep going. So check back to see when it starts back up again. Meanwhile, check out the collection and burn on, Burners! Subscribe too. Thanks for listening.
Shane Robinson and TRM Artistic Metal Creations — Dolan Springs, AZ
Meet Shane Robinson, artist of Celestial Syzygy Garden. Built by TRM Artistic Metals art build crew. They received an Honoraria art grant for 2024 to build the Celestial Syzygy Garden, a collection of cacti with swings, benches and even a merry-go-round for us to play with. We learn about the art and about metal sculpting using sheet metal. We even talk about his involvement with off-road racing in Baja, California.
This conversation was recorded on Shouting Fire online global burner network. This podcast is not associated with the Burning Man Organization. It’s just a burner podcast.
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Learn how a group of artists are cohabiting together and loving it (mostly)
Meet a collection of artists who have been successfully living together for over 7 years in Oakland, California in a home they call Cloud Castle. Their names are Renee, Dave, Chuk and Bernice. We talk about how they started together as roommates and how they have evolved into a cohesive, collaborative art support family who have chosen cohabitation with all the amazing (and sometimes not) benefits of cooperative, cohabitation. Find out some best practices and suggestions on how you can start living with artists in your community.
by Bronze Holbein and Strength in Numbers Collective
Created by a collection of artists intending to make an artist collective that aims to create a more hospitable environment for creators in the Bay Area of Northern California, we find out just what they want out of an art collective. With an Honoraria Grant from Burning Man, they are bringing out Reclamation of the Stolen Heart to Black Rock City, 2024. We learn about how they are working together to make that happen and how they are starting their artist’s collective to build more art in the future together and support each other as artists.
Turburam Sandagdorj aka STuro is the creative behind The Silence of TENGRI. The son of an artist, STuro grew up in Mongolia and moved to the US about 20 years ago. His art mediums venture from ceramics, silhouette fine art, and now metal work. The Silence of TENGRI will be his third piece of art placed on playa including his 2023 art installation called the Spirit of the Healing Siren. We also talk with build crew members Rebekah Stetson, Lauren and Adrian.
Photo of the Build Crew on the night of our recorded conversation. Photo by Lauren
Created by the nonprofit Burning Man Project, Burning Man Hive is a digital space for Burners and Burner-curious folks to learn, share, and connect. Anyone is invited to explore, learn, and contribute to Hive. We all create Burner culture together when we do. Engage in online, digital conversations, “Ask a Burner”, and learn a lot! There’s even a course on how to create your own online course for Hive. Learn all about it with Siobhan Elliott and Karen Jacobs from Burning Man Project’s Education Program.
Helping YOU Bring Renewable Energies to Black Rock City
Have you wondered if your BRC or regional camp/Village/HUBS or art installation can transition from fossil fuels to solar? Then meet the Renewables for Artists Team – RAT. Bruce Cooper and Ken Rehor from the team share about how RAT has helped dozens of artists on playa exchange their generators for renewable power. The same concepts can be used in camps, art cars and art installations. Learn how you can transition from generator to renewable solar. Learn how you can help RAT with this excellent project.
Photographs from RAT’s website and provided by the Renewables for Artists Team
Doug, Bruce and Ken of RAT complete testing of the solar power system used to power the portals at the entrance of the Empyrean Temple 2022. This was the first use of renewable energy for a temple at Black Rock City. (Photo by Scott Williams)
Empyrean Temple 2022. This was the first use of renewable energy for a temple at Black Rock City. (Photo by Scott Williams)
Temple of the Heart 2023 was the first temple completely powered by renewable energy. Photo by Ken Rehor
Meet Baron Snarklefarker, aka Brian, and Jim from Snarklefarker’s Nightclub, a Burning Man Regional Theme Camp at unSCruz near Santa Cruz, CA. Heavy on the swanky decoration themed in black, red, and marble, it’s the type of club vampires might hang out. It’s meant to be sexy, sensual, dark and stylish. And is it ever! Think old timey playground that is curated to the nines! We also talk about how unSCruz started and how they were able to pull off making a nightclub at a regional weekend event.
We meet up with Monica Wu, co-founder of Magic Lantern Society, a wonderfully curated, old-timey space inside a beautiful, big tent. It’s where many burners find enchantment and tell stories, share experiences and co-mingle. We talk about the many places and events that their lovely, intimate space has participated in over the years since they were first guests in 2018. We talk about unSCruz Regional weekend 2024 where Monica and Rob are running a theme camp called Adventure Scouts which will be a kid-centered camp with fun stuff for kids. We learn how Monica and Rob are just starting their journey of having a child and integrating children into their burner experience.
This conversation was recorded on Shouting Fire online global burner network. This podcast is not associated with the Burning Man Organization. It’s just a burner podcast.
Burner, Volunteer, Environmental Steward and founder of Tea Carp
Meet Chelsea Bronson, aka Catalyst. Founder of the Tea Carp, volunteer for Burning Man for over ten years, and seasonal staff member at Burning Man. For the past 4 years she has been the Leave No Trace Compliance Special Ops and for the past 3 has been a MOOP Scribe for Playa Restoration; DPW.
Photo by Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley
Before going to Burning Man, Catalyst created an accredited internship program with Burning Man and the Communications Team. Since then she has burned every year and has volunteered for the Media Documentation Team, Burning Man Community Events Team, and for Burning Man hosted events such as Artist Symposium, Theme Camp Symposium, Global Leadership Conference, and Artumnal Gathering.
We talk about her volunteer experience, how it enriches her life.
We include how you might get involved in volunteering, how many get started and where it can lead.
What is the Tea Carp?
The Tea Carp is a mobilized art installation that seeks to provide a safe ground for persons to merry-make, fill their cups, connect, and share human experiences together. We offer themed, pop-up B.Y.O.C. tea services throughout the event. Each tea is made one cup at a time as we hold an appreciation for “slow service”. We savor time, experience, and one another; giving our guests a taste of this with their tea. Once they hand over their cup, visitors are invited to spend quali-tea time with those around them.
A wooden tea house, which only leaves memories behind and is intended to bring beings together around points of interest.
The Tea Carp has been invited to the Burning Man Regional near Santa Cruz, California called unSCruz 2024: Portal of Possibilities!
Information about her degree: Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration with an emphasis in Recreation in Sustainable Community Events Graduate of 2015 from SFSU
Into The Fire and Burner Podcast are not associated with the Burning Man Organization or any of its subsidiaries. It’s just a burner doing a podcast. This conversation recorded from a live conversation that was on Shouting Fire online radio. Check out Shouting Fire, an online, global radio network at www.shoutingfire.com . Check out more at www.intothefirebm.com and www.burnerpodcast.com. Photographs by David Hill and Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley
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