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2007 & 2008 Regional Events list

PoosieKat — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:33:33 GMT

All dates/events are subject to change. Check included websites or e-mail the contacts included for more information.

Summer Events/Recompressions:

Kiwiburn4 - Feb. 9-11, 2007 - North Island, New Zealand -
http://www.kiwiburn.com
newzealand@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/nz.html

eleMent - April 20-22, 2007 - Monetta, South Carolina -
http://www.dirtysouthernburners.com/
southcarolina@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_sc.html

Rebirth - April 26-29, 2007 - The Shire, Near Pahao, Hawaii -
http://www.kapilina.org/
hawaii@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_hi.html

InterFuse - May 3-6, 2007 - Boonville, Missouri -
http://www.midwestburners.com/
stlouis@burningman.com
kansas@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_mo.html

Toast! - May 3-6, 2007 - Witch Well, Arizona -
http://www.toast-town.org
arizona@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_az.html

The Singularity Event - May 17-20, 2007 - Roach Lake, Nevada -
http://darkskies.vegasartists.com/
lasvegas@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_nv.html

Burning Flipside - May 24-28, 2007 - Austin, Texas -
http://www.burningflipside.com/
http://www.burnaustin.org/
denton@burningman.com
austin@burningman.com
houston@burningman.com
dallas@burningman.com
elpaso@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_tx.html

Playa del Fuego - May 24-28, 2007 - Odessa, Delaware -
http://playadelfuego.org/
washingtondc@burningman.com
baltimore@burningman.com
philadelphia@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_mddc.html

Element 11 - June 1-3, 2007 - Grantsville, Utah -
http://element11.org/
utah@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ut.html

Apogaea - June 7-10, 2007 - Front Range, Colorado -
http://www.apogaea.com/
denver@burningman.com
boulder@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_co.html

South Bay Precompression - June 8-10, 2007 - outside of Los Gatos, California -
http://www.southbayburners.org/precom.html
southbay@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ca.html

Scorched Nuts - June 14-17, 2007 - College Corner, Ohio -
http://www.scorchednuts.com/
columbus@burningman.com
southernohio@burningman.com
toledo@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_oh.html

Critical Massive - June 25-July 1, 2007 - Sultan, Washington -
http://www.massiveburn.org/
seattle@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_wa_sea.html

Nowhere - July 4-8, 2007 - Zaragoza, Spain -
http://en.goingnowhere.org/HomePage
europe@burningman.com
uk@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/eu.html
http://regionals.burningman.com/eu_uk.html

Firefly - July 5-8, 2007 - Vermont -
http://fireflyartscollective.org/
boston@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ma.html

Transformus - July 20-22, 2007 - Horse Shoe, North Carolina -
http://www.transformus.com
northcarolina@burningman.com
wilmington@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_nc.html

SOAK 2007 - July 20-22, 2007 - Salem, Oregon -
http://www.burningmanportland.com
portland@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_or.html

Fall Events/Decompressions:

"Exhaust" WI De-Compression - Sept. 22 2007 - BurningSNOW Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin -
http://www.clevian.com/decomp.htm
wisconsin@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_wi.html

HullabalU - Oct., 2007 - - Boonville, Missouri -
http://www.midwestburners.com/
stlouis@burningman.com
kansas@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_mo.html

Chicago Decompression - Oct., 2007 - Chicago, Illinois -
http://www.burningmanchicago.org
chicago@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_il_chi.html

Arizona Decompression - Oct. 5-7, 2007 - Gateway Ranch, near Flagstaff, Arizona -
http://www.azburners.org
arizona@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_az.html

(The following event is still in the planning/tentative stage)
octOHburn - Oct. 5-7th, 2007 - Middletown/ Oxford, Ohio -
cincinnati@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_oh.html

Playa del Fuego - Oct. 5-8, 2007 - Odessa, Delaware -
http://playadelfuego.org/
washingtondc@burningman.com
baltimore@burningman.com
philadelphia@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_mddc.html

Decompression/Afterlife Compression (DC/AC) - Oct. 6, 2007 - Honolulu - Hawaii -
http://www.kapilina.org/
hawaii@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_hi.html

SF Decom - Oct. 7th, 2007 - Indiana St, San Fransisco, California -
http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/decompression/index.html
flambelounge@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ca.html

Thesmophoria - Oct. 12-14,2007 - South Carolina -
http://www.dirtysouthernburners.com/
southcarolina@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_sc.html

Myschievia - Oct. 10 - 13, 2007 - Winn Ranch, Dallas, Texas -
http://www.ntxb.org/
denton@burningman.com
austin@burningman.com
houston@burningman.com
dallas@burningman.com
elpaso@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_tx.html

