JRS VOLUME #9; ISSUE #16
JRS:V9:#16:03.31.05
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NEWS:
TICKET UPDATE: WALKIN OUTLETS AND MORE
COUNTDOWN TO THE BURN AT BURNINGMAN.COM – IN SECONDS!
THE NEW EPLAYA IS NOW OPEN
THE NEW TEMPLE OF DREAMS
REMEMBRANCE PLAQUE FOR BURNERS LOST
PARTICIPATE:
CONTEST: YOU DESIGN THE STREET SIGNS FOR BRC 2005!
FABULOUS FREAKS SOUGHT FOR CARNIVAL OF THE DAMNED
BURNING ART WORKSHOPS: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION!!
CAFE ART, DECOR AND LIGHTING- CRAFT PARTY 04.09.05
SOUND ENGINEERS NEEDED AT CENTER CAMP
PARTICIPANT GPS PROJECT – JOIN THE FUN
OPEN CALL FOR ART BIKE PHOTOGRAPHS
EVENTS: DUSTFISH CIRCUS and FUNDRAISER – 4/2/05 Oakland, CA
INSIDEOUTSIDEIN FUNDRAISER – 4/3/05 SF, CA
ARTSFEST – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
HEADS UP! NEW LAS VEGAS REGIONAL BURN!
EUROBURN NEWS: NOWHERE 2K5! EUROPEAN REGIONAL BURN
INTRODUCTION….
The man burns in 156 days…
So howdy, folks. Wanted to send this today instead of tomorrow since of course it’s going to be a busy day for we celebrants of the absurd. (St. Stupid’s Day, of course – noon, SF, Justin Hermann Plaza, dress stupid: http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html) Besides, wouldn’t want you to think a lick of this is us foolin’ you – it’s all the BRC news that’s fit to print. Fo’ reals, yo.
Now, according to the nifty new counter on Burningman.com (wowsers!) we have about 21 weeks to plan Black Rock City 2005. Egad! The theme is bringing in some gorgeous ideas, and I don’t know about you guys, but this little bunny’s anticipation is especially acute this year. Everyone else too, it seems: just check out all the ways you can participate in this week’s edition!
Just a sample: the SIGN SHOP folks are excited to open up the call for submissions to design the fonts for a section of BRC’s street signs for 2005! Details below. Y’all are also invited to participate in a fantastic new project called Synapses – an art piece created in six US cities and brought together on the playa…and destined, too, for a life beyond BRC. Wow. Aside from that, we’ve got the new and improved ePlaya to share with you, great opportunities to flex your creative or technical skills, some updates for tickets, a slew of events to share… and much much more.
OH. And plan now, my friends – new moon on the playa this year – light that bike, illuminate that art, and bring a starmap for navigation.
(One note: we tried yet another method to erase stray characters and weirdness, converting this JRS to ASCII. Please let us know, so we can figure out how to proceed. Thanks!)
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TICKET UPDATE: WALKIN OUTLETS AND MORE
We are psyched to announce our WALK IN OUTLETS for 2005. They won’t come as a surprise – we have been working with these fantastic folks for years now. They have offered to donate their time and their stores to help our community have a different way to purchase tickets. Please remember these businesses are owned and run by members of our community, we should treat them with understanding and respect for opening their doors and helping out.
Tickets are currently available at the Reno and Sacramento Outlets – The Bay Area outlets will be up and running just in time for St Stoopid’s Day on April 1st.
The Melting Pot 888 Virginia St Reno, NV Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:30
AM – 7:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Cheap Thrills 1217 21st St Sacramento, CA Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 :00
AM – 6:00 PM, Friday & Saturday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Distractions 1552 Haight Street (Upper Haight) San Francisco, CA Hours:
Monday-Saturday 11:30 AM – 7:30 PM, Sunday 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Berkeley Hat Company 2510 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA Hours:
Monday-Thursday 10:30 AM -6:00 PM, Friday and Saturday 10:30 AM – 6:30 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Outlets are selling $250 tickets. Outlet sales are CASH or MONEY ORDER/ CASHIER’S CHECK ONLY – no other forms of payment are accepted.
