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Volume 21, Issue #4 | November 7, 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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As Black Rock City fades to a nice, nostalgic sepia tone in our memories, our attention turns to the world beyond the playa.
The Global Art Grants application process is now open, so it's time to start seeding the whole world with the Burning Man vibe. And after an election season in the U.S. that can only be described as horrendous, now it's time for some Catharsis on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
This issue is packed with stories and art projects from around the Burnerverse, as well as some playa-caked goodies. There's even a new Coyote Nose mailing list for those who can't wait to hear more of Coyote's insane tales from Burning Man's early days.
We've already rolled over a big digit! Behold…
The Man burns in 299 days.
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Global Art Grants Application Process Now Open
Looking for help sharing your art with the world? The Burning Man Global Art Grants program funds off-playa art projects worldwide (off-playa means not for BRC), prioritizing highly interactive, community-driven, collaborative works of art that are accessible to the public and civic in scope.
The application process starts with the submission of a Letter of Intent (LOI) through your Burner Profile. LOIs will be due Tuesday, December 6 at noon PST, and you can find all of the details about the criteria and how to apply on our website.
(Photo: grantee “The Music Box” by the New Orleans Airlift featuring Swoon, 2010, photo by Tod Seelie)
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Burning Man Grantee Sky Stage Opens in Shell of Burned and Boarded Building
From the press release:
"Artist Heather Clark, in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Structures research group, has launched Sky Stage. Sky Stage temporarily transforms a boarded property in Frederick, Maryland’s downtown historic district into an interactive building-scale public art work.
This pre-Revolutionary War building was damaged by a major fire in 2010 and has no roof. The plywood boards on the doors and windows have been removed to reveal a center for arts and culture. Framed by historic stone walls, Sky Stage’s open-air theater seats an audience of 140 people among trees."
Learn more about Sky Stage on the website
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Reno Playa Art Park Takes Shape In Downtown Reno
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Larry DeVincenzi writes:
"More interactive art is coming to downtown Reno in the form of a temporary playa art park scheduled to open on Thursday, November 10. A Burning Man Global Arts Grant recipient, the Reno Playa Art Park (RPAP) includes an assortment of interactive sculptures that were seen on the playa at Burning Man 2016. The park is situated in a space formerly occupied by two dilapidated motels on Virginia Street near Fifth Street in downtown Reno.
The Gateway Project, a coalition of nonprofits, businesses and volunteers who are raising funds to bring interactive public sculptures from the playa to the city of Reno for temporary display, are spearheading the effort behind the project.
The public is invited to attend a grand opening celebration on November 10 at 5 pm. The opening will include Burning Man founders, fire dancers, a DJ spinning tunes and ribbon cutting by city officials and Gateway representatives."
Learn more on the Gateway Project website
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It Ain’t Nothing But a Number: Camp Aging Insurrection Puts Ageism in Its Place
Mia Quagliarello writes:
"I’m always on the lookout for stories about Burning Man, and one day an item from Senior Housing News lit up my phone. It was about a group of retirees planning to go to Burning Man for the first time, thanks to a program organized by Juniper Communities, an assisted living organization with facilities in several states.
I tracked down the trip’s organizer, Cindy Longfellow, a cheerful and curious woman in her mid–50s. Cindy had never been to Burning Man but was on point making sure her crew of 15 seniors — four were over 80 — had a safe, fun and memorable time, all while making a bigger statement about the vibrancy and vitality of older people via their camp, Aging Insurrection."
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
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What Burning Man Taught Me
Tijana Tamburic writes:
“I was used to trivial city small talk and the inevitable ‘What do you do?’ question. But at Burning Man that first day, Geoffrey (or anyone else) never asked me what I did. Instead he asked me, right off the bat, to share three things about myself that most people didn’t know. I was so thrown off that my shield of cool shattered at my feet.”