LA Decompression - Oct. 13, 2007 - Los Angeles, California -
la@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ca_la.html

Denver Decompression - Oct. 15, 2007 - The GOG - Denver, Colorado -
http://denverburningman.com/
denver@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_co.html

Fuego de los Muertos - Oct. 26-28, 2007 - San Diego, California -
http://fuegodiego.com/
sandiego@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ca_sd.html

Afterlife - November 1-4, 2007 - North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii -
http://www.kapilina.org/
hawaii@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_hi.html

Africa Burns - November 23-25, 2007 - South Africa, Africa -
http://www.afrikaburns.com/
paul@onepeople.com

2008 Summer Events/Recompressions:

Kiwiburn5 - Feb. 1-4, 2008 - Whakamaru Domain, Mangakino - New Zealand -
http://www.kiwiburn.com
newzealand@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/nz.html

Burnal Equinox/Rebirth Compression - March 2008 - Big Island, Hawaii -
http://www.kapilina.org/
hawaii@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_hi.html

Dark Skies - April 9-13, 2008 - Roach Lake, Nevada -
http://darkskies.vegasartists.com/
lasvegas@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_nv.html

InterFuse - May 2008 - Boonville, Missouri -
http://www.midwestburners.com/
stlouis@burningman.com
kansas@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_mo.html

Toast! - May 8-11, 2008 - Witch Well, Arizona -
http://www.toast-town.org
arizona@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_az.html

Rebirth - May 15-18, 2008 - Big Island, Hawaii -
http://www.kapilina.org/
hawaii@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_hi.html

Playa del Fuego - May 22-26, 2008 - Odessa, Delaware -
http://playadelfuego.org/
washingtondc@burningman.com
baltimore@burningman.com
philadelphia@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_mddc.html

Burning Flipside - May 22-26, 2008 - Austin, Texas -
http://www.burningflipside.com/
http://www.burnaustin.org/
denton@burningman.com
austin@burningman.com
houston@burningman.com
dallas@burningman.com
elpaso@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_tx.html

Element 11 - End of May, Beginning of June 2008 - Grantsville, Utah -
http://element11.org/
utah@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_ut.html

Scorched Nuts - June 2008 - College Corner, Ohio -
http://www.scorchednuts.com/
columbus@burningman.com
southernohio@burningman.com
toledo@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_oh.html

Apogaea - June 2008 - Front Range, Colorado -
http://www.apogaea.com/
denver@burningman.com
boulder@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_co.html

Critical Massive - June 23-29, 2008 - Sultan, Washington -
http://www.massiveburn.org/
seattle@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_wa_sea.html

SOAK - July 2008 - Salem, Oregon -
http://www.burningmanportland.com
portland@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_or.html

Nowhere - July 9-15, 2008 - Zaragoza, Spain -
http://en.goingnowhere.org/HomePage
europe@burningman.com
uk@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/eu.html
http://regionals.burningman.com/eu_uk.html

Transformus - July 16-21, 2008 - Deerfields, in Horse Shoe, North Carolina -
http://www.transformus.com
northcarolina@burningman.com
wilmington@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_nc.html

2008 Fall Events/Decompressions:

(The following event is still in the planning/tentative stage)
octOHburn - Oct. 2008 - Middletown/ Oxford, Ohio -
cincinnati@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_oh.html

Playa del Fuego - Oct. 9-13, 2008 - Odessa, Delaware -
http://playadelfuego.org/
washingtondc@burningman.com
baltimore@burningman.com
philadelphia@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_mddc.html

Denver Decompression - October 18, 2008 - The GOG - Denver, Colorado -
http://denverburningman.com/
denver@burningman.com
http://regionals.burningman.com/us_co.html

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Burning Man: Fact & Fiction

PoosieKat — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:15:27 GMT

http://enewschannels.com/2007/06/25/enc1501_181043.php

Burning Man: Fact & Fiction
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:10:43 -0500 CDT
by Scott G, the G-Man
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Every year, media coverage of Burning Man gets it wrong. Scott G presents many myth-busting details about the annual celebration held the week before Labor Day on the Playa of Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada.

Fiction: In the media, Burning Man is sometimes called an unstructured hippie event that plunges participants into a ritualistic freak show of mob-rule.
Fact: There are rules for safety. There is a city map. There is a plan. Within those self-imposed protective limits is an informal structure that encourages self-expression, participation, audience interaction, and the opportunity to achieve the poetry of the soul.

