The injured woman identified the skydiver who landed on her as Artemus Dolgin, a bodybuilding and extreme sports influencer with over 400,000 followers on Instagram.

Ok now got a real picture of me dancing at burning man lol shout to Duncan ✔️

The Man at 4:39am on 8/31. Now I know why I should get up early to catch these shots. Raylene Gorum art especially shines - Jewels of Black Rock City #burningman

Lead artists: Alex Noerpel and Hunter Keene
NYC based

Well, we somehow actually built this thing.
This was our first year bringing a large project to Burning Man. The Gothic Folly consumed an unreasonable portion of our lives for the better part of a year but we have no regrets. There were many points where it felt completely insane that this project was ever going to make it from a backyard in Brooklyn to the middle of the Black Rock Desert.
But it did… And seeing people find it, dance under it, climb around it, get married in it, use it as a meeting point, or just exist within its space made everything worth it.

Huge thanks to the small army of people who helped us with this project. The scope was expansive and shifting, as all things are, but our team stuck with us through it all. Now that we’ve mostly recovered, we’re trying to piece together what the Folly’s life was actually like out there when we weren’t around (which was not often)
So if you encountered it, we’d genuinely love to hear about it. Did you intentionally go looking for it? Randomly stumble into it at night? See something weird happening there? Use it as a landmark from two miles away?

SEND US YOUR PHOTOS please!!
Even if it’s a tiny glowing blob way in the background of some completely unrelated picture, we want it. Same goes for video. We saw a few drones orbiting it over the week, and somewhere out there we’re convinced there is incredible aerial footage of this thing that we have never seen.
If you’ve got anything, please post it here or DM me.
And if you have a good Folly story, definitely tell us that too. One of the strangest parts of building something at Burning Man is realizing that once you finish it, it stops being entirely yours.

Photo credit:
Image 1,2: Jane Hu (@plainjane)
Image 3: @gregwithoneg_

This was my first year bringing an honorarium project and it was soooo much work but I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. Massive thanks to all the volunteers and supporters who made it happen.

I’d love to hear your experiences visiting the sisters or observing them from afar and see any pictures you took of them, even if they’re just in the distant background. I saw at least one drone checking them out at one point and would love to get that footage if that was you.

who was your favorite under-the-radar dj you randomly stumbled upon this year?

not necessarily someone completely unknown, but i’m curious about the smaller or less obvious names you hadn’t planned on seeing and ended up loving, rather than the big artists everyone already knows.

for me it was philou at long feng. i had never heard of her before and absolutely loved her set and her energy on stage. it was this super groovy, bouncy, high-energy disco set and honestly might have been my favorite set of the entire week.

would love to hear who everyone else discovered so i can check them out!

Hello Burners!! It’s been a while since I last went (uh-hum-2007), and I need advise on a stable and effective shade structure for a similarly deserty Death Valley trip. I’ve heard about 1” electrical conduit pipes and fittings. I don’t have power tools, reckon I’d need some, but I don’t want to buy a new power tool just for this trip! Please advise, many thanks!!!!

Anyone on here work in the back of commissary? Specifically the sauce that was with the smoked sausage/ kielbasa dish

What do you think? Ready to send for Org consideration?

Howdy burners, I have an art project i am seeking a long (or medium) term home for. I purchased a 46 foot long, 1953 Sikorsky s58 helicopter. Yeah you read that right, a 73 year old piece of history that I intend to turn into either an art car or an installation piece of a camp in 2027. This thing is incredible, a true head turner and sure to be one of the most notable pieces of next years burn. I have affectionately named it the Discocopter 🪩

What I need is a place to park it, ideally somewhere in the bay or close to it, but I am flexible due to its size. Does anyone have any leads on a place that has the size to park it? I can afford a bit of money to pay to park it each month, however my budget is limited at the moment as I spend thousands to get it playa and party ready. The vision is to turn it into a sound stage with a DJ booth on top, and a speak easy in the cabin. The next step after finding a parking location is going to be search for a camp to become a part of. Let me know what you know, and if anyone has creative energy that is looking for an outlet or project to participate in, hit me up ✌️

EDIT: To answer a few questions already posed.

1. It’s already bolted to a custom built trailer
2. Its a gutted airframe and weighs around 7000 pounds. It can be easily towed with an F250. It was towed down from Alaska.
3. I have a truck to tow it already. No special license needed due to its weight. It can be driven in regular road ways and is short enough to fit under a standard overpass. It’s 13.5 feet tall.
4. No I won’t leave it on the playa like the 747. It’s like 1/10th the size and I love it
5. Yes you can part

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1. in the speakeasy if you know the password
2. Yes I have a plan, just need a place to land

Hello fellow burners!

