Burning Man Update: The Jack Rabbit Speaks
Volume 14, Issue #14
April 27, 2010
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INTRODUCTION
LATEST NEWS:
+ 2010 HONORARIUM ART INSTALLATIONS ANNOUNCED
+ THEME CAMP REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APPROACHING!!! APRIL 29!
+ BRINGING KIDS TO THE PLAYA? REGISTER TO CAMP WITH KIDSVILLE
+ STEAMPUNK TREE HOUSE TO BE INSTALLED PERMANENTLY ON THE EAST COAST
+ PDX BRIDGE FESTIVAL CALL FOR ART
PARTICIPATE:
+ SKILLED LABORERS AND BIODIESEL GURUS NEEDED IN PERU
+ THE BLACK ROCK CENSUS WANTS YOU!
+ SEEKING PIMP YOUR BIKE SUPPLIES
+ HEEBEEGEEBEE HEALING OASIS NEEDS MASSAGE TABLES
EVENTS & HAPPENINGS:
+ FUNDRAISER FOR THE TEMPLE OF FLUX - SF - MAY 1
+ BORDERTOWN: A BENEFIT FOR BURNERS WITHOUT BORDERS - SF - MAY 15
+ ALCHEMY TICKETS ON SALE - ATLANTA, GA, SEPT 30 - OCT 4
PHOTOS & IMAGES:
+ BURNING MAN 2009 PHOTO GALLERY FROM NK GUY
CONNECT WITH BURNING MAN:
+ Burning Man on your favorite social networks
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If you've recently started hearing the distant sound of hammering,
grinding, welding, cutting and laughter, that's prooooobably any one
of many Burning Man artists starting work on their projects for 2010.
Yep, we've announced our Honorarium Art Installations for this year
(check it out, below), and the artists are now gathering their teams,
acquiring their materials, assembling their tools, and getting to work!
We're especially psyched that this year's Temple will be constructed
by our good friends and long-time Burning Man artists Rebecca Anders,
Jess Hobbs, and Peter "PK" Kimelman. Rebecca and Jess have a storied
history with the Flaming Lotus Girls (perhaps you've heard of them?),
and they've decided to take on the challenge of Black Rock City's
spiritual centerpiece, calling their offering the "Temple of Flux."
Theirs is an innovative, avant garde and striking design, and we're
very excited to see it on playa. Read Jess's description of how they
came to the decision to do the Temple in the Burning Blog:
http://bit.ly/bi6gds
Of course, there are hundreds more artists that are going to be
toiling over artworks for Black Rock City that aren't part of the
Honorarium program, and these folks are going to be self-funding or
creatively-funding their pieces ... and there's a darn good chance
they could use some help. Whether it's cold hard cash, elbow grease
or sweat equity, check around and see who's building something near
you and see if they could use a hand. It's a great way to experience
(read: participate in!) the event and meet new people.
You'll find all the Honorarium Artists' contact information on the web
page (see below), and you can also toss out your willingness to help on:
The Burning Man Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/burningman
... and the ePlaya: http://eplaya.burningman.com
Once the art starts happening, it sure feels like full steam ahead to
Black Rock City!
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2010 HONORARIUM ART INSTALLATIONS ANNOUNCED
Burning Man's Art Grant Committee has been hard at work, poring over
submmission after submission, determining how best to allocate their
grant budget (nearly $440,000, which is paid for out of your ticket
price) to help facilitate the best possible offering of art on playa
this year. And we're proud to announce the Honorarium Art
Installations for 2010:
http://www.burningman.com/installations/10_art_honor.html
Of course, these just represent the centrally-funded artworks ...
there are hundreds more that people self-finance or creatively-finance
themselves to bring to the playa for our community to enjoy.
Thanks to ALL the artists who create work for the playa!
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THEME CAMP REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APPROACHING!!! APRIL 29!
We have heard the complaint that has been growing louder every year:
announcing Placement on August 1st is a huge obstacle to travel
planning for the east coast and international members of our community.
We have moved the plans submission deadline up to April 29th this
year, so we can announce Placement one month earlier in early July.
Theme Camp Placement Questionnaire: http://forms.burningman.com/
Theme Camp Resource Guide: http://www.burningman.com/themecamps/resource_guide.html
- Placement team
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BRINGING KIDS TO THE PLAYA? REGISTER TO CAMP WITH KIDSVILLE
"KidsVille is THE place for children of all ages at Burning Man. We
are a group of diverse families creating a unique space for play and
other activities. Families with children 0-17 years of age are welcome
to camp with us if they are pre-registered.
