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Into the Fire

East Bay Burner Social Presents: Playa Arts Sneak Peek
Friday, May 20th, 2016, American Steel Studios at  Love Potion Collective and produced by Scott McNeil

Our May Friday Night Social Speaker Series brought out a collection of artists who are playa-bound this year.  If you are curious about what art projects that are coming to Burning Man, then listen to the ten artists presenting their forthcoming works.  Check out their websites below for more info on what was posted on the presentation's slides. There are  a variety of projects, both colossus and small, discussed.  Each of them so mind blowing that you'll want to participate in their creation. And maybe you can!   All art pieces presented will offer opportunities for you to get involved.

From the mystery of the The Last Apothecary to the HUMONGOUS Catacomb of Veils, this will be a presentation of awe and inspiration!

Hear from...

* La Victrola
http://www.lavictrola2016.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LaVictrola/

* Adventure Vending for Burning Man
http://lamearts.org/
https://www.facebook.com/adventurevending

* Ursa Major
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-and-Mrs-Ferguson-Art/434710516694820

* Mobility Camp
http://www.mobilitycamp.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Burning-Man-Mobility-Camp-902678119812600

* The Last Apothecary
http://www.sawdustbear.com/apothecary/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011245952255340/

* Fireball Shooting Gallery
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1503688839945460

* So-So Cupid
https://www.facebook.com/So-So-Cupid-1075991115763162

* Wheels on Meals
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BRCWheelsOnMeals/

* Black Rock Lighthouse Service
https://brlighthouse.org/
https://www.facebook.com/brlighthouse

* The Sonic Runway
http://www.sonicrunway.net/
https://www.facebook.com/sonicrunway

* Catacomb of Veils
https://www.facebook.com/CatacombofVeils
The Space Whale
https://www.facebook.com/thespacewhale/

Big Imagination
https://www.facebook.com/bigimaginationfoundation/

Bonus Content: East Bay Burners Social Presents - Playa Arts Sneak Peak

All the Playa's Your Stage: The Musicians
Friday, 15 April 2016, American Steel Studios at Love Potion Collective and produced by Scott McNeil 

As a part of East Bay Burner's Friday Night Socials Speaker Series of 2016, a variety of musicians were invited to talk about what happens when musicians bring their talents to the playa.  Well, You wouldn't believe the things that happen when you bring a musical instrument to the desert.  It can completely change your whole Burn!  The month of April's Social featured aural artists who will regale us with both sound and vision...plus some musical surprises!

From members of a Burning Man symphony orchestra to a bawdy jazz singer, we'll have a potpourri of genres and sagas that you wont want to miss!

Featured speakers/performers:

* Burning Man Orphan Band
https://www.facebook.com/groups/411391882292673/

* Playa Choir
https://www.facebook.com/groups/playachoir/

* Meghan Rutigliano: MegaFlame Big Band and Cabaret, Megs and the 
Bootleggers, et al.
https://www.facebook.com/meghan.rutigliano

* Playa Pops Symphony
https://www.facebook.com/groups/590960854315354/

* Gamelan X
https://www.facebook.com/GamelanX/


Bonus Content: East Bay Burners Social Presents - All the Playa's Your Stage

East Bay Burner Social Black Rock City: No Spectators

Friday, 17 June, 7:00pm - 10:00pm, at Love Potion Collective within American Steel Studios in Oakland, California.  Produced by Scott McNeil.  

Have you ever thought about working for Black Rock City?   Thousands of people just like you get together every Burn to join everything from Fire Arts Safety to the Department of Mutant Vehicles.

For the June, 2016, East Bay Burners Social we have complied representatives from several Burning Man departments talk about their playa services. We’ve included the links to each of the volunteer pages.  If you would like to volunteer, fill out your burner profile on Burning Man’s website.  In the process, you can inform BRC departments that you are interested.  No spectators!  Be a part the making of BRC by participating!

Love Potion Collective http://www.lovepotioncollective.org/ is at American Steel Studios americansteelstudios.com in Oakland, California
The Gate 510 in San Leandro, CA:  http://thegate510.com 

Wheels on Meals Team feeds about 700 artists a year.  Email them at brcwheelsonmeals@gmail.com. 
Stair Ramp To Heaven is a new project to build access ramps for wheelchairs to get on to art cars. Contact Meals on Wheels team member and founder, Lysa J. M. (aka Dazzle) at the same Wheels on Meals email address.