Read more on Savoteur
(Catacomb of Veils by Dan Sullivan and the Catacomb Crew, photo by Tijana Tamburic)
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Lessons Beyond the Playa: Bringing Burning Man Home
Kerry Adams Hapner writes:
“Fundamentally, as we celebrate[d] National Arts and Humanities Month in October, we celebrate creativity and what it means to be human today. We celebrate everyday creative expression in all of its forms—from the amateur to the master artist and his/her craft. Burning Man celebrates that, too. At Burning Man, we are all participants. DIY, or Do-It-Yourself culture, is the expectation. We are each endowed with a unique gift and creativity to contribute to the playa. There is no ‘them’ or ‘us.’”
Read more at Americans for the Arts
(Photo: Sonic Runway by Rob Jensen, photo by George Krieger)
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Three Dawns and a Dragon
Polkadot writes:
“Not that I planned an all-nighter but Burning Man swept me up into a vast colorful seductive surprising hyper-stimulating evening and I found myself dancing and drifting for uncounted hours past midnight until I noticed off in the distance a particularly beckoning gathering of lights and music where none should be, out beyond the Man, beyond the Temple, beyond everything really, all the way to the Eastern perimeter fence, the closest-possible point to the eventually coming sun, but now the dark empty desert had been transformed into an insiders, all-nighters, arms-in-the-air revel, forming one final spun-off galactic arm of us, the furthest extension of our raving tribe’s mobile never-ending party.”
Read more on Luna Productions
(Photo: Abraxas, photo by Scott London)
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School of Hard Knocks
Kate Russell, a.k.a. HoneyBee writes:
"After swapping deeper, really private life stories, we came to the conclusion that many of our adult decisions had been contaminated by lies we were told about ourselves as children. Being children, we had believed those lies and acted accordingly, for decades. Those beliefs and actions had, over time, hardwired our brains to think and work in predictable patterns of self-destruction — and all because of a lie. At first, we laughed it off as having survived The School of Hard Knocks, but then we realized that there wasn’t anything funny about it.
We asked ourselves and each other what would happen if people could see those lies for what they really were — fictions created by others — and perhaps even find more of the person they were born to be, without those lies. In a matter of minutes, The School of Hard Knocks interactive art piece was born."
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
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Catharsis on the Mall — Washington, DC — Nov 11-13
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We could all use this burn, now more than ever. Roman writes:
“Four days after the election, a memorial will be burned on the grounds of the Washington Monument dedicated to those whose lives have been affected by trauma. The second annual 48-hour vigil, Catharsis on the Mall: A Vigil for Healing, begins on Veteran’s Day at 11:11 am, Friday, November 11 and concludes Sunday, November 13. This free and inclusive event features speakers, workshops, narrative-braiding, education, art, music, dance, and direct participation.
This year the vigil’s theme is “Our Journey Home” and is inspired by the healing journey embarked upon by all who have been torn away from their safety and security by trauma. The event is about shaking free from the stigmas of surviving. Participants will gather to honor and support those who have traveled this road. We invite you to join us!”
RSVP on Facebook
Donate
Read more about the upcoming event in DCist
Read about last year’s Catharsis on the Mall in the Burning Man Journal
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The Prometheus Ball: 10th Annual Artumnal Gathering — SF — Nov 19
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Where: The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA
When: November 19, 5:00 p.m. (Dinner) 9:30 p.m. (Main Event)
A trickster and god of forethought and generosity, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans as a gift so that they might thrive. Join us for an evening of joyful celebration, imagination and generosity as we host a grand ball to honor the creative fires that burn so brightly in our global community.
Dress creative formal with red or gold flourishes and bring something to gift others: a poem, a story, experience or simple token of your fiery gratitude and creative spirit. Look to the future with us as we unite around a global hearth of warmth and light and wonder.
This 10th Anniversary Artumnal Gathering funds Burning Man Project’s Arts and Civic Engagement programs and initiatives. In the last 13 years, our off-playa art grants have funded 162 public art projects in 29 countries. We hope to increase our grants to artists through our Global Art Grants program and our Civic Arts program to bring even more art to communities in 2017. These programs share wondrous, awe-inspiring works of art with communities who may not have access to such.
Tickets on sale now
Facebook event
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We were listening to ...
Zach Cooper — Postscript (2016)
Baroness — Yellow & Green (2012)
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