Torcia Umana 2025 is scheduled to take place fromagosto 24 a settembre 1, 2025, nel deserto della Roccia Nera, Nevada, where tens of thousands of participants create a temporary city known as Black Rock City.
The event culminates in the burning of a large wooden effigy called “The Man” on August 30, followed by the burning of the Temple on August 31.
This year’s festival already comes with some challenges. For the first time since 2011, tickets have not sold out in advance of the event. This has been attributed to factors like “funflation” (the rising cost of live events), general inflation, and the lingering effects of weather-related issues from previous years.
In 2023, the event was hit by a monsoon rainstorm that dumped about two to three months’ worth of rain in a single weekend. The desert’s clay surface turned into a thick, inescapable mud pit. This stranded over 70,000 attendees, banning vehicles from entering or exiting for several days and forcing people to conserve supplies.
In response, the organization has streamlined some processes, cut expenses, and held last-minute sales to boost attendance.
Domani oggi
Torcia Umana 2025 will center around the theme“Domani oggi," inviting participants to imagine and actively shape the future starting now.
This theme celebratescreatività, innovazione, ecollective action, calling on Burners to dream boldly and prototype new ideas for living in a rapidly changing world.
Inspired by historic world fairs that combined scientific progress and artistic expression, “Tomorrow Today” encourages attendees to balance visions of atech-driven utopia with the awareness of possibledystopian futures. The goal is to becomeproactive ancestors who build hope and resilience through art and community.
Black Rock City will transform into aliving blueprint for innovation, featuring interactive, symbolic installations. The event’s style leans into asteampunk aesthetic, imagining futures where technology might shift to more mechanical, Victorian-inspired forms if modern systems falter.
The Temple of the Deep
This year’s temple, designed by Spanish architect Miguel Arraiz, is titled “Temple of the Deep.”
It is a major departure from recent temple designs, inspired by ancient volcanic rocks from the Black Rock Desert landscape. The design references kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, to symbolize that healing comes from exploring and accepting our scars, not hiding them.
The interior features seven entrances, representing the seven stages of grief, that guide participants toward a shared central space for communal healing.
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