The world-renowned Burning Man festival has just announced its return next year. The theme for 2022 is “Waking Dreams”.
Festival organisers have said the theme will “explore the transformative power of dreams, both literal and figurative, and celebrate the dreamers who channel this potent energy in eye-opening, often surrealistic, sometimes life-changing ways.”
When swathes of people gather in Northern Nevada for the festival, it will have been a whole three years since the last official Burning Man.
After a long hazy blur of pandemic insomnia, unanchored in time and adrift between sleeping and waking, it’s time to start imagining the future again. And with exactly that in mind, we’re excited to reveal this year’s Burning Man theme: “Waking Dreams.” ✨https://t.co/oBfh1vKQR7
— Burning Man Project (@burningman) October 14, 2021
Stuart Magnum - director of the Philosophical Center of Burning Man Project, explained some of the ways that dreams and surrealism play a role in the Burning Man experience, but it didn't go into detail on how the theme will play out during the next event. You can have a look at the rather lengthy journal post here.
There's no official confirmation on dates but one thing we know for sure is that it will return to Black Rock City sometime in 2022.
