Trial by fire: the future of festivals

Bear Kittay talks about Burning Man and how festivals can change the world.
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I’ve never spoken to a ‘social alchemist’ before. Bear Kittay and I are sitting in the Sofitel lounge. He’s curled up on a couch and adjusting his purple-and-green trilby while I decide on my first question.

‘They said to choose my own title,’ Bear says with a laugh. ‘And I thought social alchemy is the best description of what I do.’

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Cory Zanoni
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Cory Zanoni writes essays and poetry but invariably draws little comics over his work. He complains about this behaviour on Twitter: @cjzanoni