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Volume 20, Issue #25 | July 26, 2016 
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ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS:
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GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY RIDE!
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Ho there, fair participants! We have entered the season of the unbearably long JRS. File this one under good problems to have: There are just too damn many of you doing too many damn awesome things. If your really urgent awesome thing isn’t in this issue, don’t worry; we’re going to do another one really soon.
So what critical new developments are in store for Issue 25? Let’s see…
The OMG ticket sale, the Survival Guide, the new Gate opening time, a new job opening for Airport Operations Manager, volunteering for basically every aspect of the Center Camp Café, supporting all kinds of big playa projects including the Temple, and much, much more. Too much more? Nah, perfect-much more.
This is also the season of the Special Editions of the JRS. In case you’ve missed those or want some handy links, here are the issues thus far:
More to come very, very soon!
The Man burns in 39 days. Whoa.
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OMG Sale is Coming! Here’s How It’s Gonna Work
The OMG ticket sale is around the corner (registration opens Wednesday, July 27), and we’re modifying the process just a little to make ticket buying less stressful and more fair.
The short story: In this sale you will not be gaining access to the sale and purchasing your ticket at the same time. You will know immediately, in real time, whether you have guaranteed access to tickets or not. If you do, you will have 24 hours to purchase your ticket(s).
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
Photo: Burner talks to the G in OMG (by Mark Nixon)
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New Burning Man Help Portal
Do you need help? Yes. And Burning Man wants to help you. If you have any questions at all about Burning Man events, programs, processes, people, et cetera, there’s now one brand-new, centralized place to find answers.
Visit help.burningman.org
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New Gate Opening Time for Burning Man 2016
In a move designed to alleviate the crush of traffic on Gate Road at the start of the event, Burning Man and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to begin allowing vehicles to enter Black Rock City at 12:01 am Sunday, August 28.
The official start of the event is still 6 pm Sunday. We’re asking everyone to use the extra time to focus on getting your camp set up, and to refrain from getting your freak on until the official start Sunday evening.
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
(Photo by Neil Girling)
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Burners Without Borders Announces 2016 Community Micro-Grant Recipients
Christopher Breedlove writes:
“Burners Without Borders has wrapped up our 9th annual Community Micro-Grant Program, which has to date given out over $90,000 to over 100 projects around the globe.
This year we awarded grants to 17 projects in 10 countries on five continents! The chosen projects were those that highlighted creative solutions to local problems, collaborations between different communities, and a focus on the 10 Principles of Burning Man.”
Learn more on our website
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Black Rock City Rendezvous in Nantes
Our globe-trotting Regionals maven Megs writes:
“I just arrived today on the Isle of Nantes, France, home to Les Machines de l’île for the kick-off of what promises to be a fun-fueled weekend full of art, Burners, Makers, movers and shakers… and machines! The first ever Maker Faire in Nantes is taking place over the next three days in the Les Machines’ giant workshop right in the center of the city along the Loire River. The French Burners have set up a Burning Man booth to engage Maker Faire attendees in conversations about Burning Man and the Regional Network and I’m here to participate.”
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
(Photo by Hervé Photograff)
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Tax Breaks and Tools: Empowering our Community with Fiscal Sponsorship
Josh Lease writes:
“You may have heard about the $1.2 million in honoraria grants, $1.5 million in services to playa projects, $500,000 in Global Art grants, and $10,000 in BWB grants that Burning Man gives, but there is another program that this year alone has the potential to direct another $480,000 to playa-bound art. It’s Burning Man’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program, which allows Burning Man to utilize its 501(c)3 status to direct funds to even more art and civic engagement projects than ever before.”
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
(Image: HYBYCOZO Heart of Gold by Yelena Filipchuk and Serge Beaulieu)
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The Transformational Dance Between Midburn and Israeli Society
Midburn co-founder and CEO Nir Adan writes:
“Midburn is far from an association with any political agenda, but it is an engine of inspiration for better neighboring, gifting, observing things differently and connecting hearts.
This year’s event hosted over 800 Burners from outside of Israel, who arrived especially for it. For some of you, it may not sound like such a large figure; however, the Ministry of Tourism found these numbers unbelievable.”
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
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SPOILER ALERT: 2016 Playa Artists Show Their Stuff at the Desert Arts Preview
Can’t wait one more month to see what artistic wonders the playa has in store? We know the feeling. For those who can’t resist, there’s the Desert Arts Preview, a live event in the springtime where some of the artists bringing their work to the upcoming Burn share their projects, their processes, and their hopes. We’ve got videos of all the DAP 2016 presentations for your surprise-spoiling pleasure. Want to be that person in your crew who already knows everything about the art? Study up here.
