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Volume 18, Issue #14 | January 30, 2014 
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ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS:
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We've got another action-packed Jackrabbit in store for you, including two (count 'em ... TWO) job opportunities to work with Burning Man. Check those out and get your applications in! Or if you're an aviator or aviator enthusiast, we have volunteer opportunities with the Black Rock City Airport (yes, there is such a thing).
This issue is particularly flush with excellent and interesting writings, from the Coyote Nose (one of our best storytellers) talking about the spread of Burning Man-inspired culure, to a mathematical model of a gift economy, to New York City's search for the mythical unicorn. Intrigued?
Oh and we've got a song, an interview and an amazing gallery of Burner portraits you don't want to miss. The usual cavalcade of eclectic offerings from the Burning Man community. We're here to serve.
The Man burns in 212 days!
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Job Opportunity: Controller
Position Available: Controller
Location: San Francisco, CA
JOB SUMMARY
The Controller will supervise day-to-day accounting (General Ledger, A/P and Payroll, A/R), prepare and present monthly financial statements and analysis, prepare and present budgets and forecasts, and assist with the management of Burning Man Project’s companies. The Controller works closely with the Director of Finance and plays an important role in examining and providing financial insight into the operations of the Project’s companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. The Controller will help in the development of new processes and procedures, and must be able to communicate financial information in a clear and compelling manner to the Project staff, Executive Committee, and other employees. The person in this role will help people to understand the financial impact of their decisions, and encourage them to include this viewpoint when making choices. The Controller will
also identify potential problems and bring these to the attention of the Director of Finance.
This is a full-time, regular position eligible for benefits. For comprehensive details on the duties and essential functions of this role, as well as a list of qualifications, please view the complete job listing.
** Please submit resume and cover letter by 6:00PM PST on Tuesday, February 4th, 2014, using this link.
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Job Opportunity: Event Systems Manager
Position Available: Event Systems Manager
Location: San Francisco, CA
JOB SUMMARY
The Event Systems Manager oversees technology systems and projects that support the annual production of Black Rock City and year-round events. Responsibilities include the selection, development, maintenance, implementation and operational readiness of software systems that support a wide variety of event-related logistical needs. In addition to direct management of these systems, this role engages with other BRC departmental technology projects and systems as needed. This position reports to the Technology Director and supervises seasonal employees, part-time and project contractors, volunteers, and vendor relationships.
This is a full-time, regular position eligible for benefits. For comprehensive details on the duties and essential functions of this role and a list of qualifications, please view the complete job listing.
** Please submit resume and cover letter by NOON (PST) on January 31st (that's TOMORROW!), using this link.
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Art Grants: Get Your Proposal In!
Here's your friendly reminder that the time to submit your proposal for a Burning Man art grant is now. Like, as in now.
While the deadline for submissions is February 15 at 12(NOON) PST, you know not to wait until the very last minute, right? That's how things go wonky and result in fret and strife, right? Yep, you know it, we know it.
We're very excited to see the amazing proposals coming in, so keep 'em coming and thank you, artists!
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Learn About Rampart, Black Rock City's Hospital
Kate Gonella of Burning Man's Emergency Services Department sent this along ...
Rampart, the Black Rock City Hospital, is run by Humboldt General Hospital in Winnemucca, NV. Visit their Facebook page to see more of what they do when not treating boo-boos on Burners. Better yet, 'Like' them while you're there!
The amazing Rampart Burners thank you for your support!
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Burning Man: NYC’s Search for The Mythical Unicorn
This interesting article came across our radar, and we really dug it. It delves into the challenges faced by folks working to bring Burning Man culture to urban environments off the playa -- in this case, New York City. Check it out.
(Photo by Tom Egan / Courtesy of Figment)
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Burning While Black
Honeyshot writes:
"Nick Powers, ten-year Playa vet and literature professor has a new book featuring Burning Man. After reporting from war zones, protests or natural disasters, he returned to Black Rock City to purge, heal and recreate hope. 'The Ground Below Zero' is reviewed here."
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"Look in Your Eyes" - A Song for the Burning Man Culture
Felipe (aka Dr. Fiesta) writes:
"Out of my joy and gratitude for Burning Man and its cultural impact and influence in my life I felt a necessity to express and celebrate its power through my passion. The result was 'Look in your Eyes'.
A song from Felipe Tarantino's debut album 'Social Jet Lag' - Recorded in L.A. and produced by SUPERTRAMP's guitarist, it contains top notch organic production values with lyrics about everybody's favorite city. The catch: only a Burner will understand what the song is truly about.
A gift to my fellow Burners, you can download the song for free at www.FelipeTarantino.com. Also, visit Felipe's Facebook page."
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Aviators! Work with the Black Rock City Airport!
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This comes from Avi8trix, the (appropriately named) Unicommander for the Black Rock City Airport:
"Yeah you ... the ones that keep noticing (and accurately identifying) the airplanes, ultralights, experimentals, and helicopters that orbit, land, depart and hover over our fair city.
Did you realize Burning Man has its own airport?!? It's 88NV, Black Rock City Municipal Airport, second busiest in Nevada for the week of the event. WE NEED YOU!! Our unique little aerodrome is growing and evolving and we'll take all the help we can get.
Are you an Air Traffic Controller, pilot, airline employee, dispatcher or obsessive lover of all things aviation? We'd love to tap your sharp minds, strong arms and community enthusiasm. Or perhaps you're not an aviator, but have a flair for the dramatic (unleash your inner TSA employee, customs inspector, border guard or whatever you wish) and would like to help us welcome new arrivals.