Please note: KidsVille is NOT a babysitting service. Families who wish
to camp within Kidsville need to register no later than August 1,
2010. If you are planning on bringing your children to Burning Man,
please join our Yahoo group, where you'll find lots of people
available to answer all of your questions.
Lora Green, Kidsville Mayor GKOTU
URL: http://blackrockkids.org/
Yahoogroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KidsCamp/
Contact: DasBus@gmail.com "
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STEAMPUNK TREE HOUSE TO BE INSTALLED PERMANENTLY ON THE EAST COAST
Five Ton Crane, the kids behind the amazing Steam Punk Tree House
project that was created for and exhibited at Burning Man 2007, have
let us know that they've inked a deal to install the piece in a to-be-
announced location on the East Coast this summer. And this? Is very
exciting. They're hard at work retrofitting the Tree House for
permanent installation as we type. Congratulations to the Five Ton
Crane crew! More info on their website:
http://www.fivetoncrane.org
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PDX BRIDGE FESTIVAL CALL FOR ART
The Portland Bridge Festival is a really amazing Burning Man-inspired
interactive art event taking place in Portland this summer (July 23 -
August 8), and it's being produced by Tucker Teutsch, co-creator of
the Basura Sagrada Temple in 2008. He's opened up a call for artists
and asked us to send it around. They're also having a fundraiser on
May 13, and they're seeking donations for it ... you can learn more
about that on their website:
http://www.pdxbridgefestival.org
WE WANT YOUR ART!*
This summer, we will dominate Portland with your art. Who are we? PDX
Bridge Festival. We are artists. Dreamers. Doers. Makers of things.
We are three weekends of awesome on and around the bridges of
Portland. And we want you to join us!
This summer, we celebrate the bridges with a festival of artistic
excellence, producing an awe-inspiring event and providing a major
showcase for Portland artists, musicians and performers. So where do
we start? By engaging creators of all kinds in a citywide conversation
about “bridges.” Thematically. Metaphorically. Satirically. And
literally, if you swing that way.
Crocheting a sculpture of the Hawthorne Bridge? Obviously! Composing a
symphonic ode to dental bridges? Yes, please. A Jeff Bridges movie?
Yep. We’re into that, too.
But first, you must SUBMIT.
DO IT! By June 16th, 2010
*This call for art brought to you by PDX Bridge Festival and Portland
City Art. Art will be exhibited at the 2010 PDX Bridge Festival in a
variety of traditional and non-traditional venues.
SUBMIT AT: http://www.pdxbridgefestival.org/submit
If Burners want to come up for the festival, we have hotel specials
happening and would love to hook em up with lodgings (both low-brow
and high-end, depending on what they want). The word "flicker' gets
them special deals at the Jupiter Hotel (a very cool spot here in PDX)
during the festival.
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SKILLED LABORERS AND BIODIESEL GURUS NEEDED IN PERU
Burners Without Borders's Carmen Mauk writes:
"When Burners Without Borders's major volunteer deployment ended after
a year of working in Peru, we wanted to find a sustainable way in
which we could continue to support the reconstruction efforts in Pisco
for years to come. Well, for the past two years this has been an
amazing success with the formation of Pisco Sin Fronteras.
The large numbers of PSF volunteers are extremely dedicated to the
reconstruction of Pisco, yet are lacking the extensive skills our
community possesses to lead and design projects. BWB is putting the
call out for skilled Volunteers to support PSF in reaching its fullest
potential.
To see the specific skills that are needed in account management,
carpentry, wetlands restoration and biodiesel -- just to name a few --
please click here and get in touch:
http://bit.ly/cVrrqN
Check out this incredibly inspiring 10 minute video about BWB's work
in Peru. Thanks to Kelly and Jefe for volunteering their time to
produce this beautiful piece.
http://www.vimeo.com/10809028 "
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THE BLACK ROCK CENSUS WANTS YOU!
Are you aching for a taste of the playa, but can't wait till August?
Look no further, volunteer to be a part of Census Keypunching 2010.
If you answer yes to the following questions, and want to help share
Census info with all of Black Rock City, then this is the gig for you!
1. Do you want to volunteer for 20 hours or more over the next month?
2. Do you have access to a computer with a reliable internet
connection?
3. Do you want to bring a touch of the playa to your daily life?
4. Do you live in the Continental United States?
5. Have you ever punched keys before? (In the default world its
often this is often referred to as Data Entry)
6. Do you want to be a part of a network of like-minded, driven
Burners with a purpose?
When you come to Center Camp this Burn, you can tell your friends you
helped make the citywide Census possible!
