Deep in the Black Rock Desert, way beyond the theme camps and the effigy that gives Burning Man its name, there’s another elaborate wooden structure: it blends art and architecture, inside and out. And, arguably, it’s the sacred and spiritual center of the event.
Burners simply call it “The Temple.” “Grief” is perhaps the most apparent emotion expressed and experienced here. That specific grief that comes with losing a loved one and the more diffuse grief that can come with simply being alive on this planet at this moment.
Why is there such attachment to a temporary structure that’s little more than wood and nails? Reporter Jonathan Davis went in search of the answer.
Update: BURNING MAN confronts GLOBAL ISSUES
S03 E09 - BLACK LIVES MATTER meets BLACK ROCK CITY
S03 E08 - PRESENT meets PAST at Burning Man
S03 E06 - DESERT meets DEFAULT at Burning Man
VIDEO / S03 E04 - WILL meets WAY at Burning Man
S03 E05 - PARTY meets PRAYER at Burning Man
VIDEO / S03 E02 - ART meets MOTION at Burning Man
S03 E04 - WILL meets WAY at Burning Man
S03 E03 - CHAOS meets CONTROL at Burning Man
S03 E02 - ART meets MOTION at Burning Man
S03 E01 - PAVEMENT meets PLAYA at Burning Man
PROLOGUE - S03 - BURNING MAN meets THE INTERSECTION
S02 E08 - The Future of Googleville
S02 E07 - You Don't Fight Googzilla
S02 E06 - Is this Mountain View or Googleville?
S02 - HOLIDAY SPECIAL 02 - Marlena's at Hayes & Octavia (2013)
S02 - HOLIDAY SPECIAL 01 - A Look Back at 3rd & Jerrold in Bayview
S02 E05 - Homeless in Googleville
S02 E04 - The Sea Also Rises...in Googleville
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