Transformus
transformus regional burning man art festival stokes county north carolina held third weekend july previously hosted marvins mountaintop masontown west virginia community form temporary city called mysteria third weekend july includes art installation neighborhood lively nightlife camp offer service community since transformus distributed art grant community remains one artcentric burner event u transformus celebrates burning man principle radical inclusion radical gifting radical decommodification radical selfreliance radical selfexpression communal effort civic responsibility leaving trace participation immediacy transformus also focus consent th principle first transformus held event remains community driven day begun firm infrastructure quickly became apparent leadership group necessary give direction protection event founded seven individual debra wordplay chw rhythm uncle jonah diesel theory transformus llc board director event planning committee team lead – volunteer – collaboratively drive event minimal policy responsible safety team event grown quickly ticket purchased participant came u state ticket purchased participant came u state several foreign country transformus previously held one temperate rainforest north america large amount rainfall common one occasion made ignition effigy slow difficult attendee allowed take vehicle campsite instead expected unload gear either haul foot campsite wait volunteer help haul gear golfcart transformus built around two central event effigy burn saturday night templeart burn sunday night burn mean various thing various people remain completely undefined leadership invited personalize temple burned structure designed built volunteer team artistic expression important part transformus many participant create interactive art installation specifically event llc seed artistic expression fair distribution creativity grant distributed community since grant allocated leadership community open jury volunteer avoid nepotism member llc eligible art funding together attendee transformus build temporary city called mysteria remove every trace event end apart participant themself common social unit mysteria called theme camp theme camp frequently offer service community food drink music interactive art novel surprising experience popular past theme camp include gypsy bar camp science bacon camp camp chocolypse pallet bar intergalactic house pancake ihop dirty southern burner cape sphere litt valhalla garden hedons philosopherz stone radical faery visible trash society philadelphia experiment pex baron samedis vip lounge ball pit willy wonkas big puffy yellow camp crayola kasa de la kozee temple boom dog papasans elder camp green man camp local fauna flag camp pretty titty bang bang queer as folk bubble camp party liberation front plf camp contact mustacheville fire triangle arcanum percussion junction damm camp beautiful several theme andor ethic encouraged event based ten principle burning man include leave trace lnt everyone expected responsible matter bring event public trash can gift economy sale barter allowed event participant asked bring gift able radical inclusion everyone welcome part event radical selfreliance need done burden others ensure bring enough sustain throughout event radical selfexpression however wish allow others communal effort work together make best possible civic responsibility every citizen bear responsibility contribute community whole participation one attending observer spectator immediacy participant become part event explore inner self relation event surroundings decommodification rejection corporate advertising branding sale kind transformus founded art music spirituallyfocused counterculture festival independent burning man prior second event transformus became southeast regional burn official burning man regional june burning man regional committee revoked transformus status official burning man event letter transformus community burning man cited lack civic responsibility transparency reason transformus invited burning man reapply official event status initially chose remain independent early transformus reinstated official burning man regional event sanctioned regional burn regularly participating global burning man community list regional burning man event official website