Fiction: Burning Man has been labeled pagan, secret, mystical and/or anti-Christian.
Fact: The Burning Man celebration is a carnival of life without concern for religious dogma or polemic.

Photo by Sean ChristopherFiction: Burning Man takes place either in San Francisco or somewhere in the desert.
Fact: While the first events took place during the summers of 1986-1990 at Baker Beach in San Francisco, the “gathering of the tribes” then moved to Black Rock Desert in Nevada where it has grown to encompass 39,000+ people.

Fiction: The location disturbs the local residents.
Fact: The Playa is an uninhabited part of the Nevada desert, 120 miles north of Reno and 12-15 miles from the towns of Gerlach and Empire, Nevada. Nearby residents tolerate or enjoy the colorful annual parade of participants; they certainly enjoy the estimated 10 million dollars the event pumps into the local economy. Further, the local
communities will be receiving donations of free solar power for their public buildings after the event.

Fiction: The date of the event is part of the planners’ covert ritual.
Fact: Burning Man is always the week leading up to and including Labor Day weekend. In 2007, the dates of the event are Monday, August 27 through Monday, September 3rd.

Fiction: Believers in supernatural phenomena take part in Burning Man.
Fact: They may, but the event itself is firmly rooted in reality.

Photo by Steven FritzFiction: Burning Man is an excuse to dress wild, act crazy and lose your inhibitions.
Fact: That may be true for some participants, but the aim of Burning Man is to explore the possibilities of noncommercial communal living as well as the exploration of individual and group artworks on a daily basis.

Fiction: The event is sometimes compared to Woodstock, either the peaceful one in 1969, the more commercial version in 1994 or the one that got out of hand in 1999.
Fact: People who attend Burning Man make their own music as part of weeklong discoveries of self-expression.

Photo by Ted BeatieFiction: The event is nothing but a non-stop rave.
Fact: The last rave at Burning Man was in 1996. As the variety of music on Burning Man Soundscapes demonstrates, all types of music are associated with the celebration, from pulsating trance to contemplative classical, and everything in between.

Fiction: Burning Man is a youth movement.
Fact: People of almost every age group participate in Burning Man.

Fiction: Burning Man is full of illegal drugs.
Fact: Your city will have far greater drug-related medical emergencies at the next legal rock concert than have ever occurred at Burning Man.

Fiction: Burning Man is somehow related to “The Wicker Man” films Films.
Fact: Oh come on, have you actually seen those movies Movies?

Fiction: Anarchists are behind the Burning Man event.
Fact: Perhaps this confusion comes from promoting radical self-expression, but participants experience freedom, not license. Don’t confuse the freedom to shout with the freedom to shout “fire” in a crowded theater.

Photo by SNOOKFiction: The apocalypse and/or Armageddon are welcomed at Burning Man.
Fact: Firearms are not allowed in Black Rock City, and there is a volunteer security team of several hundred people. There is also a long list of rules that are enforced for the good of the community and the safety of its members. There may be a lot of wild clothing Clothing, body paint, anti-mainstream art, and a great deal of music and/or noise, but the parking lots at many sports arenas are closer to the apocalypse than Burning Man.

Fiction: Burning Man is not good for the environment.
Fact: Each year, no trace of Black Rock City remains behind. The desert is left as it was found.

Fiction: Burning man is just an excuse to party.
Fact: While there is music, dancing, sculpting, painting, poetry, and communal interaction at Burning Man, the event is an ongoing social experiment. People may have fun, but the plans and goals are in line with creating a society that transcends the commonplace concerns of modern living.

Fiction: Burning Man is an attack on mass culture and consumer society.
Fact: Burning Man is an alternative to mass culture and consumer society.

For more information, visit www.burningman.com

Our thanks to photographers Ted Beatie, Sean Christopher, Steven Fritz, Stewart Harvey, and SNOOK. Their contributions to this article are in the true spirit of the social experiment.

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Help support a playa project

PoosieKat — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:52:32 GMT

many of you have enjoyed Harlen Gruber's "Diamond Portal" over the past few years. to help jog your memory the Diamond Portal always sat at 11:11 in deep space and combines sacred geometry, immersive environments, and user modulated sound installation to create an incredible sensory experience and, Harlan believes, a portal for the transformation of humanity.

the "Diamond Portal" has consistantly been a project i look forward to each year with mischeivous glee and has been the scene of several vaguely remembered crimes against mundanity. the site of the Diamond Portal burning amongst the ruins of the temple in 2005 is an image permanently branded on what's left of the good side of my brain.

this year Harlan has plans to make a much MUCH larger version of his portal, the Sapphire Portal. it will again include sacred geometry, immersive environments, and user modulated sound installation, but will be taking these elements to much greater plains.

