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Camp ... in Bed
2007-05-29
 

Placement Questionnaire

    Camp Information

  1. (Required)
    Is your project a Theme Camp, Village, Burning Man Department, or Camp within a registering village? (Camp within a Village that will register separately, but filling out Placement Questionnaire to be listed on the Black Rock City map and Burning Man web site).




  2. If you are a camp, wishing to be placed within a village (that will register under a separate questionnaire), what is the name of that village?
  3. (Required)
    Please provide the name of your Camp. If you choose so (#5. below), your camp name will appear in an alphabetical camp listing on the Burning Man website. You may wish to drop words like "A", "The", and even "Camp" from the front of your camp name for better positioning in this listing. (34 characters max.)
  4. (Required)
    Would you like to have your Camp listed on the public Black Rock City map?


  5. (Required)
    Would you like to have your Camp listed on the Burning Man website?


    6. Public Listing on our website:

    What you should know when you submit your Camp description for the website:

    1. Please limit your description to two sentences. Remember, this is our voice to the world. Please consider this when submitting.
    2. Please give us the correct URL; any future changes to the web address will be difficult.
    3. All submissions will be reviewed and may be edited.
    4. After your submission it will take about two weeks for the description to appear on the site.
  6. Please include the description of your Camp that you would like to have included on the Burning Man website. Maximum of 300 chars.
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  7. Please enter a URL for any public website that may exist pertaining to your Camp.

    8. Camp Placement Preferences

    Using the descriptions, 2006 city map, and list below, please list your three preferences for location within the BRC registered placement zones. Coordinate your preference lists with other Camps you wish to be near. We cannot guarantee location, but we’ll do our best.
    Black Rock City Registered Placement Zones

    The Esplanade:

    This is the first street at the front of the city and faces the Man. It is reserved for camps

    that have:

    • 24 hour interactivity

    • Completely conceived visual scheme

    • Playa-frontage needs, small art installations across the Esplanade.

    • Must be on the playa by Monday, 8.27.2007 by 6 PM


    4:30 and 7:30 Avenues.

    These are high visibility locations on the radial streets at 4:30 and 7:30

    • Located within the city limits.

    • This is for fun interactive Camps without need for playa frontage.

    • Camps must be on site by Tuesday, 8.28.2007 by 10 PM


    Center Camp:

    Both the highly interactive camps that fit into the center Camp "groove" (with 20 people or less)*, and the immediate surrounding blocks.

    *Camps must be in by Sunday, 8.26.2007 and running by Monday, 8.27.2007


    The 3:00 and 9:00 Plaza Zones:

    Both the highly interactive camps that fit into the plaza area "groove" (with 15 people or less)*, and the radial street behind.
    *Camps must be in by Sunday, 8.26.2007 and running by Monday, 8.27.2007 by 6 PM.


    Large Scale Sound Art: Located at the ends of the city, this area is filled depending on

    space availability and reserved for camps with large sound systems. After these spaces are filled, you will not be able to bring your system. Camps must be on site by Tuesday,

    8.28.2007 by 10 PM


    Villages & Large Theme Camps: Must be on site by Monday, 8.27.2007 by 6 PM
  11. We are sharing resources with the following camps and MUST be placed adjacent to: (Please list the names of any other groups you must be placed near, one per line)
  12. Please list the names of any groups you do not wish to be placed near, one per line.
  13. Please list any special needs or comments that you might like to make.

    14. Camp Logistics Information

  14. Please provide an estimate of the amount of space your project will need. Describe the width and length in feet, using numbers only.
    ft. by ft.
  15. (Required)
    How many people will be camping with you?

















  16. (Required)
    What date do you plan to arrive on the playa to set up your Theme Camp?







