Lakes of Fire'12::THEME CAMP & DMV SIGNUP::SOUND::LNT::DECOMMODIFY, SELF-RELY
Dave Hossler
Friends, Freaks, Lovers and Lofers!
Your friends at Great Lakes
Experimental Arts, Inc. are ever-so pleased to announce:
LAKES OF FIRE 2012
(It Was On Fire When We Got Here)
Thursday, June 21st - Sunday, June 24th
Lucky Lake Campground
3977 West Wilke Road
(Enter on Winston Road)
Montague, MI 49437
(Rothbury exit)
http://lakesoffire.org
http://www.luckylakecampground.com/
Due to overwhelming demand, Lakes of Fire has reached capacity for 2012. G.L.E.A. Inc/Lakes of Fire is not co-ordinating any further ticket sales at this moment, but fear not! Start here to begin your search! http://burntickets.org/lakes-of-fire-tickets/ Other good ticketing resources can be found here! http://www.lakesoffire.org/connect/
Lakes of Fire needs ONLY more volunteers to keep growing. Join the ranks of the Lofers here: http://www.lakesoffire.org/volunteer/
The Deadline for theme camp placement is THIS FRIDAY, May 25th. Get your project registered! http://www.lakesoffire.org/themecampform/The deadline for Department of Motor
Vehicles is on Thursday, June 7th. Fill out your DMV form NOW
to get license to cruise Lakes of Fire in your art car or mutant
vehicle! http://www.lakesoffire.org/dmvform/
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PLACEMENT: What Are You Bringing?
Creating a Theme Camp, sharing your Art, or holding a Workshop is your gift to the LoF community. Your inspiration and commitment is the badge of a true Participant! The Placement Team is here to help focus your vision, integrate that vision into the landscape and mark you on the map.
All projects needing placement
must register in advance online, by May 25th. The Placement
Team will contact all artists, educators, and theme camps to
discuss space and aesthetic needs, so you can be placed to
create a logical and magical flow within the event. It helps
you to work with the Placement Team, especially if you have
special needs such as sound equipment, adult material, or
kid-specific activities.
ART INSTALLATIONS
If you are bringing an Art piece for installation at Lakes of
Fire, please fill out the Art Project Application.
THEME CAMPS
Someone from Your camp must be on-site by Friday, June 22nd at
12:00 noon to hold your reserved theme camp spot. Please
submit your plans for a theme camp here: http://www.lakesoffire.org/themecampform/
Deadline for registration of Theme Camps is Friday, May 25th.
Maps of the land will be published before the event. Print your own copy and bring it along, and plan your camp according to your placement. Plan on seeing the Placement team after Gate.
After you've registered your camp, please give us your entry for the WhatWhereWhen Bulletin. http://www.lakesoffire.org/whatwherewhenform/ You will be contacted for details about your listing. The deadline for the WhatWhereWhen bulletin is Sunday, June 10th.
Workshops should also be listed in the What/Where/When. Go here to get them listed in the WhatWhereWhen bulletin. To register for the WWW, go here Please list your workshops by the Sunday, June 10th deadline for inclusion in the WWW.
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LEAVE NO TRACE: Our Prime
Directive
Leave No Trace is arguably
our most cherished principle. This means that we must leave
the site in better condition than we found it, showing
absolutely no evidence of our having been there. Each
participant must remove all items they brought with them –
including their trash – when they leave the site.
We also ask that each participant helps clean the full site by picking up any Matter Out Of Place (M.O.O.P.) that they encounter during the event. Smokers, bring a portable ashtray so you don't have to drop your butts on the ground. Please bring trash bags and other waste receptacles to take your trash and recycling home with you. It's everyone's job to Leave No Trace.
Please remember that it's not always a long distance from a little harmless-seeming fun to a MOOP disaster - like a water balloon fight, for example! Pick up ANYTHING that falls or don't even bring potential M.O.O.P. disasters.
Lakes of Fire can always use more
volunteers for Leave No Trace shifts and final Clean Sweep
Crew. Volunteer in advance of the event through
LakesofFire.org.
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SOUND:: Protocols
Lakes of Fire respects the needs and regulations of the
communities surrounding the event. Some of your music may
travel beyond our perimeter and into these communities.
Therefore, we must limit high-powered sounds to reasonable
hours. Basic sound rules are listed below, but please note
that they may be subject to change before or during the event.
Excessive sound is the single most likely reason that law
enforcement officers will visit Lakes of Fire.
1) Report the sound equipment you have with you at the Gate upon entry, even if it's just a boom-box.
2) The Sound Squad (Rangers, Organizers, and Sound Team Volunteers) may ask you to turn your volume down, or completely off. Honor these requests.
All sound equipment 200 watts or larger must be registered prior to the event as a Lakes of Fire theme camp. Sorry, registrationis closed. If you are bringing lower powered sound equipment or musical instruments, please check with the Gate or Placement volunteers for information on where to set up your camp. Ask for a Placement or Sound Squad assistance in placement.
Bass travels, but not after these hours, during which sub-woofers will be turned off:
- 11:00 P.M on Thursday, June 21st
- Midnight on Friday, June 22nd
- 2:00 A.M on Sunday, June 24th (Saturday night)
- Sub-woofers may resume operation at 10:00 A.M.
All other sound equipment must kept below 80dB at 40 feet.
The Sound Squad will be monitoring
and working with sound camps throughout the event. Failure to
comply with their requests will be grounds for removal. If the
police arrive with noise complaints, they may be directed
toward camps that violating sound policies. Please protect the
safety and success of Lakes of Fire by complying with all
sound restrictions when they are in effect.
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PRINCIPLES:
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
RADICAL SELF RELIANCE
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
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That's all we got!
Can't wait to see you at Lakes of Fire 2012 (It Was On Fire When We Got Here)
xoxoxoxo,
The Info-bot
bu...@lakesoffire.org
http://www.lakesoffire.org