If you can offer a few hours, a lot of hours, or want to become part of our camp of Aviators, we've got something for you to do!! Simply select 'Airport' on the Burner Volunteer Form or contact milehigh@burningman.com."
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The Life Cube Project, Downtown Las Vegas
Scott writes:
"We are SO excited to create a Life Cube installation for Downtown Las Vegas in February/March 2014. The success of The Life Cube over the last four years could not have happened without the hundreds of supporters, contributors, volunteers, and an ever-growing community of 'Cube-ists'.
Learn all about the project, its origins, its mission, its outreach efforts in the Las Vegas area -- and make a donation -- on their Indiegogo page.
Whether it's $1 or $1000, please consider a donation. Every little bit helps. If you're here in Las Vegas or supporting The Life Cube from afar, we're glad to have you with us! Your donation, combined with hundreds of others, will enable us to reach our goal!
Every donor gets a wish! There is other stuff you get (see rewards!) -- but most of all, whether small or large, you will know that your donation really does support this art project and its message."
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Support BRAS: Bringing a Massive, Climbable Telescope to the Playa!
We love nerdtastic interactive projects like this. Wabi Sabi (Editor's note: love the name) writes:
"The Black Rock Astronomical Society is based in New York and building a 20" aperture telescope that will stand about 10' feet tall when complete. The telescope will go from 15 to 90 degrees from the horizontal and will be controlled with a motor. To make sure we don't miss any nearby supernovas it will also rotate 360 degrees horizontally. Visitors will be able to climb the telescope in order to reach the eyepiece. Visitors can then take a moment to sit atop the telescope and contemplate their place in the universe while scanning the sky for planets and nebulae.
The telescope will be housed in the BRC Observatory which is being built in CA by the Desert Wizards of Mars who built the Seraphim and the Human Spirit and then wowed Burning Man with the Mars Rover Art Car. The observatory will host star parties, lectures, and projections. We will also have one night when we invite all starships, spaceships, explorers, shuttles and all manner of interplanetary vehicles to gather for a giant party.
Right now, we are looking for volunteers for who can speak on cosmology, astronomy, telescopes or related topics at the observatory; who have done metalworking and can contribute their time and skills to building crucial pieces of the telescope; any volunteers who believe they can contribute to the overall project; and finally support via our Kickstarter that we will launch in the next couple of months.
Stay updated on the build and Kickstarter through our Facebook page."
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SF Burnal Equinox - San Francisco, CA - March 8
Burning Man presents ... SF Burnal Equinox art salon & mixer!
Saturday, March 8th - 7pm to 4am
@ Public Works
161 Erie Street, SF, CA 94103
21+ over
Art • Music • Performance * Theme Camps * Video Artistry * Unexpectables * You!
Burning Man is thrilled to invite YOU to participate in creating the Burnal Equinox 2014 salon!
THEME: The Multiverse Outpost!
Join fellow travellers on their way to The Multiverse Outpost! Collaborate in a world in which many realities, cultures and creative universes overlap … an entropic sandwich riddled with tasty worm holes and dark matter unicorns, where everything is a form of string theory and thus equally probable somewhere. You are encouraged to come bearing customs and gifts from your universe to help create a gift market of experience, a showcase of imagination, and an IN-terdimensional OUTpost of sentient expression!
Burnal Equinox is our first community event of the year and we look forward to your participation! So, ramp up your radical self-expression and join a wide variety of performers, artists, theme camps, and friends at this creative salon to encourage arts collaboration in the Bay Area and mark the mid-point in our burning year!
Interested in meeting other imaginative people, sharing your artistry, or finding creative collaborators? Email: flambelounge@burningman.com
To volunteer email: SEvolunteers@burningman.com
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Join Us for Figment ALPHA 2014 - Darlington, MD - April 25-27
We're psyched to see how Figment has evolved over the years. Way to make it happen, people! Not That Dave writes:
"We’re all creative, right? So what would happen if everyone were expected to participate creatively in our events? What if we actively enforced the 'no spectators' rule? This is the experiment that we’re conducting at ALPHA!
At ALPHA, everyone is expected to bring a project… but a project can be anything at all as long as it’s interactive! Working on an interactive sculpture? Bring it out to share! Got something you’d like to talk about? Run a workshop or meet-up on a specific topic. Working on a new performance and need feedback? You set the framework, and the other participants will fill in. Building something for Black Rock City and need to do a test build? Do it at ALPHA and let participants try it out!
We're very happy to invite you to ALPHA 2014! We had a total blast last year at our first ALPHA ... and we look forward to creating another awesome event that brings creative people together to make and share awesome projects.
ALPHA 2014 will be at Camp Ramblewood in Darlington, Maryland, from April 25-27, 2014. Full information.
Tickets are on sale now. Cabins and meal plans also available. Let us know your ideas for how to make the event as awesome as possible at alpha@figmentproject.org! We look forward to creating with you at ALPHA 2014!"
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We Were Listening To ...
Emancipator, Vibrasphere and Tycho.
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Credits:
Compilation, Editing and Writing: Will Chase
Copy Editor: Megan Miller
Looking Over Shoulders: Jim Graham
Design & Development: Silvia Stephenson
Back of House: Amani Loutfy, Edub
Original Jackrabbit (O.J.): Marian Goodell
Header Photograph: ricochet
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