The Jackrabbit Speaks V19:#15:3.25.15

Volume 19, Issue #15 | March 25, 2015 LATEST NEWS: + There’s a Black Dot in the Middle of Everything I See + Burning Man Global Leadership Conference BURNING MAN ARTS: + Black Rock City Art Honoraria Announced + The Temple of Promise ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS: + Primal Screaming over Burning Man (and the war of cultural appropriation) + Corpus Christi BWB Beach Clean-Up Nets 8,000 Pounds of MOOP + Envision, Burning Man, and Beyond: One Worldwide Movement? PHOTOS, VIDEOS & AUDIO: + Follow @burningman on Instagram! + Temple Burns in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland + Hang Gliding Into Burning Man PARTICIPATE: + Virgin Letters Project + Year Three of My Teenage Angst on the Spoken Word Stage SUPPORT A PROJECT: + How Do I Support a Burning Man Art Project? Let Us Count the Ways! + Axayacoatl - Interactive Sculpture for Burning Man + TimeViewer: Because the Burn Was Better Last Year + Let's Put the Star in StarDust! + HAPi Experience EVENTS & HAPPENINGS: + Big Regional Events Coming Up: AfrikaBurn and Midburn GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY RIDE! Unsubscribe Greetings Burners everywhere and welcome to this edition of the Jackrabbit Speaks. We've got fun news (art!) and serious news (laser safety!) and touching news (temples!). Because, y'know, we like to keep it interesting. Before we jump into it, a gentle reminder that the Low Income Ticket Program is about to close up shop, as we're really close to receiving the maximum number of applications. Get yours in fast if you want a shot at one! We're very excited to announce this year's honoraria artists — take a gander at the list below, and we'll tickle your eyeballs with pictures and project descriptions soon enough. And as it's that time of year, art project fundraisers are starting to roll in, and we're collecting them on our Support a Project page, and highlighting selected ones below. Check 'em out, support 'em if you can. The Man burns in 164 days! There’s a Black Dot in the Middle of Everything I See At last year's event, one of our Black Rock Rangers, Ranger Halston, was rendered almost totally blind by lasers shined into her eyes by participants during the Man Burn. Because of the irresponsible actions of Burners with lasers, Kelli's life has been permanently altered. You can read more about the story on Voices of Burning Man. Kelli is raising funds to cover the lost wages and medical bills she’s accumulated since the injury, carrying her over until (and hopefully beyond) her Workers’ Comp claim gets processed by Burning Man’s insurance company. Please join with us as we help her, if you can. The Burning Man organization is considering various changes to the laser policy for 2015 and beyond. Regardless of the eventual policy decision, don’t use handheld lasers in crowds, don’t ever aim them at people, and make sure nobody around you does either. And don’t bring them to Burning Man ever again — it’s just not worth the risk to the livelihood of another human being. Burning Man Global Leadership Conference The Burning Man GLC is an annual conference of Burning Man community leadership that happens each spring in San Francisco, and it's coming up on April 9. Check out our video recap of last year's summit. Black Rock City Art Honoraria Announced Burning Man Arts has announced this year's recipients of Black Rock City Honoraria. Congratulations to these amazing artists! Alexander Griffin (Wolf), Hall of Mirrors Arcade, Gaithersburg Alexander Milov MEL, LOVE, Odessa Andrea Greenless, Cirque de Reflexions, Surbiton Anton Viditz-Ward Anton, Reflections of a Fire Sprite, Telluride Badier Velji Pepper, Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow, Mountain View Barry Crawford, Mechateuthis, Elko Bart Kresa, Shogyo Mujo, Santa Monica Big Time, Bismuth Bivouac, London Bill Neely (Doc Holiday), Playaquarium, Black Rock City 500' Under, Silver City Bree Hylkema Bree, Storied Haven, Oakland Brennan Steele Brennan, Lil Al - King of Carnival, NEW ORLEANS Capra Jneva, Axayacoatl, Alameda Carlyn Perona (Wrangler), Black Rock City Supper Club (BRCSC), Reno Carrie Smith Good Ideas, Charnival, Toronto Catie, Dreamland, San Francisco Chris Hankins (Kiwi), Mazu: Goddess of the Empty Sea, New Taipei City Chris Topp Krallan, The King of Fun, Portland Christian Breeden, Colossal Skeletal Marrionette, Charlottesville Christian Ristow, Becoming Human, El Prado Christopher Schardt Captain Ping, Firmament, Oakland Dan Bales, Reflective Resonance, Oakland Daniel Macchiarini (Danny