Larry Harvey, Burning Man co-founder, passes aged 70
Harvey, who co-founded the Nevada 'anti-festival' in 1986, was a "great leader and an inspiring mind", says Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell
News By IQ | 30 April 2018
Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell has paid tribute to Larry Harvey – the festival’s co-founder, as well as a “landscape gardener, a philosopher, a visionary, a wit, a writer, an inspiration, an instigator [and] a mentor” – who passed away on Saturday aged 70.
Harvey co-founded the festival – a countercultural gathering in the Black Rock desert, Nevada – in 1986 with his friend, Jerry James. The event has since grown from a three-day, 80-person ‘zone trip’ to an eight-day event attended by…
You've used your free article this month
Continue reading with a free account, or subscribe for unlimited access to all of our news, features and reports.
