Episode 11: 2025 Kiwiburn Trash Renaissance Fair Review (Cherie, Cris, Pete, & Shelley)
In this episode we review the 2025 Kiwiburn: Trash Renaissance Fair event with a panel of experienced kiwiburners and a first-time kiwiburner from Australia. We discuss some of the things that went right and talk about what went wrong. A reflective episode to learn, raise awareness, educate, and archive for future reference. We also discuss the fun and magical moments; the arts, theme camps, events, workshops, the burns and the shenanigans; and also the controversial or uncomfortable conversations coming out of Kiwiburn 2025.
Host: Stevan ‘Silent Disco’ Lay
Guests: Cherie Tollemache, Cris ‘Holy Dooley’ Clucas, Pete ‘Lumos’ Wyatt, Shelley Watson
Produced by PY Wong & Stevan Lay
Kiwiburn: Trash Renaissance Fair | 22-27 January, 2025 | Hunterville, New Zealand
Artist credit: Cole Holyoake
USEFUL Links:
RNZ article - Kiwiburn festival under fire after complaints of inappropriate behaviour: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018974429/kiwiburn-festival-under-fire-after-complaints-of-inappropriate-behaviour
Kiwiburn: https://kiwiburn.com/
Kiwiburn Facebook group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kiwiburn
Ignition Festival: https://ignitionfestival.co.nz/
Northern Burn NZ: https://www.northernburn.org/
Raglan Burn: https://raglanburners.wixsite.com/raglan-burn
Blazing Swan: https://blazingswan.com.au/
Burning Seed: https://www.burningseed.com/
Sunburnt Arts: https://sunburntarts.org.au/
Underland: https://underland.au/
Common Arts Victoria: https://commonarts.org.au/
The Third Degree: https://the3rddegree.org/
Dragon Burn: https://www.dragonburn.org/
Afrikaburn: https://www.afrikaburn.org/
Celtic Burn: https://celticburn.org/
Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Panel intros
[00:04:55] Kiwiburn roles
[00:10:34] How was your KB2025?
[00:13:39] Art burnables at KB2025
[00:15:46] Kiwiburn2025 temple
[00:21:42] Effigy naked run
[00:29:28] Horny burn
[00:36:36] Consent
[00:41:22] Each One, Teach One
[00:45:25] Theft and damaged property
[00:51:51] Moop and lost property
[00:56:08] Education
[01:06:42] All contributors model
[01:12:08] Volunteer appreciation
[01:14:32] Feedback processes
[01:22:37] Council of shit stirrers
[01:27:23] Art at kiwiburn2025
[01:29:35] Performance art
[01:33:47] Interactive art
[01:38:55] Kiwiburners
[01:42:45] Shenanigans
[01:45:09] Gap year
[01:50:55] Local burner events
The information presented in the following audio program is for informational, educational, entertainment, and archival purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed on the Bonzaar Podcast are solely those of the hosts and the guests and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the entire burner community. Bonzaar Podcast is an independently-produced, volunteer-led, and community-funded project and is not associated or affiliated with the burning man organisation or it's world-wide subsidiaries.
This episode was recorded on 9 February, 2025