The Presenting B.R.C. Departments

1. Placement
This department is actively looking for volunteers.  Fill in your burner profile and email Kristen B. at answergirl@burningman.org .  Additional Information can be found here
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/cleanup/ 

2. Art Support Services is actively looking for volunteers! Contact ass_volunteers@burningman.org after filling out your burner profile.
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/artist-services/

3. DMV
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/dept-of-mutant-vehicles/ 

4.  Fire Arts Safety
There’s a new volunteer group starting up this year and it’s all about the burns!  If that’s your favorite part, then why not consider volunteering for Burn Perimeter Support Group.  Find out more here: http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/burn-perimeter/ 

5. Playa Restoration
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/cleanup/ 

6. Gate, Perimeter and Exodus
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/gate/ 

7.Rangers
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/brc-rangers/


8. Black Rock City Emergency Services Department
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams/emergency-services/

All the B.R.C. Departments that need volunteers:
http://burningman.org/event/volunteering/teams 

Background music by DUCKMAN - Going somewhere

Bonus Content:  East Bay Burners Socials Presents - Black Rock City! No Spectators!

	
Dan Fox, big art builder at Burning Man, sits down at the dinner table to talk and answer questions from one of his good friends and project lead, Moose.  Chris Web, another good friend and project lead, also chimes in.  There's good advice here for other teams who building now or thinking about it in the future.  Photo:  Leori Gill,  Background music by DUCKMAN – Going somewhere.  More at www,intothefirebm.com

Into the Fire: Dan Fox, Big Art Builder

Catacomb of Veils is an art build going to the playa, 2016. &nbsp;In fact, they are on the playa now and getting ready to build it. &nbsp; &nbsp;It's August 8th, 2016 and it's build season. &nbsp; Soon, burners attending da Vinci's Workshop will get an opportunity to see it. &nbsp; Get a rich understanding of the art and the development of this large art build by listening to Dan Sullivan, Lead Architect and Visionary, share about his spectacular-sized playa installation. &nbsp;Hopper and Crowe, Construction Leads, share their inviting ways that worked so well to attract volunteers. Hear from volunteers too! &nbsp;Downloadable and streamable. &nbsp;Enjoy! &nbsp; From the Indigogo, a great description: Catacomb rises like a rocky outcropping off the desert floor, and as the dust swirls up and around, it evokes Black Rock Point itself. &nbsp;It is a ruin of a previous society-- a remnant of our collective search for moments of quiet, introspection and reflection. It is a journey of discovery and a descent into a subterranean world. &nbsp; &nbsp; You hear from&nbsp; Dan Sullivan, Architect Hopper and Crowe, Construction Leads Woof and Selina, and Swan, Volunteers Indigogo Campaign currently collecting donations.  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/catacomb-of-veils-burning-man-2016 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CatacombofVeils/ &nbsp; Background music by DUCKMAN – Going somewhere

Into the Fire: Catacomb of Veils

Hear from Anarchy Jim, producer of the BM's Mp3 Self Guided Audio Tour.  Then,  join the back yard BBQ at Bobzilla's house as he talks about BMIR, The Voice of The Man.  
Download or stream the ART TOUR here:  http://goo.gl/EBDliC
Check out BMIR online here:  http://www.bmir.org/ . Hear last year's burn and other cool stuff now.  
Burners, 
This podcast and all Burner Podcasts can be heard or downloaded on Soundcloud.  Download your podcasts ready for your drive up to BRC!

Into the Fire: Playa Audio Tour and BMIR Radio

Welcome home, burners! &nbsp;Welcome home to your other home where you live when you are not at home at Black Rock City, that is. &nbsp;This podcast is all about Kentucky Fried Camp! &nbsp; We learn how a camp made up of burners from a far-off location managed to sustain itself over the years and made a great relationship with its neighborhood in Black Rock City at the 3 o’clock and B Plaza. At the same time, KFC continues to work on creating relationships in Kentucky- from marching bands to city arts projects. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KFC facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/KentuckyFriedCamp/ @ and #Kentuckyfriedcamp on flickr and such Burning Man Regional in Kentucky: &nbsp;http://regionals.burningman.org/regionals/north-america/kentucky/ Music by Duckman on Soundcloud Intro by Pianoman from BURN2 and Kentucky &nbsp;

Into The Fire:  Kentucky Fried Camp

The Icarus Art Car is  a moving sculpture, a roaming art gallery and music stage all in one massive vehicle.  Take a 25,000 lb cargo loader with a 350 Horsepower diesel engine and design it into what looks like a junkyard space ship.   But it’s more than that.  The build site is the community clubhouse, there’s tons of events.  This monstrosity has developed more headaches and more character than either Ilya Polyakov or Brandon Robinson, two of the four producers of this art car, could ever have imagined.  Listen to their story.