In other ticket news. There are still a few $225 tickets available for Mail Order! They are going fast so hurry up and send in your order now before they are gone gone gone! . To order by mail, CLEARLY print your first and last name, mailing address, contact info (either an email address or phone number), how many tickets you would like to order and mail with payment (MONEY ORDER OR CASHIER’S CHECK ONLY!!) to the address below:
Burning Man PO Box 884688 San Francisco, CA 94188-4688
If you wish to have your tickets sent to you by secure delivery, please clearly indicate so on your order and add an additional $10 to your order.
Questions about an Online order? Go here and use the pull down menu:
http://tickets.burningman.com/contact.php
See y’all on the playa! The Ticket Team
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COUNTDOWN TO THE BURN AT BURNINGMAN.COM – IN SECONDS!
Now you can see not just how many days, but how many hours, minutes, and seconds you have left until the big fire! Click on the countdown ticker at http://www.burningman.com (upper right corner, underlined – so you can find it anytime!) any time you’d like to know just how many camp meetings you can squeeze in before the playa.
Hmm, I wonder if I can hold my breath for 13,515,199 seconds…
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THE NEW EPLAYA IS NOW OPEN
Yes, it’s BACK! Staff and volunteers have been hard at work, banging around under the hood on the ePlaya, Burning Man’s very own online BBS. We’re happy to announce that the ePlaya is back online, with new features, a new folder structure, and more.
The ePlaya’s a great place to seek volunteers for your project, get advice from veteran burners on your first visit to BRC, or post a message for that cowboy hat that blew away in the wind last year. (It’s worth a try, right?) Plus, it’s a great place just to get to know other burners and connect with your community.
We like to call it “Burning Man for the other 51 weeks”. Come on over and have a look around, and introduce yourself!
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THE NEW TEMPLE OF DREAMS
Many of you have asked if there will be another Temple this year, and indeed there will, but not by David Best. His crew will take over the task of erecting the 2005 temple, which is designed by Mark Grieve, sculptor, carpenter, and long-standing Temple crew member. You can view some of Mark’s on-playa work here: http://tinyurl.com/6zx4r .
Here is a statement from David:
“First Temple: Michael was killed on a motorcycle. Without his death, who knows what we would be building now… All the thousands of people who used and built the temple changed my life. Oh, how I love you all. Kelly, my son, asked me ‘How can you not do it again?’ with tears in his eyes. Oh, how I love him. The phone rings, ‘What’s going on with the Temple?’ Okay, the Temple crew is building it this year. Mark Grieves is designing it, and the crew is building it. Why I’m not doing the Temple: the crew is building it. Who’s the crew? You’re the crew, and I’m behind them always. We have developed into a family, a body, a team. We love one another and build for just one person. Who that is we always find out. My one person is the woman whose son took his life one week before the event. She thought it was her fault. The man who came up to me, whose son we set free, thought it was his fault. The kid who was angry because his father killed himself when he was fourteen years old thought it was his fault. The girl whose sister jumped off the bridge thought it was her mother’s fault. Richard, who saw something no one should have seen, thought it was his fault. This year I’m going to Burning Man just to be with those people. It’s not your fault. I’m so proud of the team, and am and will always be with them wherever I am.
Why I’m not doing the Temple: the crew is doing it.” -David Best
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REMEMBRANCE PLAQUE FOR BURNERS LOST
Since 1996, Burning Man has created a plaque to commemorate members of our community who have passed away. We would like to carry on this tradition and honor those who have affected our Burning experiences and participated in making Burning Man happen. This is a call out to you, our community, to please let us know of any burners lost who you feel should be added to the Remembrance Plaque. Please send their name, exactly as you would like to see it appear, to this address: remembrance(at)burningman(dot)com (please do not send to the jackrabbitspeaks address)
Look for the completed plaque at the base of the Man from Monday (August 29th) through Friday (September 2nd).
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CONTEST: YOU DESIGN THE STREET SIGNS FOR BRC 2005!
Spring is upon us and it’s time for a new DPW Sign Shop tradition. We’ve got the theme and the street names…now we need you! Time to submit your font design ideas for use on a section of 2005 Black Rock City street signs.
Instructions: Please design your font for the entire alphabet and the numbers 0 through 9. (Remember, Emergency Services personnel and everyone else in BRC need to be able to navigate with ease using our signs, so we encourage your creativity with the theme Psyche, but please keep it legible.)
