March 8, 2008 – 8PM-4AM – 21+ w/ID
At: The Whisper Ultra Lounge
535 Florida St., between 18th St. and Mariposa St. SF
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$15 Playa finery; $25 Street clothes
Happy Hour Drink Specials from 8p-10p with early bird treats!
Food service available Whisper’s Back Room Bistro!
More info at Burning Man Special Events.
Check the Sonoma ArtCast Tribe or Flickr for all the dirt on Northbay burners in the wild. The gallery show was an amazing success and full of all that rich dusty goodness the Playa is known for.
Check out the photos at Sonoma ArtCast Tribe or Flickr for a slew of shots from inside the SRJC Doyle Library gallery.
The show is called “Bringing Back the Fire: Art and Community at Burning Man and Beyond”.
More info is found at their site: www.srjcburningmanshow.blogspot.com
For all of the info including dates and times, see the previous post…
Grand opening celebration party, spin-jam & playa costume burner social.
Friday, February 22nd. 6PM-9PM
Santa Rosa Junior College – 1501 Mendocino Ave. – Santa Rosa
DJS – COSTUMES – FIRE DANCERS – FIRE SCULPTURES – LIGHT ART – INFLATABLES – SHENANIGANS (Some outdoor features of the event are weather permitting)
There will also be an afternoon reception on Thursday, February 21st, 4-6. Everyone is invited to both of these events!
The show runs February 22nd-March 22nd.
The gallery is a beautiful space on the ground floor of the new Doyle
Library Building on the SRJC campus.
The gallery hours are Tues-Friday, 10-4, Sat noon-4
CALL TO ACTION! HELP MAKE THE OPENING PARTY AMAZING! FIRE DANCERS – DJ’S – PERFORMANCE ARTISTS – ART CARS – SOUND ENGINEERS… THIS MEANS YOU!
Are you a firedancer? Would you like to perform at the event? Do you have costumes or an Artcar that lights up? We hope you’ll bring them! Please contact Lisa & Tony at Lisabee@sonic.net, or Zack Darling at northbay@burningman.com for more info.
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION & PHOTOS
srjcburningmanshow.blogspot.com
City on a Hill Press relates this news-bite about a gallery showing to celebrate Burning Man art through Feburary 3rd., 2008:
Close to the Flame: In the Spirit of Burning Man
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Close to the Flame: In the Spirit of Burning Man. In celebration of Burning Man’s radically inclusive spirit, the Museum of Art and History is giving art made for the 40,000-strong, Black Rock Desert get-together a second life. Burning Man’s mission statement exalts immediacy to the “touchstone” of its culture, and this showcase is no different: expect it to be cutting-edge, and highly experimental. Installations will be housed in the Solari Gallery, away from arid Nevada sands, through Feb. 3.
An article in Tahoe World explains another important project to bring aid by Burners Without Borders (BWB)
Peruvian Earthquake Disaster Program Fundraising Event
On Sunday, Dec. 9 Burners without Boarders presents a fundraising event at Bar of America in Truckee. This will be a gratifying way to enjoy great food, entertainment and great company; featuring a buffet dinner provided by Bar of America and live music provided by Paesano Productions with Frame of Mind and Truckee Tribe.
Doors will open at 6 p.m., dinner will be served from 6:30 to 8 p.m. with music and bar service throughout the night.
Tickets can be purchased with a $25 donation. All proceeds will go directly to the reconstruction and will focus on repairing and restoring the disabled community networks in Peru.
What can you do to help?
In addition to the $25 door price of the Dec. 9 fundraiser at Bar of America, Burners without Boarders are approaching local businesses to solicit their support of this program.
The following are ideas of ways to support BWB:
www.burnerswithoutborders.org, e-mail bwbperu@gmail.com or call Jimmy Levi (530) 386-0503 or Sam Bullock at (775) 303-7290.
The whole lightsaber thing is warping out of control…
Torontoist: May the Force Be With You
This Friday, November 16, we (Newmindspace) will be hosting our very first lightsaber battle! This summer at Burning Man, we witnessed a 10,000-person lightsaber battle put on by a camp called Watto’s Junkyard, easily the largest lightsaber battle since the Jedi Civil War…
Ignition Northwest hosts “Seacompression” in Seattle.
Get Tickets
November 10, 7PM – 2AM
Hangar 30 @ Sand Point Magnuson Park
7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA
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Presale tickets are $15.
Presale ends at 11:59PM on 11/06.
Tickets at the door are $20.
This event is 21 and older.
Event layout:
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I’ve lately been tracking Kinetic Sculpture Racing (KSR) and the derby-like DIY race events it fosters around the country. This struck me as an interesting mutual influence scenario with artists’ kinetic sculptures off the Playa influencing art at the Burn and vice versa.
Wikipedia has an entry describing the advent of KSR:
The Kinetic Sculpture Race has been an annual event in Ferndale, California since 1969. It began when local sculptor Hobart Brown “improved” the appearance of his son’s tricycle, and was challenged to a race down Main Street by Jack Mays. Soon, another twelve machines entered to inaugurate the first race. Neither Hobart nor Jack won; instead, the first winner of the Kinetic Sculpture Race was Bob Brown of Eureka, California whose sculpture was a smoke-emitting Turtle that laid eggs.
Today, KSR is usually about a hearty race over pavement, water, sand, dirt, and even mud. More general info about KSR can be found at Kinetic Kingdom which also features the Kinetic Grand Championship race.
Here are a few links to sites and galleries of these amazing projects. Go out to a race near you and bring a bit of the Burn to the “default world” and support your local kinetic sculpture racers! Better, yet, build your own.
ePlaya’s Kinetic Sculpture Racing Camp, BRC: “Only once did we lose a Kontraption in 2007, and we found it near The Man within hours. The dust storm was no doubt a factor, which we understand. But do try your very best to bring the silly thing back, and if you cannot, PLEASE tell us where it is — absolutely no hard feelings.”
Laughing Squid’s tracking of Bernal Heights Hill Soap Box Derby 2007 Photos and Bike Kill V, Chaotic Bicycle Olympics in Brooklyn
da Vinci Days Kinetic Challenge, Oregon: “…get ready for our human-powered, all-terrain competition with road-worthy, mud-sloshing, water-slogging kinetic sculptures!”
Kinetic Universe, Inc., Arcata, California: sports the motto “Adults having fun so children desire to grow older”.
Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race, Maryland: “The eight-hour race covers 15 miles–mostly on pavement, but also including a trip into the Chesapeake Bay and through mud and sand.”
Prescott Valley Kinetic Sculpture Race, Arizona: “…while the judges cast a critical eye on all entries for any infractions. Bribes were generously doled out and readily accepted.”
Klamath Kinetic Challenge, Washington: “If you missed the 2007 Klamath Kinetic Challenge you must be kicking yourself. It was great.”
Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture Race, Oregon: Celebrating its 25th year of races!
This just in from Laughing Squid: Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) presents the First Annual ARTumnal Gathering
Join us for a Special Gathering of the Clan
on November 3rd for a sumptuous autumnal evening immersed in a savory harvest of delights, beguiling libations, and a caravan of elegant and outlandish live performers. For this BRAF benefit, dress to mingle with the glitter-art-i while perusing unique creations of ‘Wearable Art’ for your bidding pleasure. Dinner and open bar all evening.
The Lodge at The Regency Center – 1290 Sutter Street at Van Ness – SF
Special Preview 7:00 pm ~ $250
Gathering 8:00 pm – 1:00 am ~ $150
(Tickets include dinner & open bar.)
