THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
Series produced by David Boyer
The city is temporary and the intersections are conceptual. Get ready: we're heading to Burning Man deep in the Nevada desert.
It started with a few hundred people on Baker Beach in the 1980s. Four decades later, it attracts upwards of 80,000 people to a remote patch of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. )'( You’ve probably heard about the gathering — about the harsh conditions, the drugs and sex, the tech titans, the lack of diversity, the deaths. And maybe you’ve heard that “Burning Man is so over.” But, unless you’ve been, you are probably less familiar with the mobility camp for people with disabilities, the kids village, the DMV (the Department of Mutant Vehicles), fully functioning (and temporary) airport, the Temple. Thousands of people volunteer each year. They guide Burners through challenging psychedelic experiences and fix bicycles for whoever shows up. They deliver mail, support the on-site emergency... Show full description
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