If you’d like to submit a design, please illustrate a sample of the street signs “Hysteria” and “2:30”. Submissions should be in black and white .JPG (jpeg) format, and should demonstrate your font and any accompanying design elements.
Submissions are due on April 15th. If your design is selected, we will contact you with a list of the section of street signs to be done in your font. You will then have 1 week to produce the masters of your street signs, so please make sure that you have the availability to meet this schedule before submitting your design.
Our process using stencils and plywood worked great last year so we’re doing it again at our new Sign Shop Headquarters in Gerlach, Nevada. We’ll be announcing the schedule for sign production work weekends soon. Last year, the level of participation from the Black Rock Community was overwhelmingly positive. We look forward to building our newest city with you.
Please send your entries and any questions you may have to:
streetsigns(at)burningman(dot)com
Hard copy submissions can be mailed or dropped off at:
Attn: DPW Sign Shop c/o Burning Man 1900 3rd St. San Francisco, CA 94158
If you do not have email access you can call 415 865-3800 ext.114 for more information.
Thanks for your participation!
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FABULOUS FREAKS SOUGHT FOR CARNIVAL OF THE DAMNED
Forwarded to us to pass on to you: “In need of fabulous freaks for authentic sideshow/carnival tour which will include performances in Black Rock City!
We are looking for people with characteristics that match some of the freaks from the sideshows from the 1800’s and beyond:
-SIAMESE TWINS(separated or together)
-PARASITIC TWINS
-SMALL PEOPLE (no really small)
-PEOPLE WITH SEVERE SKIN DISORDERS
-ALBINOS
-HUMAN SKELETON
-PIEBALD SKIN
-CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDE/RUBBER PEOPLE
-MISSING OR DEFORMED LIMBS
-DETACHED RETINAS
-MICROCEPHALIC PEOPLE
If Interested in more information, or if you know or are a person such as described above, contact: carnivalofthedamned(at)hotmail(dot)com
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BURNING ART WORKSHOPS: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION!!
“Step right up! Step right up! Charlie Smith and Jaime Ladet here. We are extending a call for workshop participants. We have received a grant from Burning Man to build a unique project this year. The Synapses project is the first interactive sculpture of its kind. A fully collaborative, group built, and group cared-for fire caldron.
The six fire sculptures will be assembled during workshops held in the following regional areas: New York, Georgia, Texas, California, Washington, & Colorado. These sculptural sections will be built by 10-15 participants. The regional communities will in turn be the care takers of the sculptures at Burning Man and back in their community. This will create a central space where the participants from around the country will get to know each other as they tend the sculpture during its firings. After Burning Man 2005 the regional group can use this icon for their gatherings. The community retains and takes ownership of the sculpture from its creation and on through the life of the sculpture.
Participation will be filled on a first come first serve basis. If this sounds like something you are interested in, act now! Visit http://www.howhowhow.com. Select Synapses Project for the complete description, workshop schedule, and how to get involved.
Thanks, and we look forward to hearing from you all!”
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CAFE ART, DECOR AND LIGHTING- CRAFT PARTY – Saturday April 9th 1-6pm
Feeling the need to be part of something or do something creative but aren’t sure what to do? Come get your craft on at our first Craft Party of the year! Help us make the Center Camp Cafe Community Center into the fabulous oasis of splendor that does so much more than quench thirsts each year – anyone who likes to have fun, get crafty, and won’t run with scissors is invited to come on down.
What better way to explore your psyche than through making stuff! Bring your own sewing machine for added pleasure! We will provide food and beverages. We always love donations such as extra hot glue sticks/glue guns, scissors, fabric, etc., but we also have a few specific requests: *Fabric in solid colors: maroon,raspberry and red *Enamel paint (it’s playa friendly) in gallons: mis-tints are our friends! *4 foot Florescent light tubes and fixtures.
