Gisele "Gigi" Bisson

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Silhouetted people stand in front of a large wooden structure engulfed in flames, with massive fireballs and thick smoke erupting into the night sky.

Burning Man’s Startup Culture

Sep 5, 2018

The arrival of the first letter I ever got from Burning Man was odd and mysterious, covered with hand stamps and postmarks, and evocative of a place, far away, fanciful, maybe a little menacing. I unfolded a piece of red paper upon which the directions to the secret location were written. Red, so it couldn't be photocopied and shared.

A person climbs a large wooden sculpture shaped like a human figure, illuminated by lights at night, with wires anchoring the structure for support.

Original Burners

Sep 5, 2018

Why build a four-story man from lumber and glass tubing, haul him across state lines and torch him at twilight? That's the burning question. So, along with a flock of technopagans, nature lovers, hippies, full-moon crazies, performance artists and ravers from the Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Los Angeles. I made the eight-hour drive to the northwest Nevada desert to form an ephemeral town: Black Rock, Nevada, population 500.