VOL. XIII · NO. 01 BLACK ROCK CITY · NEVADA AUGUSTUS MMXXVI TWO BITS · OR A SMILE
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An international collective from a dozen flags who gather annually in the Nevada dust to shuck sweet corn, host a cheeky casting couch, and make a truly spectacular number of bad decisions. Welcome home.

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A Collective of Friends From All Over The World Who Gather In The Desert To Make Bad Decisions.

Camp CornHub is a collective of friends from all over the world who gather together in the desert every year to make bad decisions. Our campers come from over ten different countries and all over the United States, and each August they drag a shipping container, several miles of lights, a kitchen worth of cookware, and an improbable amount of corn onto a dry lakebed.

Not a single one of us takes ourselves very seriously. This is not a bug. It is the entire feature set. Show up with an earnest idea and at least two people will roll their eyes; show up with a truly stupid one and you will be handed a glue gun and a microphone and told to make it happen by Wednesday.

Come by daily for fresh corn on our cheeky casting couch.

The corn arrives by the crate. We shuck it on the couch — which is, for the record, a perfectly respectable piece of furniture that has withstood thirteen playa seasons, one minor fire, and the arrival of approximately 9,000 visitors who wanted to pose on it looking cheeky. It is cheeky. It's made of velvet. What did you expect.

We are not a sexual camp by any means. Please do not fuck on our couch. You know who you are.

§ III · By The Numbers

The Statistics Of A Very Serious Operation.

Figures audited by a guy named Dave
XIIIYears on Playa
10+Countries represented
42Campers strong, MMXXVI
Ears of corn shucked
1Couch, cheeky
0Regrets, zero asterisks
§ IV · The Burn

We light him on fire on Saturday night.

Camp CornHub lives, breathes, and shucks corn at Burning Man — the temporary city of 80,000 humans that materializes on the Black Rock Desert each August and disappears nine days later, leaving (ideally) not a scrap behind.

We follow the 10 Principles. We pack out everything we packed in, we welcome every stranger, and on Saturday night we stand together in the dust and watch the Man go up in flames. Sunday night the Temple goes too. Then we pack the container and drive home and miss it for eleven months.

  1. Radical Inclusion
  2. Gifting
  3. Decommodification
  4. Radical Self-reliance
  5. Radical Self-expression
  6. Communal Effort
  7. Civic Responsibility
  8. Leaving No Trace
  9. Participation
  10. Immediacy
The Man burning, Saturday night, with fireworks
SAT MMXXV · The Man Burns · Black Rock Desert 21:47 PT
⚠ Viewer Advisory · Please Read ⚠

Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Fuck On Our Couch.

We are not a sexual camp by any means. The couch is structural. It has seen things. It cannot see any more things. You know who you are, and if you don't, please be advised: it is probably you.

A Camp CornHub camper striking a pose on the open playa
↳ The energy we welcome · the couch we ask you not to
§ V · The Classifieds Services rendered · items on offer
Ad № 001

Fresh Corn, Daily

Butter · cotija · chili-lime · plain for the purists · vegan-friendly options at all hours. Come hungry. Leave with kernels in your teeth.

Ad № 002

The Cheeky Casting Couch

Our signature shade structure and photo op. Strike a pose. Audition for nothing in particular. Entirely non-sexual. See also: Ad № 007.

Ad № 003

Ten-Plus Flags, One Camp

Campers from across the US, Europe, Latin America, and points further afield. Expect conversations in at least four languages before lunch.

Ad № 004 · Featured

Zero Self-Seriousness, Strictly Enforced

If you need to explain why you are important, this is not the camp for you. If you have a bit, bring it. If you have two bits, bring those too — that is, for the record, the cover price of this very newspaper.

Ad № 005

Radical Hospitality

Water. Shade. Corn. A stupid pun. The four pillars. Everything else is cornmeal.

Ad № 006

A Little Art, A Lot Of Mischief

Lighting rigs · questionable signage · at least one installation that requires a safety briefing and a signed waiver.

Ad № 007 · Notice

Do Not Fuck On The Couch

See front page advisory, repeated ads № 002 and № 004, and the handwritten sign nailed above the couch. The fourth reminder is intentional.

Ad № 008

MOOP Sweep · All Hands

Matter Out Of Place is the enemy. Every camper does the line sweep before exodus. Black Rock Desert leaves cleaner than we found it. That is the deal.

§ VI · Find Us On Playa

Somewhere shady, somewhere loud, somewhere that smells faintly of grilled corn.

Our exact placement shifts with the winds of BMorg. Look for us in the 4:30 Sector! — and if not, follow your nose toward grilled corn.

Welcome home, weary traveler. The kettle is on. The couch is occupied (but not in that way).

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