Into The Fire Podcast

Into The Fire: Icarus Space Ship Art Car

Join Torrey Smith, aka Sarge, James, aka Heavy Metal, and Dan Dan as they sit down at Moxy Build Space in Oakland, California, and talk about Sextant Camp science.  Sextant is hard science, hard engineering, and hard work. Yes, there is something sexy about Sextant Camp.  Sextant Camp does sexy science and makes it into art!  Check out the rest of the crew with this Sextant fly-by.

Into The Fire: Sextant Camp

Jimmy Descant, a “severe reconstructionist” artist from Salida, Colorado, brought out his Amalgamated Debris Assemblage Guild to The Man in 2016. &nbsp;As a part of the da Vinci’s Workshop Guilds, his team of seven helped him bring his signature art style to the playa. &nbsp;Jimmy decided to take his art style with him to the playa when he went to Black Rock City for his first time. &nbsp;Supported by his good burner &nbsp;friends who encouraged him to apply for an art grant, Jimmy received a 20-by-20-foot booth, an opportunity for seven early arrival tickets and the grant. &nbsp;HIs booth was located in the &nbsp;square piazza surrounding da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man,” along with 28 guilds from around the world. &nbsp;HIs truck was full of pieces of “finds” from all over the street corners, back alleys and yard sales that he scrounged and scraped up over the years. &nbsp;The team transported about 1,000 pounds material pieces, &nbsp;tools and hardware and invited burners to create assemblage art “from the detritus of American society.” &nbsp;He his Red Cobra, a signature art piece that he had made as a mascot sat in the center of the booth and watched over the making of about 350 pieces of art made over four days. &nbsp;His years of community art experience helped him prepare well for his first playa experience. &nbsp;When he returned back to Salida, he came back with half of his truck and a renewed thinking about art and community. &nbsp;

Jimmy Descant and Amalgamated Assemblage Guild

Into The Fire: Jimmy Descant and His Amalgamated Debris Assemblage Guild

Clovis Buford and Central Texas Regional &nbsp; Sit down and have a chat with Clovis Buford from Texas! &nbsp;He is one of the(3) Regional Contacts for Central Texas, a regional of Burning Man who helps to make Flipside happen. &nbsp;Every year in May, Memorial Day weekend burners from Texas and all over come together to Apache Pastures for an amazing burn that lasts (5 days). &nbsp;Just like Burning Man, Everything about Flipside is created by burners- from the annual theme, the ticket, the infrastructure, art, performance, fire and community. &nbsp;How do burners from outside of Black Rock City make a regional event? &nbsp;How did Flipside develop over the years? &nbsp;Listen to Clovis and find out here. &nbsp;  Websites: Central Texas Regional Page:  http://regionals.burningman.org/regionals/north-america/austin/ Central Texas on Facebook: &nbsp;http://www.facebook.com/BurningFlipside Community web page: https://www.burningflipside.com/ Flipside on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqQQqMzI1_JVu-goVCpqGSA Mentioned was Danger Ranger’s 2001 Roadtrip website:  http://roadtrip.burningman.com/content/silverseed.html Music by Duckman on Soundcloud Photo credit: Ira Weinschel Photography

Into The Fire: Clovis Buford from Texas

Do you have a park that needs some art? &nbsp;Do you have a city that would benefit from the culture of Burning Man? &nbsp;&nbsp;In 2008, Maria Partridge and Crimson Rose decided to bring out an art collection from Burning Man to Downtown Reno. For three months, the temporary art installation became a community space with music, meetups and Burning Man culture, connecting burners with the citizens of Reno. &nbsp;Over the years, Maria has learned a thing or two about how to work with the city of Reno. &nbsp;This year, she brings you Reno Playa Art Park, a six-month, temporary art collection in downtown Reno. &nbsp;If your burner community is thinking about &nbsp;bringing your burner art to your city, then this is the conversation for you. &nbsp;Listen to Maria talk about her experience and share the knowledge that she’s gathered. Sparking an interest? &nbsp;More info to come in the near future! &nbsp; Weblinks Associated with This Podcast Building Community Through Burning Man Art | Maria Partridge | TEDxReno  Arts and Civic Engagement &nbsp;at Burning Man Artech, Reno Photo credit: Christine Rosakranse. &nbsp;Additional photos here Music by Duckman on Soundcloud

