PROTOPIA: A Burning Man Experience 2025

SEP 08 2025 · 04:05

Burning Man Tomorrow Today 2025 began with waves of ominous weather, but Black Rock City was able to overcome these challenges with one of the best years yet. This video includes drone captures from this year's event supplemented with ground level filming to provide full immersion. For the previous 3 years, we create a short film as our gift so attendees can relive their experience for years to come. We strive to include as many Burning Man elements and faces as possible so everyone feels connected and is essentially a creator of this video. Enjoy! PROTOPIA "Protopia," a term coined by Kevin Kelly, describes a society that is incrementally but continuously improving, focusing on practical solutions to current problems rather than aiming for a perfect but unattainable "utopia" or being stuck in a "dystopia" of suffering. This stepwise approach involves using technology and human effort to make things slightly better each day and to cultivate the capacity for self-improvement, creating a hopeful, realistic, and achievable better future. Read the full article and description of this year's Burning Man theme "Tomorrow Today" by clicking the link below: https://journal.burningman.org/2024/11/philosophical-center/the-theme/burning-man-2025-tomorrow-today/ MUSIC We Are The People (ARTBAT Remix) - Empire of the Sun https://open.spotify.com/track/6JP6xWl8rQbs01Aehevduv https://www.facebook.com/empireofthesun Backwaters - Polaroit https://open.spotify.com/track/6IL8bohmnS4HW9NRzX9MxR Losing My Religion (Tal Fussman Remix) - R.E.M. https://soundcloud.com/egpodcast/free-download-rem-losing-my-religion-tal-fussman-remix https://remhq.com Breathe - CamelPhat, Jem Cooke & Cristoph https://open.spotify.com/track/6TR0FGw4zhlGbQALN065AI Another Brick in the Wall (Fahlberg Sunrise Edit) - Pink Floyd https://soundcloud.com/fahlbergmusic/pink-floyd-another-brick-in-the-wall-fahlberg-sunrise-edit-1 https://www.pinkfloyd.com VIDEOGRAPHY Jeff Stein - DRONE STUDIOS @DroneStudios https://dronestudios.io Iry Sinanis - WING WOMAN MEDIA https://www.instagram.com/wingwomanmedia EVENT Burning Man Project https://burningman.org ART & MUTANT VEHICLES Rose Wonders the Dambo Troll https://www.thomasdambo.com Mayan Warrior https://www.instagram.com/_mayanwarrior_ Sound Cabin Art Car https://www.instagram.com/soundcabin_artcar Long Feng https://www.longfengartcar.com MUSIC ARTISTS & DJs Rufus Du Sol https://www.rufusdusol.com @rufusdusol John Summit https://www.johnsummitmusic.com Stormborn T-rex https://www.instagram.com/cadetspace