What:Cafe Craft Party
When: Sat. April 9th 1-6pm
Where: Burning Man Headquarters 1900 3rd St @16th St (second floor) San Francisco, CA 94107-2502
Craft Party dates for 2005 (subject to change): 5/8, 6/11, 7/9, 7/31
Directions to the office:
http://www.burningman.com/office.directions.html
We have the parking lot between our building (1900 3rd St) and Sno Drift Questions? Email cafe-decor-vols(at)burningman(dot)com
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SOUND ENGINEERS NEEDED AT CENTER CAMP
The Center Camp Cafe embodies the spirit of the Burning Man event as the community center providing 24hrs of education and performance. In 2005 the Cafe Community Center will contain one stage for participants to express themselves through spoken word, live music, lectures, performance art, circus and dance. The Cafe Sound Team is involved in everything from building the stage to wiring it for sound, working the sound board during the event and even managing the performers on stage. We offer all levels of participation from a series of 4 hour shifts during the event to year round involvement of planning and working at Burning Man related events in the Bay Area. The Cafe Sound Team is composed of members with diverse levels of experience and we welcome responses from all who are interested. Come participate in one of the most FUN ‘theme camp ‘at Burning Man! Contact our Volunteer Coordinator marie(at)burningman(dot)com with any questions you may have.
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PARTICIPANT GPS PROJECT – JOIN THE FUN
FireDollJamie writes:
“Do you remember that first time you watched an Indiana Jones movie and thought how cool it’d be to have your very own ‘little red line’ cataloging your travels? Ever wonder ‘just how close’ or ‘really far off’ you were to your friends on the playa one night when you said to meet up at the giant cat head at 9:00 and Esplanade? Wonder how misguided your travels were on the playa trying to find that awesome piece of art out beyond the man in a dust storm?
Well, I have an idea that could do it, but like 95% of my ideas dreamed up – for one person to do it is wildly unrealistic, terribly costly or require a team of dozens of engineers and code monkeys to build it. The idea is to store GPS co-ordinates from your adventures during the event onto a web-server and build a GPS map of the city and time-sequence display your travels. I know there is past data out there (http://home.comcast.net/~brcmap/gps/) and trying to find current data to work with in advance of arriving in the desert in ’05. The pipe dream would allow wifi co-ordinates broadcasting to a server to give all those Burner friends who can’t make it home this year a digital way to enjoy your adventures…’Hey, why is he sitting out at the 1/2 way to the trash fence at 6AM playatime? Oh, the uploaded photos at that time show there was a portable dance party going on at the Temple of Gravity…SWEET!’
Anyways….If you want to join in, suggest ideas, help out or anything of that nature, join the yahoo group discussion I’ve started at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BRC_GPS/ or e-mail BRC_GPS-subscribe(at)yahoogroups(dot)com to join.
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OPEN CALL FOR ART BIKE PHOTOGRAPHS
Pompoms hot glued on handle bars, a giant paper-mache lobster, flame-painted chopper forks, and vehicles with five extra feet of height welded onto the seat and pedals – art bikes come in every shape imaginable. Have you documented art bikes at Burning Man or on your neighborhood sidewalk? Send us your images. They will be a part of:
NELA BIKES: Art meets human powered transport for a sustainable city June 3 – July 1, 2005 The Acorn Gallery (http://www.ArroyoArtsCollective.org) in Northeastern Los Angeles (NELA) will be exhibiting photos of art bikes from around the world, in conjunction with Bike Summer 2005 (http://www.bikesummer.org). Other NELA BIKES events include a bike parade, workshops, a scavenger hunt, and the Arroyo Seco Eco Ride.
As we head into a future of global warming and diminishing supplies of cheap oil, it’s high time to create and support sustainable transportation in our car crazy world.
GUIDELINES We are looking for photos of art bikes, using a very broad definition of the term. This is an open show with a tiny budget, so send us your best shots, already printed. We prefer 8 x 10 photos, matted if possible. Deadline May 15th. More info: Jennifer(at)Jmurphyart(dot)com Thank you for supporting bike culture! PS – I’ve seen bike merry-go-rounds on the playa and we’d love to have one at our festival. If you can share tips on how to design one, please contact Jennifer(at)Jmurphyart(dot)com.