    *Limited numbers of early arrivals before Monday 08.27.2007 is at our discretion, and there will be a process in place for camps request early arrival. (Early arrival is no longer granted to those who just give a theme Camp’s name at our gate). Look for early arrival instructions in our placement announce email newsletter.
  17. Burning Man would like to support environmentally conscious transportation options. Please consider this as you plan your transportation to the playa. Please specify the number of cars and large vehicles (RVs, buses) that will be in your Camp so we can determine space needs.
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  18. Please describe your plans to use alternative power options here.
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  19. If you plan to use generators on the playa, please tell us how many and what your fuel type is. (e.g. diesel, gasoline, bio-diesel, ethanol, veggie oil, or other)
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    20. Project Details and Practical Information

  20. We need a description of the layout of your Camp. Please describe the physical aspects with as much detail as possible. Include a description of features like structures, buildings, vehicles, tents, platforms, and the locations of your power sources. Maximum of 5000 chars. characters remaining
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  21. Please describe your Camp's interactive concepts and goals. Include your past history, philosophy, and personal interaction with the community. (This is the most important information we are collecting from you). Maximum of 5000 chars. characters remainin
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  22. Which, if any of the following features will your project include? Please check all that apply.
    Amplified music (more below)
    Amplified sound (more below)
    Drum circle
    Structures over 15ft. feet high
    Holes dug in the playa
    		 Massage
    Performance stage
    Piercing
    Pool
    Public kitchens
    		 Pyrotechnics
    Scaffolding
    Showers
    Tattoo
    Activities for mature audiences (more later)
  23. What interactive aspects does your project include? Please check all that apply.
    24 Hour Interactive Elements
    Action for Reward
    Bands
    Bar
    Barter
    Body Painting
    Chill Space
    Circus Art
    Collecting Data
    Costuming
    Crafts
    Create an Environment
    Creating Music
    Dancing
    Drawing
    Drumming
    Education Based
    Entertaining
    Experiments
    Fire / Flame Art
    Food Given
    		 Formalized Dance
    Found Art
    Games
    Gifts Given
    Entertaining Guests
    Environmentally consciences
    Heckling
    Improvisation
    Kinetic Art
    Library
    Lectures
    Marching Bands
    Meditation
    Misting System
    Movies
    Music
    Other
    Painting
    Parades
    Performance
    Photography
    		 Poetry
    Performance Art
    Pyrotechnics
    Recycling Into Art
    Ritual
    Ritual Performance
    Scheduled Events
    Sculpture
    Services Rendered
    Shared Experience
    Silk Screening
    Singing
    Spoken Word
    Structures to Climb or Play On/With
    Theme-related activities
    Theme-related visual effect
    Water Art
    Workshops
    Yoga
    Primarily Day Time
    Primarily Night Time

    24. About Art Installations

  24. Will your Camp include an art installation? Note: If yes, you will also need to answer questions 23, 24 and 25. If your art installation is located on the open playa, you need to fill out the additional art installation questionnaire.


  25. If you will be associated with an art installation, please enter the name of the associated installation.
  26. Please include the name, phone number, and email address of the art installation contact, if appropriate.
  27. What is the desired location of your art installation?




    28. Fire Usage

  28. (Required)
    Do you plan to burn your project?


  29. (Required)
    Will you be STORING HAZARDOUS FLAMMABLES or any potentially dangerous combustibles, such as gasoline, kerosene, propane, oxygen, consumer fireworks, etc?? (This information is for fire prevention only and is confidential.)


    30. Burning Questions - Flame Classifications

    Please read the following Flame Classification Definitions carefully and choose the category that best describes the primary fire type your artwork uses, before answering the questions that follow.

    IF your artwork includes the use of fire in more than one category please indicate that in questions 40 and 41. (Note: Answering yes to any of the following questions requires that you read and agree to the associated guidelines found in the Fire Safety Agreement section of this questionnaire.)

    FLAME EFFECTS DEFINITION
    Any artwork that incorporates flames that are automated, switched, pressurized or having any other action than simply being lit on fire. This includes projects that use propane or liquid fuels.

    OPEN FIRE DEFINITION
    Any artwork that incorporates fire such as candles, torches, fire barrel or raised container OR when fully engulfed in flames may or may not require a burn platform. This does NOT include fires that are automated, switched, or pressurized.

    PYROTECHNICS (FIREWORKS) DEFINITION
    Burning Man's definition of pyrotechnics includes any explosives, projectiles or fireworks.