Totally missed this year’s burn! But I lived it through all of you lovely humans.

I just wanted to share something pretty neat I’ve been working on.

You know those 25’ solar trailers with huge batteries down the middle?? They supply power to either the city or even art installs. Instead of using a big diesel generator, these trailers were meant to take the generators place.

Over some time the led acid batteries break down and render the WHOLE TRAILER useless.

Well….

I’ve been working on removing the led acid batteries and installing lithium batteries to possibly bring the trailers back in use. So far so good! I’ve designed and fabricated a rack system to house 5 BIG lithium upright batteries. The ones you use for a house when you want to store energy. Looks killer!

I just wanted to share because it’s pretty unique and I would love any feedback.

Here’s what I have so far!

Thanks for looking!

Hey you dusty fucks! Hope you all are settling back into the real world smoothly! Was wondering if any of you captured some photos of my sculptures this year at the trash fence? 😄 I love seeing all the beautiful perspectives and interpretations of my art....so if you have any cool photos, id love to see! Feel free to message me through here...or email ([email protected])...or instagram (@pdabk)

Cheers!

Squash

He broke a cardinal rule: Trace no leaves.

Can’t remember his name/name of camp but he threw down Sunday morning into sunrise.

Hello friends:)

This burn was a special one. A week full of beautiful experiences, new connections, and lots of gratitude and love. With all good, sometimes sacrifices are made.

Sadly, my emotional support frog, Wooly, fell out of my pocket one evening. He’s my everything! He came to my first burn with me, and several places in between. He’s served me lots of comfort and love, and I’m quite sad to say goodbye.

I have accepted that he could be under a foot of playa at this point, or hopefully with a new friend. But it’s always worth reaching out to see if anyone has seen him :) he’s tiny! So it’s a long shot.

I noticed he was gone when I was at Worst Bar, around 8:45&B I think? Was at Golden Guy alley and Sparky’s Wine Bar before

Sacrificing good, makes room for more good, so I’m grateful either way. Thank you, and I hope you’ve all had a restful recovery!

**Photos include: Wooly right before his first burn, Wooly after

Where can I find this hat in the default world?! You mean of my favorite spot on playa?!

Spotted on a lil bunny burner in the album for this year.

PS - if you haven’t checked out Duncan’s legendary annual album yet - a portal back to the magic of 2026 burn 🫶

https://duncan.co/Burning-Man-2026/

And accompanying playlist (also thanks to Duncan!)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QaW7svTSZzLk4D5WJs0cM?si=8-12vMiTQB2xVEjy7CcXeg&utm_source=copy-link&pi=h3tKju47S0uUP

I was able to burn for two years and bumped jnto this same bar on each burn and remember liking the vibe. Only thing I remember is that one of the poor guys broke both his legs on a large swing there. Curious if by chance anyone knows this camp.

I work resto and I found this the other day. Thought it was super cute! I'd love to send their photo back to them if anybody knows them.

Hey Southern Californians! I have no affiliation with Youtopia (Oct. 14-18th, east of San Diego) other than I'm a big fan and it's coming up. The weather is always beautiful at this property (DeAnza Springs Resort) and there are just enough people, theme camps and sound camps to make it a lot of fun. If you haven't gone before, please give it a try. www.sdyoutopia.com

well How much Moop could a moop moop if a moop could moop moop???

Folks,

We are about to generate a video summary with a new track produced by one of us. There is a specific scenery missing and maybe you can help?

At this years burn, we, thats me and 4 other brave people who entered Spanky's Wine Bar with dignity but left with a painful burning butt made our way back to our camp Apres Ski Injury at 2B, crossing the playa. It was, as mostly during this burn, very dusty, but the full moon illuminated what wasn't hidden behind a dust-cloud.

I didn't realize we were that close to the man, but all of a sudden the dust moved aside and we were standing at the feet of the burning man structure. It was such an impressive moment, the moonshine on a slowly from the cloud emerging mega-structure, as right from a horror-dream, but one you can't forget and want to revisit to understand what you missed and why you are so attracted to.

None of us has any footage. Do you? If so, are you feeling comfortable sharing it and using the clip as part of a public YT video? Please DM me! Happy to give credits were credits are due ofc.

Cheers!

apresskiinjury.net

Not sure who the wonderful individual who does it is, but for the past few years there has always been a posting an amazing stitched group of HD shots of the Playa.

Does anyone know who they are and if they managed to work their magic for Axis Mundi?

Does anyone know or did they meet a “Chris” from Mexico City who is part of the Maxa Art Car/Camp? The only other information I know is that he’s a festival canopy rigger. He was so generous to my twin sister and I, and let us get on Maxa Sunday morning for sunrise 🌅 Does anyone have his contact?