Eleni Giokos speaks with Burning Man Festival art creator Austin Mathieu about how the festival is enduring its latest bout of harsh weather, and its evolution over the years.

Black Rock Desert

The Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert experienced a significant disruption due to a large dust storm, which damaged campsites and temporary structures. Many attendees, including artist Orson Matthews, reported that while some camps were flattened, those in sturdier accommodations like campers were less affected.

Despite the harsh conditions, festival-goers described the struggle as part of the event's appeal, with the international crowd adapting to the environment. The festival continues to attract a diverse group of participants, and the atmosphere has evolved with increased documentation and sharing on social media.

Burning Man festival hit with massive dust storm

All right, one of the most famous festivals in the world has gone awry. This is what twilight looks like. This is what twilight looks like. All right, this was the scene at Burning Man, the week-long festival held every year in the Nevada desert, where tens of thousands of attendees build a city from scratch. But as you can see, a massive dust storm wreaked havoc on those plans, blowing away entire campsites as well as structures. My next guest is at the festival in Black Rock City. Orson Matthews is an artist and creator, and he's attended several Burning Mans over the years. Orson, great to see you. Fantastic outfits. You match my pink shirt, I have to say. I'm also wearing a bit of pink. But you're rocking it better than I am. Okay, so Orson, I want to talk about this dust storm and some of the images we're seeing about entire campsites falling apart. What has your experience been, and are you safe? I'm definitely safe. A lot of the structures that are made out of tarps and kind of put together like tents and stuff like that, those definitely got flattened. I'm in a camper, so I haven't had as much problems with things getting destroyed. But yeah, there's definitely quite a few camps that are still in the midst of repairing themselves. I want to talk about how this, I mean, and actually, we saw some images from Burning Man last year of people battling to leave the event with mud and, you know, all sorts of things, environmental factors coming in. How much of this affects the vibe, the energy? Because frankly, you're there to have a good time and now you're fighting with Mother Nature, essentially. Well, it's a very harsh climate here anyways, like the dust is inevitable. So the rain is a different flavor of struggle, but it doesn't really affect most people. In fact, I think some people kind of like the struggle because it kind of makes the party even more fun when you can get out there and go full tilt. Yeah, struggle is part of, you know, learning about survival skills, I'm sure. So you've attended multiple, you know, versions of this festival since 2013. You're a creator, you're an artist. I mean, you're clearly must be a lot of fun. Tell me about all the people that come in from all over the world to experience this and how it's evolved through the years. Yeah, it definitely seems to be very international. I'm definitely noticing a lot of different languages out there and I love it. I think it's really fun to have all these cultures kind of mixing together in the same space. And I think it definitely has evolved. It seems a little more kind of image driven, perhaps. Like I think people are, you know, it's such a fantastic event that people want to come and take all those Instagram photos and stuff like that. So I think that has evolved with the amount of technology we have and our ability to record ourselves.

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