Into The Fire: Maria Partridge & Reno Playa Art Park

Lots of artists and collectives tour their art after it returns from Burning Man. &nbsp;Abram Santa Cruz is a designer and artist from Los Angeles and has been making playa art for several years now. &nbsp;His most recent art, The Electric Dandelions, are three 23-27 ft tall dandelion sculptures that look beautifully natural by day and light up like fireworks at night. &nbsp;The dandelions are sound reactive and have an app to control their colors. &nbsp;Abram sits down with us to talk about touring his interactive, large art projects at various arts and music festivals, including the Reno Playa Art Park, a temporary art park in Reno scheduled to be up for at least six months starting in November. &nbsp; Websites associated with this podcast Reno Playa Art Park Liquid PXL facebook page  Liquid PXL website  Reno Art Park podcast featuring Maria Partridge Photo credit: Christine Rosakranse. &nbsp;Additional photos here Music by Duckman on Soundcloud

Into The Fire:  Art on Tour with Abram Santa Cruz

Party Fire Safety Video

This podcast is a chat and interview with the director of Party Fire Safety Video, a video that was created in three days after the wake of the Oakland Ghost Ship fire.  Michael Morgenstern, film director and social activist,  talks about his experience in making the film as well as talks about his perspective of promotion.    


Website Associated with this podcast for Party Fire Safety Video

Find Party Fire Safety video here: http://www.partyfiresafety.com/

And on Facebook here
https://www.facebook.com/michael.morgenstern/posts/10101241954330371?comment_id=10101248794597421&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R2%22%7D  

Director/Producer: Michael Morgenstern and his Nametag Day website: http://nametagday.com/

Burning Man's post to the burner community
http://journal.burningman.org/2016/12/news/global-news/oakland-fire/ 


Saferspaces website  http://saferspac.es/. This is a collection of resources available on the internet.  Send your information and contributions to their email address.  

This is a good read by April Jones about the difficulities of obtaining city permits for events:  https://goo.gl/DdNheI 

Thanks to Sharma Hendel and other members of the Regional Contacts team for East Bay Burners Regional, for making this list of online fundraiser campaigns.  If you wish to make a Financial Donation - there are several online fundraisers.

Go Fund Me
https://www.gofundme.com/ghost-ship-fire-residents-suppor
Gray Area’s fundraising page
https://www.youcaring.com/firevictimsofoaklandfiredec232016-706684
Oakland A’s and Oakland Raiders joint fundraising effort
http://youcaring.com/oaklandfirerelief 


Because this tragedy has affected the community deeply, Sharma also included this list.  If you or someone you know is in need of emotional support, there are many resources to contact.  Here’s a few:

- Alameda County Crisis Support Services 1-800-309-2131

- SF Suicide Prevention (415) 781-0500

- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline online chat and phone 1-800-273-8255

Into The Fire: Party Fire Safety Video and Michael Morgenstern

Happy New Year to all listeners of Into The Fire Podcast. Thanks for listening.  For this first podcast of 2017, meet a man who is behind The Man.  Meet Andrew Johnstone, artist and Burning Man’s Design Steward of The Man. You’ll never think about the man build crew the same way again after hearing Andrew describe his co-builders. You’ll love them as much as he does. 
Enjoy these readings that go well with this podcast  http://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/afterburn/03-2/art/the_man/  http://journal.burningman.org/2011/08/news/brc-news/rip-rod-garrett/  http://burningman.org/event/brc/2017-art-theme-radical-ritual/  Music by Duckman

Into The Fire: Andrew Johnstone, Design Steward of The Man

The Monaco is an art car that sails across the playa at Burning Man when the wind is just right. &nbsp;It takes a team of burners to hoist the sails and set sail for a dust storm. &nbsp;Meet Beth and Captain Greg, two old timers who have helped to bring sailing skills to Black Rock City. &nbsp;She is approximately 45 feet long and holds more than 40 passengers. She's got 3 masts! &nbsp;If you’ve been on an art tour, you might have been on The Monaco. It services the art tours and provides field trips for the kids of Kidsviille and the Black Rock Scouts. &nbsp;This art car, like so many others, is a piece of history and art. &nbsp;Listen to Beth and Greg tell us about how it all happened and what it takes to run the crew of the Monaco. &nbsp; LInks associated with this podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/114999981871269/
 Photo by Joe Azure Music by Duckman &nbsp;