Mac), Dragon Smelter, San Francisco Darren Fitzpatrick, Temple of Sound, dublin David Boyer, Kinetic Forest, Reno David Fradkin, The Giant Kaleidoscope, Toronto Gabe Zanotto Dragon Master, Dragon Master Presents: Wicked Art Piazza, Oroville Gary Gunderson (Toymaker), Pentamonium, Issaquah Gary Long, City of Lights, Los Angeles George Ingalls, Burning Man Bathroom Beacons: Twisted Bristles I & II, Brooklyn Gray Davidson, The Dancing Serpent, Oakland Ilya Pieper Spark Plug, The Wooden Nickel Carnival, Cedar Park James TYLER, Burning Man Brickhead, Haverstraw Jason Turgeon, The Blunderwood Portable (LOI submitted as Free Verse), Boston Jazz Tigan Jazz, Temple of Promise, Oakland Jody McIntyre Firetiger, Fire Tetris, Montreall John Valentino Gadget, Krewe of the Dusty Playa, Mandeville John Walter (Exactly), True Reflections Palace, Highland Jon & Kyrsten Sarriugarte & Mate, EMPIRE-EarlyMannedPlanetaryInterplanetaryRoundtripExpedition, Oakland Josh Haywood, The Arbour, Surbiton Kevin Clark, Medusa Madness, Portal to the Midway, Petaluma Kirsten Berg, Compound eye/"I", Newark Lisa Ferguson Kiki Kaboodle, Penny the Goose, Alameda Lorna Jackson (Brown Bear), Reflection, London Marco Cochrane, R-Evolution, Mill Valley Mario Martinez Mars, MARS MOLECULE, San Francisco Mark Bolotin, The Lumiphonic Creature Choir, New York Mark Melnick Ivan, Rube Awakening! Magic Bike Rack Transformation Station, Las Vegas Matisse Enzer matisse, The Last Flamethrower, San Francisco Matt Melnicki Marzipan Man, Love Tester., Reno Michael Christian, Brainchild, Berkeley Michael Coy MC, Be the Menagerie, Sebastopol Michael Garlington (Photo Mike), Totem of Confessions, Spokane Mike Dodds, Simon Fire Edition 2.0, Normandy Park Nick Geurts, Tree of Transformation, Wheat Ridge Philip DePoala Phil Nye, Light Striker Trial of Strength, Saugerties Rebecca Anders, Illumacanth, Oakland Rebekah Waites Probable Cause, The Church Trap Organ, Lawndale Rico Morales Bardo, WTF: WHAT THE FORK???, Wimberley Robert Hoehn ObiBob, Prairie Wind Chapel (previously Wind Sound Sanctuary), Venice Scott Cohen (skeeter), The Life Cube at Burning Man, 2015, Dobbs Ferry Scott Eaton, The Merry Go-round, Reno Sema Payain SaDSema, Own Way, Moscow Serge Beaulieu, HYBYTARIUM, San Francisco Shannon O'Hare Major Catastrophe, Neverwas Haul, Vallejo Sophi Kravitz, Loquacious and Lovely, Kingston Stuart Chapman (Carny), Wheel of Self Reflection, Emeryville Tanja Van Deer The Pretentious Platypus, The Whispering Willow, San Francisco The Coup de Foudre Project, Coup de Foudre, San Francisco The Iron Monkeys, Well of Darkness, Seattle Tom Varden Major Tom, Black Rock Observatory, Lancaster Trevor Schrock, Inflection (was: Suspension of Belief), Shoreline Trey Watkins, Fire Helix, San Francisco Tyler FuQua, TrEeD, Eagle Creek Vulfie Munson (Vulfie), You Are Who?, San Diego WeWanttoLearn.net - University of Westminster , The Infinity Tree, London The Temple of Promise The 2015 Temple has been revealed. For four years in a row, the temples of Black Rock City have been palatial, romantic, classical in design. Time’s up. This year's Temple crew have brought fluid, organic inspiration to this year’s design: the Temple of Promise. Read more on Voices of Burning Man Primal Screaming over Burning Man (and the war of cultural appropriation) Caveat writes: "One gets the impression that many Burners thought that when Burning Man got big enough for the forces of liberal consumer capitalism to notice it, that those forces would just roll over and plead for Larry Harvey to rub their belly. Or that the New York Stock Exchange would hang the 10 Principles on the wall and replace the opening bell with dub-step. That was never going to happen. Burning Man’s entry into the world as a genuinely large scale movement was always going to be a complicated, messy, clash of ideas." Read more on Voices of Burning Man Corpus Christi BWB Beach Clean-Up Nets 8,000 Pounds of MOOP Jon Mitchell writes: "Parsec and Corpus Christi BWB have made local headlines recently for their work cleaning up 'The Bowl,' a stretch of beach in the Corpus Christi area that would make a great place for a burn if it hadn’t been totally trashed and neglected. Shotgun shells, furniture, parking blocks, MOOP city. But Corpus Christi BWB rounded up a bunch of volunteers and started cleaning the place up last year. 'It’s been well over 8,000 pounds of trash,' Parsec told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. 