Midwest Burners

Ticketing Announcement!!!!!!!! What better to get your partner, or partners, or BFF, or that person you think you might kinda be into, or -let’s face it- the person that you love the most – YOURSELF for Valentine’s Day than the experience that is Interfuse? That’s right folks, Interfuse 2016 ticket sales will begin this Sunday, February 14th. Time and link TBA.

Ticket will be avaiable at 12:01 a.m. Fem. 14 at http://burnertickets.com/interfuse-2016/

Tickets will be $40. This year you will also have the option to donate extra funds towards art grants when purchasing your tickets. If you donate, you will receive a commemorative “Sticket” AKA ticket in sticker form at the event. You know you want that sweet sweet schwag.

So buy your tickets early, and often, and with reckless abandon for your bank account. And donate monies for art!

Thanks everyone!

In the spirit of “Radical Self Expression” and “Participation” Interfuse and Midwest Burners are looking to encourage artistic and creative projects for Interfuse 2016 through funded art grants.

Your Art Leads are Lizzie, Stacey & Jeremy.

The event will be held May12-16th, 2016 at the Shriner’s Club Campground in Laquey, MO.

Participants must be 18 years of age to attend the event. Interfuse is open to all art forms and mediums as long as the piece does not leave MOOP (matter out of place) behind after the event ends.

Proposals deadline: Sunday, February 28th, 2016

Selection of grant recipients: Friday, March 4th, 2016

Installation of artwork completed by: Friday of the event by 4pm (this is so that attendees of the event will have time to enjoy the art. We do not want projects finishing up on burn night, etc.)

Grant Value: from $1-$500 Grants are intended to cover materials and transportation.

Funds are distributed within 30 days of execution of the project.

***We encourage the use of recycled, reclaimed, and/or repurposed materials as much as possible for your project. We also encourage you to include community volunteers on your project.

All proposals must be well composed & express the visual engagement with the audience.

Proposals will be evaluated by a selection board of 10 people who have been involved with the arts and from various regions. Submissions are evaluated based on the following:

1. Reflection of any of the “10 Principles” of Burning Man
2. Theme – How well the art piece(s) work with this year’s theme “Fort Frenzy”
3. Quality – including how it interacts, originality, creativity, inspiration, excitement
4. Execution – planning, feasibility, safety plan in if needed, clean-up plan, past work

Contact art@midwestburners.com with further questions.

Submit art proposals here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KwXY7AOrxjdtDvQtjWmxX8_lB_fwW2oTbclJ6HDuzvc

The theme, Fort Frenzy has been announced for Interfuse 2016, and it’s time to start generating some memorable art for the event. (See theme description below)

This year we’re doubling down – not only will you be competing for a chance to appear on the annual commemorative TICKET, but we’ll also be opening the art contest to STICKERS!

In recent years, the tickets have been 8.5 by 3.3 inches (two sided). For the initial ticket, we floating the idea of a 3×3 inch circle or square (one side, of course). So, something along those lines.

Art should be submitted in a reproducible format to Jeremy@midwestburners.com.

The deadline to submit art will be Jan. 13, 2016. Art will be compiled and presented for voting from all participants at Interfuse Ignition, 7 p.m. Jan. 16, at Harling’s Upstairs, 3941 Main St, Kansas City, Mo. 64111. Universe willing, winners will be announced that evening.

Each interfuse participant will receive a sticker and ticket at the IF16 gate.

Good luck!

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IF16 Theme Description

“Let’s quit beating around the bush, and do what we are all thinking, if even subconsciously. Fort Burn! We’ll all give a throwback to our childhood and build forts. Couch cushions, sheets, tarps, sophisticated interlocking pieces… everything is fair game to make a massive network of tunnels, chambers, barricades, and secret doors. And the effigy, what else? A giant fort! Who’s with me?”