If you think you can handle all of this Fantasmagorically
Megamanimously Awesome Awesomeness and can volunteer your time---
Please send your mailing address and phone number to our Keypunching
Guru, Spork at burnerresearch@gmail.com
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SEEKING PIMP YOUR BIKE SUPPLIES
Contact Kent directly if you can help him out.
"Hi,
Kent Leech here of Camp Bioluminati. We've been doing 'Pimp Yr Bike'
since 2006; usually on the Center Camp Outer Ring Road.
We need piping supplies. Non-moopy [Editor's note: MOOP is "matter out
of place", aka trash, aka Things That Fall Apart And Make A Mess]
stuff from paints to fabric to shiny plastic trinkets so folks can
decorate their bikes.
Thanks!
-Kent
kent@kentleech.com "
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HEEBEEGEEBEE HEALING OASIS NEEDS MASSAGE TABLES
The Heebeegeebees write in:
"Do you or someone you know have a folding massage table sitting
around somewhere? Bring it to the playa and donate it to the
Heebeegeebee Healers of Nectar Village! We provide free healing
services to thousands of individuals every year during the Burning Man
Festival, and hope that the energy we cultivate spreads into the
greater world, creating love, health and a higher state of being for
everyone. Your table will be used to benefit the community of Black
Rock City for years to come. (No really, it would suck not to be able
to get a session not because we don't have awesome healers available
but because we have no massage table for you to relax upon.)"
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FUNDRAISER FOR THE TEMPLE OF FLUX - SF - MAY 1
The Space Cowboys are putting on a heckuva fundraising event to
support the construction of the Temple of Flux (http://www.temple2010.org
) at Burning Man 2010. It's going down on May 1 at Kelly's Mission
Rock, and it's guaranteed to be quite a hoot, so if you're in San
Francisco, come on down! Info and tickets:
http://spacecowboys.org/pages/UnodeMayo
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BORDERTOWN: A BENEFIT FOR BURNERS WITHOUT BORDERS - SF - MAY 15
Bordertown: An Old West Bonanza and Benefit for Burners Without Borders
May 15, 2010
8PM-2AM
@ CELLSpace
2050 Bryant Street, SF, CA
$12 before 10:30PM, $20 after 10:30PM
Welcome to the rough and tumble frontier—an area where anything can
happen, dreams are realized, and no one can be trusted! Hit the dusty
trail with us and head to BORDERTOWN! Come as your favorite old west
character. Be the gunslinger, the showgirl, the gold seeker, the
outlaw, the cathouse Madame, the barkeep, or any of the denizens of
Bordertown! Revel in three environments of performance, music, art,
dancing, decor, and merriment. Join us for our art auction and walk
home with fantastic deals on amazing one-of-a-kind art pieces.
100% of the net proceeds from Bordertown will go to benefit Burners
Without Borders projects worldwide. Help Burners Without Borders
continue to support worldwide efforts of civic and social activism.
From continuing relief work in areas devastated by Katrina, to relief
efforts in Haiti, to empowering African street kids through teaching
the art of fire poi, Burners Without Borders mission to bring the
principle of gifting—common at Burning Man—to the greater world has
been astoundingly successful. Help Burners Without Borders projects
continue to grow and achieve great things! For more information about
Burners Without Borders projects worldwide, check out:
http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org/
To see BWB at work in Peru, check out this moving video:
http://www.vimeo.com/10809028
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ALCHEMY TICKETS ON SALE - ATLANTA, GA, SEPT 30 - OCT 4
Hello Alchemists!
Tier 1 invitations are now on sale for Alchemy 2010 for just $35.00.
Tier 1 invitations will be available until either 500 are sold or June
15th, whichever comes first. After that, tier 2 invitations will be
available until the event at $45.00. We encourage you to purchase your
invitations early to help fund operations.
To get your invitation, please visit
http://www.alchemyfestival.com/essentials/invitations.html
You may use your permanent registered login on the site (from last
year's purchase and this years' elections), or you may register at the
page.
Clove
a.k.a. Buttercup
)'( Team Atlanta
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BURNING MAN 2009 PHOTO GALLERY FROM NK GUY
As usual, NK Guy took some absolutely incredible shots at this year's
Burn. Man, that guy can handle a camera. Enjoy:
http://burningcam.com/2009/
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The Burning Man Regional Network - connect with Burners in your
hometown:
http://regionals.burningman.com
Visit our own Lyceum and engage with published authors, bloggers and
thinkers in and around the Burning Man community as they observe and
comment on our culture and like-minded cultures around the world:
http://blog.burningman.com
The Official Burning Man Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/burningman
Official Burning Man Twitter Account - All Things Burning Man:
http://www.twitter.com/burningman
Black Rock City Twitter Account - All Things BRC:
http://www.twitter.com/blackrockcity
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