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
(Image: Black Rock Lighthouse Service [Rendering by Elizabeth Marley])
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Podcast: Creative to CEO {Marian Goodell}
Maria Molfino writes:
“How did Marian Goodell go from studying photography and creative writing to becoming the CEO of Burning Man, one of the biggest sociocultural experiments of our time? The link is fascinating, especially for those who are both creative and analytical and who aren’t following a straight and predictable path. Find out how Marian deals with criticism and how she filters feedback.”
Listen to Marian on the Heroine podcast
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Volunteer to Help Serve at the Café
Witchy writes:
“During the event we need volunteers to write on cups, fill those cups, and hand them out! If you’d like to volunteer as a Barista or a Register Jockey, you’ll need to have professional experience. We have many roles that require no experience, just a willingness to jump in and help. As an added bonus, if you bring your own cup with a lid, you can drink whatever you’d like during your entire four-hour shift!
We’re open 24/7 starting at 3 pm on Sunday, August 28 and close at 3 pm on Monday, September 5. Our shifts start at 7, 11, and 3 (both AM & PM) — sign up for as many shifts as you’d like.
If joining us in the Coffee Shop sounds like fun, select ‘Join the Coffee Shop Team’ at the bottom of the questionnaire link on this page.
Questions? Email coffeeshop@burningman.org.”
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Volunteer to Run Sound at the Café
The Café team writes:
"Coming to Burning Man but worried you’ll miss all the gaff tape and snark of the default world? Are you most at home wrapping cable while cracking jokes and mixing a live band behind a 16-channel board? Then come volunteer with the Center Camp Café Sound and Performance Team! We have all kinds of performers that need your help to bring their amazing magic to our stages. Email Mulder@burningman.org for more info!"
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Perform at the Café
The Café is looking for more performers to entertain BRC at all hours. For the singers and players, Barbie writes:
"Performers of all shapes and waves, lend me your ears! The Stages at the Center Camp Café are ready to help you share your performance skills! Dancers, singers, musicians, magicians, and bands of all types are welcome. Email Barbie@burningman.org to schedule a performance slot today. We cannot wait to see you!"
And for the speakers of words, Magenta writes:
"Are you ready to drop some spoken word art onto the people of the playa? Do you have written rhymes, thoughts, and dreams that beg a stage? Come perform at the Spoken Word Stage at the Center Camp Café! Email Magenta@burningman.org for more details, or to pre-book your time. We are thrilled to host you on our communal soap box of delight!"
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Volunteer for BRC Census
DV8 writes:
“Are you interested in being part of the largest research project on playa? Are you curious about the people who make up Black Rock City? BRC Census has a variety of on-playa shifts still available. Census volunteers help to collect data on the residents of Black Rock City and share our findings through the Census Lab located on the Center Camp keyhole.
Check out our Volunteer Team page for more information about BRC Census and for instructions about how to sign up . If you have any questions, reach out to censusvolunteercoordinators@burningman.org.”
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Late Registration for Art Projects
Maria Partridge writes:
“Burning Man’s Art Installation Registration Questionnaire has closed, but you can still bring your artwork to the playa with you and get it placed! Filling out your Late Registration Form (must be logged in to your Burner Profile) in advance will save you time registering it once you’re on playa, and either way we’ll be happy to discuss placing your art once you check in at the ARTery.”
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BRC Airport Wants Art Installations
Maria Partridge writes:
“Though these days it’s almost a commodity, in da Vinci’s time the dream of flight captured the imagination in a magical and awe-soaked way. At the Black Rock City Municipal Airport, we increasingly accommodate the use of air travel as a practical, somewhat pedestrian method of keeping traffic off our narrow entrance road. Yet, the magic of being lifted above the surly bonds of earth cannot help but inspire even the most jaded traveler, and one of our aims is to keep alive the childlike wonder that flight can bring.
If your art speaks to any of the above, we want you! Contact Airport Art Director Fabar to have your art lovingly placed at BRC’s portal between earth and the skies above. We hope to carry Burners away with artistic awe, not just wings, and we’d love to have your gifts help make it so!”
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Ignite Black Rock City
Brady writes:
Ignite comes back to Burning Man! We’ll be hosting two blocks of ~10 speakers this year, and you should be one of them!
