For the upcoming September 2019 issue of Relix, we spoke with Will Roger, a cultural co-founder of Burning Man who has been with the festival for nearly two decades. Roger recently release a book of aerial photography of Burning Man’s Black Rock City, Compass of the Ephemeral.
“The key words are ‘Burning Man community,’ as compared to what we call the ‘default culture’—the culture we live in outside the event, where people often feel separated from each other,” says Will Roger. “When at Burning Man, the ‘10 Principles,’—[along with] unconditional love and overpowering creativity—are some of the things that make Black Rock City different from the default culture and powerful as a life changer. The culture of Burning Man provides an opportunity to celebrate the world and humanity in an authentic expressed form.”
As a cultural co-founder of Burning Man, an annual weeklong communal gathering in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert in late summer, Roger has been a part of the event for 25 years. He first discovered Burning Man through his life partner and inspiration, Crimson Rose, in 1994; together with several others, they are also co-founders of Black Rock City, LLC, the company that has produced the event for almost 20 years. > Read More @ Relix Magazine