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DUSTFISH CIRCUS and FUNDRAISER – 4/2/05 Oakland, CA
Dustfish (theme camp) needs your help to get to the playa!
details: http://www.clubego.net
@NIMBY (http://www.nimbyspace.org) for directions (just over the Bridge if coming from SF)
4/2/05 9pm-??? (you might wanna bring your sunglasses?) $5 b4 11pm $10 after
THE PARTY IS IN YOUR HEAD {SPICE MUST FLOW}
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INSIDEOUTSIDEIN FUNDRAISER – 4/3/05 SF, CA
InsideOutsideIn is building a huge cocoon chill space…chock-full of shaded, tactile, billowing fabric goodness. Please help us bring our vision to the playa by supporting our first fundraising party:
WHERE: Sublounge: 628 20th st @ 3rd, SF CA 94107 http://www.sublounge.com (415)552-3603
WHEN: Sunday April 3, 7-11pm
$5 donation at the door
LEARN MORE: http://www.davesg.com/cocoon
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ARTSFEST – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
A gala celebration and arts extravaganza
On Saturday, April 9th the historical SF Old Mint will burst with the color and creativity of ArtSFest Spectra Ball. In one unforgettable night, you’ll get a preview of what’s coming for ArtSFest 2005 (May 5-30), the Bay Area’s most eclectic annual celebration of the arts:
SWIRL amongst 12 rooms of spectacular performances and installations:
Over 30 performances including: Youth Speaks | Akat Dance | Xeno | Printz Dance Project Sisterz of the Underground | Eth Noh Tec | Velocity Circus Carpetbag Brigade | Bedtime Story | CaroLuna | Cybervixen
Art Installations include: Joe Mangrum | Steven Raspa | Warren Bellows Danile Furon | Johanna Uribes | Thea Becker
REVEL in astonishing artistry at the extraordinary SF Old Mint. INDULGE in complimentary savories and sweets and enjoy the no-host bars. All proceeds benefit ArtSFest, a non-profit organization.
ArtSFest Spectra Ball Saturday, April 9 8:00 pm-2:00 am SF Old Mint 88 Fifth Street San Francisco Purchase tickets at:
http://www.ArtSFestSF.org ADVANCE: $40 standard $80 VIP DOOR: $50 standard $100 VIP
For more information call 415.626.6721 or go to http://www.ArtSFestSF.org
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HEADS UP! NEW LAS VEGAS REGIONAL BURN!
THE DARK SKIES ARTS FESTIVAL May 20-22, 2005 one hour north of Las Vegas
More info soon, but details are here:
Info: http://darkskies.vegasartists.com/
Site photos: http://tinyurl.com/3rubu
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NOWHERE 2K5! EUROPEAN REGIONAL BURN
Our friends the Euroburners are gearing up for their big burn, and sent us these three lovely notices about their event…Spain, anyone?
“Nowhere 2005 – the second European Burn Event will take place at a new location in Northern Spain on July 21st-25th.
Please browse the site to find information about art projects, installations and how to get involved!
The event is limited to 120 participants. Kindly purchase tickets as soon as possible. Admin and Infrastucture need funds LONG BEFORE the event happens. Please choose the the highest level you can afford. The lower priced tickets are intended for those on tight budgets.
Minumum Contributions and Deadlines are:
* 60 Euros. Available till May 31st 2005.
* 80 Euros. Available till July 15th 2005.
This ticket structure is geared towards helping us manage costs, to support those with fewer resources and to help us clear bills and expenses EARLY.
Details of how to book a ticket to Nowhere are on the Euroburners website http://www.euroburners.org/wikka/NowhereContribute
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EUROBURNERS….BRING HAGEY HOME!
More from Yoms and the Euroburners:
Fred Hagemeister, the man responsible for the world famous Black Rock International Burner Hostel, is to to make a rare appearance at Nowhere 2K5!
For those who know Fred, he is one of the most generous people on this planet. He throws the doors of his house open every year to burners from all over the world and helps coordinate food, drink, logistics, a theme camp as well as the ‘Reno To Playa Ride Share Project’.
This year, we’d like to bring Fred over to Europe and show him LOVE! So we are embarking on a fundraising effort called “BRING FRED HOME!”
If you’d like to help with our fundraising efforts to make sure he has a blast while over here in Europe, and thank him for sharing his home with so many BRC citizens over the years, here’s a chance to help the Euroburners show their gratitude to Hagey!!
Donations: http://www.euroburners.org/wikka/BringHageyHome
Black Rock International Burner Hostel:
http://www.blackrockburnerhostel.com/index.html
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REGIONAL LISTS ON EUROBURNERS.ORG
We currently host several regional specific discussion lists on Euroburners.org. These are used to deliberate community related issues that are not specifically related to Burning Man.
If you’d like a regional chat list, kindly contact yoms(at)burningman(dot).com
-The Euroburn Crew
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