    ALL PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL EFFECTS MATERIAL USED IN ANY ART INSTALLATION OR PERFORMANCE MUST CONSIST OF CONSUMER [1.4G CLASS C, UN0336] FIREWORKS OR LESS.

    Absolutely NO DISPLAY [1.3G CLASS B, UN0335] FIREWORKS (Professional Fireworks) Or Higher Will Be Permitted At Any Art Installation Or Performance.

    Please indicate all of the types of flame classifications, according to the definitions above, that your project will incorporate:

  30. (Required)
    Please indicate the primary flame type (e.g. to be used for the most time during the event) that your artwork will incorporate, according to the flame classification definitions above:




  31. (Required)
    Please indicate the secondary flame type (e.g. to be used for the second most time during the event) that your artwork will incorporate, according to the flame classification definitions above:




  32. (Required)
    Please indicate the tertiary flame type (e.g. to be used for the third-most time during the event) that your artwork will incorporate, according to the flame classification definitions above:




    33. About Those Mutant Vehicles

  33. (Required)
    Are you planning to have any Mutant Vehicles in your Camp? Note: All Mutant Vehicles need to be preregistered. If you are planning on bringing any Mutant Vehicles you must fill out a DMV questionnaire. by June 30th


  34. Please include the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of the contact persons associated with any Mutant Vehicles.

    35. About Sound

    If you haven’t yet, please familiarize yourself with BRC’s sound policies: (here)
  35. (Required)
    Will your Camp have sound amplification?


  36. If yes, please provide details regarding your sound amplification plans. Please include whether or not you feel you should be placed in the Large-Scale Sound Art area of Black Rock City.
  37. If you have sound amplification, will you be featuring any big-name DJs or performers?


  38. If you will be featuring big-name performers, please list them below, one per line.
  39. (Required)
    Are you planning on building a stage in your Camp? (Please read about sound limitations.)


    40. We're almost done...

  40. Burning Man is the largest "Leave No Trace" event in the world. We need your Leave No Trace plan. It should include:

    • A description of how your camp will clean up as it goes
    • A description of how your theme camp plans to clean up after the event
    • Examples of cleanup plans
    • We recommend that a point person is assigned to be responsible for this task and that they develop a team to support them.

    41. To complete the questionnaire process, we need your Camp layout plan.

    Deadline for all plans is May 31, 11:59pm.

    Plans submission

    Your Camp layout plan should be an overhead view giving perimeter dimensions, and measurements of significant features and each project within your Camp area. A Camp frontage view is requested, but not required. Layout plan format is 8.5 x 11-inch “landscape” (horizontal) orientation, best suited for black & white printing – avoid dark backgrounds. The largest item on your layout plan should be your Camp name, running along the top of the 11-inch edge. When submitting your plan as a file, be sure the file name is your Camp name. When writing or replying to us, be sure your Camp name is in the subject line of all emails. There are five ways to send your Camp layout plans to us:

    1. If you have posted your plan on the internets, enter the Camp layout plan web address below (Test the address to be sure it’s working! We get many “page not found” errors in this process).

  41. If you are submitting your camp plans via the web, please enter a URL here.

    2. Email your website link with your Camp name in the subject line to campplans@burningman.com. (please use this address for plans only. For theme Camp questions, use placement@burningman.com)

    3. Email your Camp layout plan as an email attachment of no more than one megabyte (1MB) in size, with your Camp name in the subject line, to campplans@burningman.com. (please use this address for plans only. For theme Camp questions, use placement@burningman.com)

    Draw it on a plain 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper.

    4. Mail to:

    Burning Man / Placement

    P O Box 88468

    San Francisco, CA 94188-4688

    or

    5. Fax it to: 1-415-707-2168

    42. REALLY IMPORTANT! Once again, you should receive a confirmation email after submitting this questionnaire. If you don’t, please let us know. You should also receive important Placement Announcements via email until the beginning of the event. If you have not heard from the Placement Team by August 1st, please contact us immediately at placement@burningman.com

    Thank you! We are looking forward to your creativity on the playa this year!