What’s an Ignite talk? It’s a story that’s exactly five minutes long, told by a speaker who’s working with 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds (ready or not). This year we’ll be at both The Phage (Tuesday Night) and Ideate (Friday Afternoon).
Here’s a sampling of our varied Burner talks from 2015:
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Holt (Phage) - “Why is there a shark up my butt?”
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Agnew (Yurtopia) - “Monkey see, Monkey do - a critical intro to mirror neurons”
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Jones (ExCappa) - “Delivering a Baby”
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bunnie (Phage) - “Why Can’t I Make a Phone?”
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Peek (Gnome Camp) - “Dirty Outer Space”
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Kimpton (Big Words) - “Big words and how they effect your brain”
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Morrison (First Camp) - “From Jailroom to Boardroom"
Send in your ideas here
Questions? Contact Brady
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How Do I Support a Burning Man Art Project?
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. There are plenty of projects in need of assistance. Here's how to find them:
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Small but Mighty Team Quietly Feeding Hundreds of Artists
Dazzle! writes:
“One of the biggest needs for build crews on playa is food. BRC Wheels on Meals goes from project to project to project all day and all night for four days during build week. We bring hot meals to art crews. It is a project that supports many other projects. We are a team of seven with a budget of $3000, providing 30 unique choices with a goal of 700 meals.
If you would like to support our project, we’d love to hear from you! BRC Wheels on Meals. It’s food coming at you at 5 MPH.”
Indiegogo
BRC Wheels on Meals website
Follow on Facebook
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Support Helios
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Kate Raudenbush writes:
“I am ecstatic to share my 10th sculpture with you, and my very first burnable artwork! Not only that, we will be one of just two art burns on the playa this year with pyrotechnics! This labor of love is an interactive, futuristic ritual space called Helios. It is a light sculpture that serves as a catalyst for our new beginnings. We would love for YOU to be a part of it.
Volunteering
The Helios Team is looking for Docents and Guardians of all kinds to bring their best selves and best friends to hold space each evening at the sculpture with us. We are also looking for Burn Perimeter Guardians and Fire Guardians on Friday night to be part of our team. Also Earth Guardians to restore the playa Saturday morning after the burn. Please fill out our volunteer form.
Fundraising
We would also deeply appreciate your support bringing Helios to life! If you feel inspired by the message of this empowering artwork, please donate to our ongoing fundraising campaign
Please read more about the story of this interactive light sculpture on my website.”
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LA Permaculture Action Day — Los Angeles, CA — Aug 7
What: LA Permaculture Action Day on the Road to Burning Man
Where: Kiss The Ground Garden: 681 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
When: Sunday, August 7, 11 am – 7 pm
Facebook event page
Christopher Breedlove writes:
“On your path from Los Angeles to Burning Man this year, take a stop at the Kiss the Ground Garden where we’ll be holding a wildly life-affirming Permaculture Action Day. We’ll be planting fruit trees with the state-touring Common Vision team and making signage to inform people of the many beneficial relationships between trees, soil, people, water, food, and the ecological web of life.
We’ll also be painting the Kiss the Ground GREENHOUSE with a layer of protective linseed oil, planting and beautifying the BUTTERFLY GARDEN, making cigarette butt depositories to keep filters out of the garden, and chopping and turning the compost on site. We’re looking to build an outdoor kitchen in the garden and erect a shade-structure as well.
Along with putting this long-lasting energy in the ground right here in Los Angeles, we’ll be turning up the music with live bands and DJs, sharing delicious food all around, hosting a number of workshops and skillshares, and meeting one another and discussing our collective transition to a better way of living together.
Stay tuned for our Permaculture Action Days on the Road to Burning Man at PermacultureAction.org or on the BWB website.“
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POrtalBurn 2016 — Almond, NY — Aug 4 – 8
Jackrabbit’s note: We’re told the ‘O’ in ‘POrtalBurn’ is intentionally capitalized. It’s a portal. Damian Masterson writes:
“POrtalBurn is Upstate New York’s Official Regional Burning Man Event. Enter a world of the wild, the wonderful, the mysterious, and the magical! We are setting the stage for a weekend of unbridled creativity and invite you to participate and share in this experience.
The event will be held from noon Thursday August, 4 to noon Monday August, 8 in Almond, NY. We’ve moved to a new larger location for this year’s event that has allowed us to increase our ticket cap to 400.”
More info on the POrtalBurn website
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We were listening to ...
Pure, crystalline, glorious silence. Concentration is hard to come by sometimes.
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