We have an address! Dali & 3:45
This year we wanted to change things up and have a variety of events and interactivity throughout the week. We really focused on our teacher/school/education theme.
See our full schedule below or view the events on Playa Events.
CANCELED?!?!?! NOT AGAIN!!! After seeing the turnout for the Renegade Burn in 2020, we all decided we were going back in 2021 no matter what. For not planning any official interactivity, the week was quite eventful. We provided much-needed shade to passers-by that led to many great conversations and friendships.
Robot Disco and our new mutant vehicle, Hootie, made their maiden voyages to the playa.
Because there was no airport, we were also able to bring drones to give renegade burners FPV rides to see aerial views of the playa. We also connected with a drone camp to help set up an incredible drone show one night.
Overall, it was wonderful with a side of danger.
10-mile ride out to the edge of Playa. I was worried Robot Disco was going to run out of battery the whole time.
We handed out DMV inspection stickers to the mutant vehicles that showed up this year.
There was no airport, so we were able to fly drones. This was a panoramic image stitched together from five photos taken with a DJI Mavic Air 2. I also took out a few FPV drones so that we can fly and give burners and bird’s eyes view with FPV goggles.
Burning Man is canceled! We kept regularly meeting as a camp, and Bryan started building what was supposed to become a mutant vehicle for 2020. Once the burn was off, plans changed and our beloved Robot Disco was born. RD delighted our neighbors instead of burners in 2020, and would venture to the playa for the 2021 Renegade Burn.
On what would have been the eve of the Man Burn, in lieu of the official Man, we built a popsicle stick effigy to burn. It took about eight hours to build and required 600 popsicle sticks. We built a metal stand and burned it in the Colorado River at a special place called Secret Beach in Austin, TX with our friends, some amused spectactors, and Blake and Nanako on live stream.
360 degree video – click and drag to look around
Bryan and Steph’s First Burn! 2019 was our camp’s inaugural year. We decided to go full send and start a theme camp. A fellow burner and VR developer created a VR experience called Cosmic Sugar. We loved sharing it with our friends and knew we wanted to bring it to playa as our camp’s main interactivity. Once we got placed, we knew we could not do it alone, so we reached out for help on Reddit. That is where we met the other founding members.
from left to right: Albert, Cindy, Nanako, Blake, Bryan, Stephanie, Jamie
At the time, Cindy and Jamie were virgins like us, Albert and Nanako had burned twice, and Blake had an impressive nine burns under his belt. We ran the interactivity each night for around 150 burners. People seemed to really enjoy it, and we even had people tell us it was the best gift they received.
Our name is really just an oxymoron that is meant to make people think about the state of public education and how much we compensate the people that are molding our future generations.
To create an environment that empowers everyone to realize their full potential as the artist of their own life, learning to shape themselves into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Fail better next year.