Into The Fire:  The Monaco, Land Frigate of Burning Man

When theme camps in the streets of Black Rock City put their heart and soul into making a great space for hang-outs, performances, offerings and the like, all the residents are better for it. &nbsp;Meet Dave and Debi from Destiny Lounge 3D Camp where you can find the totally trippy Vortex of Destiny, Rock Yer Balls game and Free Blow Jobs during the day. &nbsp;If we are lucky, Destiny Lounge 3D may be where we can find the Oracle.  If you are a fan of neon, if you need a break from the dust, then find them, come on in to their beautiful, happy place at the amazing Destiny Lounge. &nbsp;There’s even neon carpet with koi fish! Websites associated with this podcast: &nbsp; Destiny Lounge 3D fb group The Oracle at Burning Man

Into The Fire: Destiny Lounge 3D Camp

Meet an Artslut from AfrikaBurn! Ever wonder what AfrikaBurn is like? Well, it’s just like your burn. Then again, it’s not. Listen to Scheepers De Bruin, member of Artsluts Camp tell us delightful stories from his many years of participation at South Africa’s AfrikaBurn. The camp is an entirely independent group of volunteers that arrive for build week and provide our services to the artists that are building during that week. They screw, hammer, nail, saw, paint, paper mache, climb, hoist, wash… basically anything other than digging and all that they ask is to be treated nicely. Websites associated with this podcast: Artsluts fb page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1548469848724979/ 
AfrikaBurn: https://www.afrikaburn.com/ 
The Borderlands: http://theborderland.se/ Photo by Art Sluts Camp

Into The Fire: Artsluts of AfrikaBurn

Burner playa self-expression often starts with our own bodies. &nbsp;If you're wearing your work jeans on the playa, then there’s Kostume Kult from New York to fix that for you. &nbsp;Take the K-Train to Kostume Kult, tryon some amazing costumes from their costume tent, and come out looking like a playa super star! &nbsp;Some of the kult's mantras are, “Stray from the flock”, “Choose your own path” and “Have more fun than anyone you know”. &nbsp;Although some would say that they are not a "cult", others would say they are an open collective where all are invited to get involved and get dressed up. &nbsp;#Culture jamming &nbsp;#NYCostume parties!&nbsp;&nbsp;Costume Jim and Eliza, a.k.a. Ass Master, from the famous Kostume Kult of New York and the Esplanade at Black Rock City talk about how they share their passion all year long. &nbsp; Photography by Costume Jim Websites associated with this podcast Facebook Group: &nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/groups/Kostumekult/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KostumeKultPage/ Website: http://www.kostumekult.com/ Flickr Album of their recent Year of the Rooster NY Party

Into The Fire:  Kostume Kult of New York and the Esplanade at BRC

Meet Liz Linsell from AfrikaBurn. &nbsp;You’ll find her behind the scenes throughout the year working as key Volunteer Lead. Volunteer-driven Tonkwa Town needs 100’s of &nbsp;volunteers to fill 1000’s of shifts to keep infrastructure running smoothly from the arid desert. For the past nine years, she’s has helped volunteers find their perfect groove that's just right for them. &nbsp;&nbsp;Liz and her team have modified the volunteer tracking system as they have grown. &nbsp;Theme camps and regionals may be interested in what she has to say about working with volunteers. Links associated with this podcast www.afrikaburn.com  Music by Duckman on Soundcloud Photo credit: Jacqui Woolfson

Into The Fire: Meet Liz Linsell, Volunteer Lead of AfrikaBurn

Independently produced by a revolving team of volunteers and hosted by founder ‘Mister Arash’, Burner Podcast is the longest running traditional podcast in the global Burning Man community. Focused on year-round Burner consciousness and topics of intracultural interest, explore a decade’s worth of conversations at burnerpodcast.com/previous-episodes.

This Soundcloud channel also shares Burner content and other podcasts from the extended Burner Podcast family including Into The Fire Podcast hosted by Super Suz, Build To Burn Podcast hosted by Scott Froschauer and more! (Not that much more but more, nonetheless.)