unfortunately - unforgiveably, some might say - Harlan was over looked during the granting process (in their defense he was up against some brilliant competition - http://www.burningman.com/installations/07_art_fund.html - awesome right??) and is trying to fund the Sapphire Portal on his own dime and the dime of those willing to support him.

he is now accepting PayPal donations which will get you in return a pendant representing either the Diamond Portal or this years Sapphire Portal. to donate go here:

http://harlanemil.com/sapphireportal.html

if you're curious, here is a piece Erik Davis wrote about this last month:

http://www.techgnosis.com/chunks.php?sec=journal&cat=noting&file=chunkfrom-2007-05-02-2242-0.txt

here's hoping we can help Harlan blow several thousands unsuspecting minds once again.

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HELLO!.....heelllloooo.....hellllooooooo

PoosieKat — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:25:48 GMT

Is anyone out there? Are we all just busy in other tribes or our "real" lives?

What's up with you?

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How.....

PoosieKat — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:24:09 GMT

How do you bring Burning Man home with you?

How do you keep the flames alive the rest of the year?

Do you?

Do you want to?

Do you know about the regional network?

Do you know about other events/happenings/gatherings/parties/etc in your area?

What, here in the default world, makes you think of the playa?

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Be a part of the MegaPixel project!

PoosieKat — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:16:17 GMT

Introduction

In November of 2005 Space Imaging, Inc released an image of Black Rock City 2005. Their Ikonos satellite acquired the image at a resolution between 1 and 4 meters. As I scrolled through the image I relaized that I could locate my tent, a 2 meter by 2 meter square. Later in the day, while chatting with a friend, I commented that I wished the resolution was better so that I could see what was on the ground. This led to a discussion of perhaps writing something on top of the bus that was in our camp. Eventually I realized that we needed to do this on a larger scale, maybe arranging the tents in camp to make a symbol or spell something out. This led to the idea of creating a piece of art that would only be visible from the satellite that took this picture.

Concept

Create a large scale artwork which can only be entirely visualized from a great distance. This artwork would be 100 meters long by 100 meters wide and would consist of 10,000 square of colored material arranged to produce an image 100 pixels by 100 pixels. The images used below are only representative and are not going to be used at the event.

We want to create a very large image on the floor of the desert that will be photographed by a satellite.
It'll need the participation of all of you.
Signup on the web site and tell us how many pixels you can bring.
Please visit sputnik.name for more information.
For this project a pixel is a piece of fabric 44 inches square
You bring your part of the image out to the project location and help fasten it into place.

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"The Burning Man" poem

Lucid_Lorenda — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:45:18 GMT

“The Burning Man”

I see him spread his Phoenix wings in Jesus Christ pose
In metaled flesh and neon-lit veins, he towers above thousands of enraptured revelers,
Hungry to see him burn,
Waiting for the sparks, the sonic boom of fireworks
As scantily clad Goddesses spin fire in the desert sand,
We are aroused by death, who will soon engulf the man in her furied womb
He stands Atlasian, carrying our soon-to-be-harvested selves on his shoulders
We have projected all of our tensions and fears of the past year onto him
The air is heavy, burdened with the need for release
Ready, mouths watering, eyes twinkling, sweat in the air
The first rocket is launched and the sky is an inferno of the man and his Goddess’ lust
The flames dance and lick, teasing him with death
Sex in the sky
Fire and tears in my eyes
The air shifts, and we experience the man’s orgasm as our own,
Dancing, hugging, crying, screaming
Because it is done
And our new lives have just begun

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Power Plant

Lucid_Lorenda — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:40:00 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I think that a great thing this group could focus on would be trying to tackle what we can do about that power plant that supposedly will be built near Black Rock City.

I'm not much of a political activist, but would like to be. Does anyone have any ideas? I feel quite ignorant here. What can we do? Would the governor and senators of Nevada even listen to us if we're not from the state? Could we start a petition and maybe post it to the other Burning Man tribes?

What do you guys think?

Peace,
Lorenda

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Welcome And Represent

ash_kennaz — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:33:50 GMT

Welcome to the BALL, feel free to share and represent your self and those you are collected with. Let us know who you are and what your visions are and what your think of the Article and its ramifications. Basically introduce yourselves and get to know each other, a heart felt network is what we are looking for so lets feel our hearts.

Love in ecstasy
Ash Kennaz

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coming to SF in Dec

whoolee — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:50:16 GMT

Hey guys

I'm moving north in december, and i'm looking to meet new heads once i'm out there....so hit me back !

whoolee

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