<< playa academy makers camp 2023
THEME CAMPS
UNICORNER
Unicorner is all about fun and joy and community!
Featuring our Lounge, Advice Booth, and Costume Swap.
Drop-in here to attend Sparklez class on Saturday, 12:30pm – 2:30pm, to learn “How to Not Be a Darkwad” (Lighting up your night life)!
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NEON CHILL DOME
NEON CHILL DOME
This chill lounge is a 12’ diameter geodesic dome that will be hosting a couple of academy classes and after-hours acoustic gathering, and neon painting after dark.
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CAMP GOTALOTGOINON
Team GALGO is founded by flow troupe Up In Smoke, so we also offer flow classes and performance off and on playa. Director of camp, VuPu is a fusion dancer, as well as other campmates, so dance and movement class are also part of the experience at camp Gotalotgoinon.
Our camp is part of the sustainability movement and we run camp almost exclusively on solar and battery storage. We decreased the number of vehicles, to and from the burn, by carpooling and sharing hauling. We hope to store camp art closer to Black Rock city in future years as camp grows and to decrease our carbon footprint in the future. GALGO also coordinates multiple activities off playa to offset our carbon footprint before, during and after Burning Man. The Wildflower Shaker Bike Ride and The Topsoil and Compost Outreach activities and events with the local community. The sustainability of our planet and Burning man are extremely important to our camp goals.
Activities at our camp during the Playa Academy include:
- Dick Toss
- Hula Hoop Twister
- Puzzle Board
- Puzzle Box (You have to solve the puzzle to get in the box for a prize)
- Interactive Art Activity -> make Candy Bracelets and Necklaces
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Camp Gitmo-Sun
Check out Mosey’s solar setup & get a blended cocktail from the solar powered blender! Drop-in Simple Solar classes held here on Saturday @ 12:30pm – 2:30pm and 3pm – 5pm
~ About Mosey A 12 year camp playa lead and “solar geek” squad member for camp Gitmo-Sun, a 100% Solar-run camp that is part of the Alternative Energy Zone village.
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Westlandia Bar and Lounge
Westlandia is a unique tiny home that also serves as a transportation platform for Abu the Horsefly. Once parked, Westlandia transforms into a bar and a lounge. It’s fully solar powered. The rooftop solar station also charges Abu. No gazzoline is required!
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PLACED ART, PERFORMANCES & ART CARS
Jax’s “Magic Fish”
This 3′ x 7′ Fish is making another appearance this year! With fish-like color & shape made of chicken wire, PCV pipe and cloth covering and nightime lighting. See it on the lake across from the dock house.
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DIGITAL PHOTO BOOTH
Look for the photo booth to take a digital pic of you and your crew!
~ By Sonia & Tim Eliseo
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Starting your garden in a small place and composting
Shown here is my greenhouse but I’ll have a display at Playa Academy and I’m going to show how to have a garden in an apartment space. I do wick gardening and composting educational talks at the Earth Guardians Pavilion at Burning Man.
~ Anthony Gonzales AKA Slut Ranger
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CouchCock artcar
What do you get when your peacock has sex with a couch? A CouchCock! This temporary collaboration between Elien the Pearl Peacock and Grizz the Trimule has produced the perfect combination of brilliant programable LED tail feathers on a nimble three-wheel base with comfy seating for three. Base vehicle is half hydrostatic lawn mower, half go-cart, 100% luck/prayer/astrological alignment.
~ about Jana McKinny: would prefer to be in the garage, rather than filling out our forms.
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Photo & Digital Display of Sacramento Region Burning Man Art Installations
A display by Sacramento Regional Contacts to inform community of our role and the Burning Man Regional Network. We will display images of Sacramento Region Burning Man Art Installations, gatherings, collaborative art projects, etc. Check the schedule for interactivity at this display.
~ About Red Vixen: “I’ve been a concept artist and producer on collaborative community and independent large art projects”
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Keeping Cool on the Playa
Join Indy on an adventure to find the best ways to keep cool on the playa. Last year was extra challenging on playa because of the extreme heat and lots of whiteouts. The dust clogged many conventional A/C units and delivery problems made for extra long lines for ice. My goal is to provide designs that minimize the use of ice and keep the coolers from becoming a clogged dirty mess.
I’ll have live demonstrations of coolers, both DIY and off the shelf that you can optimize for your particular needs.
Handouts and links will be provided for each cooling system demonstrated.
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Quirky Corky’s Bottle Cap Car
~ About Quirky Corky: I love up-cycling and turning trash into treasure. I first was fascinated as a teenager by the bottle tabs on soda cans and even though I didn’t drink them – would save them from family and friends. I made my own chain mail & linked the soda can tabs together using 12 gauge wire. Understandably it was the wrong gauge wire to use. Myself and one other friend painstakingly cut every single link by hand.
My interest continued as I started the idea of collecting bottle caps at the Post-production Commercial Studio I was working at in LA. I’ve continued to join communities that also celebrated up-cycling down in the Salton Sea. Doing art gatherings with residents and close friends; where all the art supplies were really just a pile of what most would consider garbage. The entire Art Garden was upcycled crap turned beautiful. Largest outdoor art garden in the world in the middle of the desert.
I turn a lot of trash into treasure. I look forward to taking more quirky obscure trash & turning it into something unique. I’m a trash pirate princess, your trash is my treasure!
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DJ Edmundo
~ About Edmundo: I’ve been DJing funky grooves ++ for over 15 years and can never get enough of the feeling from a energized dance floor <3
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Build the Effigy
Participants can help assemble the effigy progressively until it’s hauled out to the island to burn on Saturday night.
~ See Fon or OD Green for more info.
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Abu the Horsefly
Abu the Horsefly is inspired by the Studio Ghibli iconic 1986 movie Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Many talented artists contributed to the creation of Abu: Chuck Sommerville, Scott Parenteau, Rene Steinke, Sara Lornitzo, Danny Scheible just to name a few! Because of that, this reincarnation of the art car is singularly amazing.
~ By Kate Marusina
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