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posted by Tarkaan, 22nd April 2011, Categories: Breeding Culture, Featured

Burning Man is to camping as fugu is to fish sticks: there is a resemblance, but only barely. Cloaked in theguise of an “art festival,” Burning Man’s really an extreme sport for the counterculture, where bitter coldnights, scorching hot days, howling winds, corrosive dust, and withering aridity challenge the endurance ofeven the most hardy campers. Born of the angst and frustration of Los Angeles artist Larry Harvey in 1986,Burning Man has morphed in the intervening years from “a barbeque where people blew things up” to one ofthe largest festivals of its kind in North America. Part social experiment, part event destination, Burning Manand its transient population numbering in the hundreds of thousands has become an institution: the burnertribe and their Black Rock City transcend the desert. It’s also an adventure in philosophical extremes. One ofthe semi-official mantras here is radical self-reliance, but the full scope of the festival is far more complex: thesister of radical self-reliance is a life- and love-affirming expression of radical interdependence. The spectrumof ideologies and expectations reflected here mirror every aspect of modern society, from the far-right gunnuts (present since the earliest days of Burning Man) to the lefty granola nuts. There are “merry pranksters,”dropped out long ago, and police, doctors, lawyers, artists, lovers, and free-spirits. There’s also very littlemoney at Burning Man: an economy of gifting and barter is the engine that drives some of theaforementioned interdependence. The payoff is a week long immersion in art, performance, music, andhuman companionship that alters your world-view forever. When the party’s over, this temporary City returnswithout a trace to the dust whence it sprang, yet unlike the permanent cities in which we stoically reside withour temporary relationships, the connections created in this also temporary City are permanent and indelible.One of the phenomena that stands out, however, is a subtle but distinct gender imbalance: the Black RockCity Census Department reports a demographic ratio of about two women to every three men. The imbalanceisn’t hard to explain: this desert experience presents enormous, intimidating physical, intellectual, &psychological challenges. What’s more interesting than the skewed demographic, though, is that so many

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women- 20,000 in 2007 (the mostrecent statistics)- still make thepilgrimage. At DISfunkshion wewondered what are the qualities thatdrive this unusual sorority to embracethe challenges of the desert andbecome…the Burning Woman.

Olga Loyev was born and raised inOdessa, Ukraine. She came to theUS when she was 13. With anundergraduate degree in economics& a masters in information systemsand operations management, shehas a job in Cairo, Egypt doingcorporate restructuring. She speaksUkrainian, Russian, & Englishfluently, and expects to be speaking

Arabic soon. 2009 was Olga’s second time at Burning Man, and she is enthusiastic about returning. Her fistvisit in 2008 was a bi-product of a serendipitous encounter with a California Burner while trekking in Spain &Morocco; she returned to the desert in ’09 “because it’s amazing.”Betsy Elizabeth Bower was born and raisedin Casper, Wyoming. Educated in fine arts, she has worked for several years in steel and has recently startedher own metal-works studio, where she is a practitioner of industrial welding, art-welding, and black-smithing.Her fashion style is SoHo bohemian, which she exhibits in the desert in an eclectic mix of semi-formal andvintage accessorized with a collection of charmingly retro hats. A first-time Burner in ‘09, she came to thedesert for the art & connection- “a sense of community among free-spirited people” that sometimes eludesher in the regular world.” A few of her favorite things at Burning Man are the Pavilion in center camp with itscarnival atmosphere. Like many of the women I spoke with, she definitely plans to return: “As an artist, I findthis place so inspiring, especially the merging of art & science. I can’t wait to come back as a participatingsculptor myself.” Yoevelyn Rodriguez (aka “Yovi”) is a native of La Romana, Dominican Republic, butmakes her home now in Miami, Florida. Currently a waitress, she speaks English and Spanish fluently andhas put herself through college for an education in fine arts, focusing on fashion & costume design, whereshe hopes to make her career upon graduating. A woman of interesting contradictions, she is both playful andstrong, with an eager eye for adventure and enormous personal ambition; her fashion style, reflecting thesequalities, is colorful, modest, and pragmatic: it is all about the environment and how Yovi makes her place init. She comes to Burning Man for the first time this year cross-country on a school bus to experience firsthand what she had long heard of in rumors. Why should you follow Yovi to Burning Man? “For personalgrowth,” she answers without hesitation. “To make yourself independent, to learn respect for other people, tolearn how to cooperate, collaborate, and improvise.” Although Ana Kapodistria was born and raised inToronto, she eagerly celebrates her Greek heritage. Currently a waitress and a student at Ryerson Universityin Toronto, she expects to make a career for herself in the photographic arts, of which she is already anenthusiastic practitioner. To get to Burning Man Ana and her friend Jess flew from Toronto to Boulder,Colorado, where they rode a truck to a rest stop in Wyoming to intercept the school bus that began it’s trip inSarasota, Florida. She came this year for the first time because of the art and the idea of Burning Man, andenthusiastically anticipates her return. Her fashion sense on and off the playa is a reflection of her quirky,exuberant personality: casual but dressy bohemian chic with a splash of playful accessories, like her heart-shaped lunettes. While her friends tend to regard her as adventurous, Ana claims she’s a chicken at heart;slightly acrophobic, she nonetheless climbed a swaying 50’ ladder for a photograph– maybe her friends areright. Does she plan on returning to the desert? “Of course,” she says with a brilliant smile. Why does Anathink you should follow her to Burning Man? “To find people whose energy is worth relishing; to enjoy aunique experience; and to discover the kind of inspiration that can only come from immersing yourself in artand culture.”

Alana S Miller (aka. Rasta Impasta) was born & raised in New York City. She recently completed her junioryear at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and will be finishing her education in fine arts inScotland. A photographer now, she hopes to turn that into a career after college. 2009 was Alana’s first timeat Burning Man; she expects she will definitely be back. What attracted her to the desert? “I came to besurrounded by creative energy, to be surrounded by wild & wacky homo sapiens who love life as much as Ido.” Her fashion style on the playa was site-appropriate: she modeled an assortment of bathing suits casuallyaccessorized with clever hats (think “Carmen Miranda“) and colorful, playful scarves. Her experiences herevastly exceeded her expectations. Cristal Arcade, 27, was born in Atlanta, raised in America’s Old South, andhas returned to Atlanta where she currently works as an entertainer, artist, and businesswoman. A giftedpolymath with an abundant curiosity, she intends to expand her career options aggressively into graphics andillustration, and is preparing to illustrate a children’s book in collaboration with Florida Author JonathanSchork. A first-time Burner, she came here cross-country on a school bus with Penivek Arcade, whom shemarried at Burning Man. About relationships in the desert she says, “If you want to learn about your partner

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and how you fit together, try a weekhere: you’ll either figure out it’s nothappening, or you’ll be togetherforever.” Cristal’s eclectic fashionstyle on & off the playa is stronglyinfluenced by the Japanese streetscene and manga. She and Mr.Arcade plan to return every year,and hope eventually as parents tobring their children here. Why didCristal come to Burning Man? “I’vealways felt a little alone in the world,”she says, “and I just wanted to be somewhere with a sense of community.” She most enjoyed the freedom ofexpression without money, basic human kindness without any expectation & the outstanding music scene. Sowho is the Burning Woman? She’s not much different than you, really. The women with whom we spoke, andonly a fraction are represented here, were well-educated, independent, adventurous (even if they didn’t thinkso), talented, creative women. They were young, old and everything in between. They were waitresses,executives, athletes, gypsies, students, wives & mothers. They were eager to challenge themselves andeagerly sought out personal growth.

-Jonathan Schork

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