'We removed four trailer loads and a 15-foot dumpster, and it’s still a mess and still continues.'" Read more on Voices of Burning Man Envision, Burning Man, and Beyond: One Worldwide Movement? Burning Man's Communications Director Megan Miller writes: "As the sun rose on the last morning of Envision, I looked out over the joyous crowd and the gravity of the work we all are doing suddenly washed over me. The impact we are making collectively on thousands, arguably millions of lives. They are waking up. They are reaching out. They are connecting the dots and encouraging each other to dig deeper, reach further, and become more than they thought possible. We are all helping to build what might become a truly global cultural movement." Read more on Voices of Burning Man Follow @burningman on Instagram! At last, you can follow @burningman on Instagram for square, phone-sized photos of Burning Man culture from the playa and beyond. Unsurprisingly, Burning Man stuff makes for great Instagrams. Want to submit your photos? Send them to instagram@burningman.org Temple Burns in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland A bona fide David Best temple burned in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland on March 21, and the sight of it will make any Burner's (or other human's) heart swell. Here's a round-up of some of the best coverage of the burn. Documentary about the Temple project from RTE (sorry about the ads) Short video of the burn from ODN with great narration by Simon Longden Short article and slideshow from AP Hang Gliding Into Burning Man Enough said. Watch on Vimeo Virgin Letters Project Dakota writes: "Virgin Letters are a way to share the magic of the first Burn with another virgin in the midst of experiencing what can be an overwhelming transition. You will likely never know who received your letter and unless you identify yourself they will never know you, inviting a soul bearing honesty about your first experience to give theirs a little framework and perspective in what may be for them a bewildering new paradigm." Write a letter to a Burning Man virgin Year Three of My Teenage Angst on the Spoken Word Stage Megan writes: "Pack your teenage diaries for year three of My Teenage Angst on the Spoken Word stage. Email reader@myteenageangst.com for info. Here's an article about teenage angst readings in the Wall Street Journal. I mentioned Burning Man many times in the interview, but it didn't get into the article." How Do I Support a Burning Man Art Project? Let Us Count the Ways! So you'd like to help out with an art project, but you're not sure how. Well, you can gift your services, skills, time, resources, or funding, and there are plenty of projects in need of assistance. How do you find them? Here's how: Find out how to contribute your skills or resources to a project through the Spark system. Watch the Jackrabbit Speaks and your local Regional announce list for requests from artists for assistance. Take a look in the Art and Performance discussion area of the ePlaya. Browse Burning Man's Facebook Page, or check out our list of ways to participate. On playa, visit the ARTery to find artists seeking help on the playa. Like to help fund a project? Find a complete list of projects doing online crowdfunding on our Support a Project page. Axayacoatl - Interactive Sculpture for Burning Man "A 20' tall copper Quetzalcoatl interactive sculpture where you create the flame effects and animate the lighting." Learn more on Kickstarter TimeViewer: Because the Burn Was Better Last Year "The Man rises again! See the Man after he burns. Watch you discover something new. Be a sightseer." Learn more on Indiegogo Let's Put the Star in StarDust! "It's time for some rotation restoration and the fun stuff: lights, sound, and rockin' disco balls!" Learn more on Indiegogo HAPi Experience "Come on in and be HAPi" Learn more on Indiegogo Big Regional Events Coming Up: AfrikaBurn and Midburn You may have heard the news that Burning Man is much more than one event in the Nevada desert. In case you need more proof, two of our biggest regional events around the world are coming up very soon: AfrikaBurn — Tankwa, South Africa — April 27-May 3 Midburn — Negev desert, Israel — May 20-24 We were listening to ... Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach — Money Jungle (1962) Burning Man Facebook Page Burning Man on Twitter ePlaya: Burner BBS Spark: Connecting people with projects The Burning Man Regional Network: Connect with Burners in your hometown! The Burning Blog: Voices of Burning Man Post Request: Want your post considered for inclusion in an upcoming Jackrabbit Speaks? Fill out this form. 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