Collaborators

FractalNation Village is a collaboration of…

Envisionary Art Collective

  • Android Jones – Progenitor, Shape Shifter
  • Charles Shaw  (Exile Nation) – Village Mayor, Project Manager, Logistics & Ops, Production & Programming
  • Carey Thompson (Tribe 13, Boom) – Art Director, Gateway Designer
  • Nils Volkmar Hammerbeck (Boom, Envision, Bamboo DNA) – Architect & Master Builder, Site Manager
  • Josh Wendel (Envision Festival) – Design & Production
  • Shay Butta (Yum Sauce Lounge) – Performance Director
  • Jennifer Ingram (Tribe 13 Art Collective) – Art Curation
  • Luke Brown – Art Design
  • Jen Zariat – Macro Organizer & Flowgistics: Production, Communications, Logistics & Ops
  • Gerard Minakawa (Bamboo DNA) – Bamboo Stage
  • Amanda Sage (Tribe 13) – Art Design
  • Michael Divine  (Ten Thousand Visions) – Art Design
  • Jonathan Singer – Visuals
  • Paul Hemming (Temple SF) – Fundraising, Programming
  • Jennie Dozier (Temple SF) – Fundraising
  • Mike Zuckerman (Temple SF)
  • Sonia Lub – Art Design, Chill Zone – Backstage host, Yum Sauce
  • Jamie Janover (Sonic Bloom) – Music Producer
  • David Block – Music Producer
  • Karim So – Music Producer
  • Onyi Chukwuanu – Production Coordinator
  • Trey Callender (SOURCE Maui) – Logistics & Ops, Infrastructure, Production
  • Marley Brandenberg - Logistics & Ops, Infrastructure, Production
  • Matt Elson – Yum Sauce Lounge
  • Brian Pinkham – Photonic Bliss
  • Hunter Payne – Domes
  • Jon Cooper – The Ohm Guru Sound
  • Rosie Lila (Movement Play) – Video Documentarian & Production Assistant

…and many others who make up the extended Envisionary family.

Lady Sassafras & The Crown Collective

  • James Oroc – Deputy Village Mayor

Abraxas the Dragamuffin’ & The Dojo Arigato

  • Seth Weinberg – Deputy Village Mayor

PODS

Android Jones

The inspiration and original vision for Envisionary Art Collective and FractalNation Village came from Android Jones, one of the world’s best known digital artists, responsible for the design on this year’s Burning Man “Rites of Package”  ticket. He brings to the Envisionary Art Collective his stunning Live Painting dome, art car, and Phadroid, his live painting/dancing collaboration with wife, Phaedra. See his work at AndroidJones.com. (Pod leader: Andrew Jones)

Exile Nation

Bringing social and political consciousness to the Envisionary Art Collective, The Exile Nation Project and it’s Director, award-winning journalist and author Charles Shaw, are committed to harnessing the transformative potential of the Visionary Arts Community on those levels beyond just art and consciousness. Charles Shaw brings 5 years of major theme camp planning, production, and operation experience from Entheon Village, SHIFT and Red Lightning to his role as Project Manager. Visit ExileNation.org. (Pod leader: Charles Shaw)

Envision

Envision is an annual event in one of the most pristine environments in the world, where people gather from around the world for 4 days to share an experience of music, art and sacred movement, while embracing the natural beauty of our earth.  By bringing people together for a greater good, Envision will help create a convergence of higher consciousness for the critical situation of our environment, and a lasting benefit for its local community.

Amongst some of our contributions to the playa this year are some of our bamboo installations, production team and Envision Presents: Friday Night on the Playa; with musical appearances by Beats Antique, David Starfire, Kaminanda, Love and Light, and much much more.  We are honored to collaborate with such an amazing team to create a visionary experience so far beyond just beats.  See you all on the playa.  Pura Vida!!

See what we’re about at www.envisionfestival.com

(Pod leader: Josh Wendel)

Temple SF

TempleSF Presents, Terraform a microcosm of the Zen Compound.  The Zen Compound is an eco-conscious entertainment complex in San Francisco housing Temple Nightclub, Temple TV, TMG Recording Studios, ZCFM Radio and Urban Montage Galleries, all with a sustainable focus.  This year Temple will be bringing the different components of The Zen Compound to The Playa.  Last year, Mars-1, David Choong Lee, NoMe Edonna, Damon Soule and Oliver Vernon graced the 6×9 foot canvas set up in a 30ft art dome. Over five days we watched as a white canvas transformed into a landscape of geometric and abstract figures; a psychedelic universe entitled “Dark City”.  This year, Temple will be continuing the tradition of live art as well as adding another dimension to the dome, the LSD floor.  The LSD or “Light / Sound / Dance” floor is a sustainable dance floor that generates raw energy from power of your feet.  Come join us on the dance floor or in the art dome and experience the many different components of The Zen Compound at Black Rock City. (Pod leader: Paul Hemming)

Tribe 13

Tribe 13 Art Collective has spent the past 10 years laying the groundwork for the Visionary Art Family. Starting out with small scale festival galleries, leading up to massive installations at international events, Tribe 13 has paved the way for this community of artists and thinkers to thrive.  Through support and opportunity, Tribe 13 strives to bring the best of today’s art to an unforgettable experiential level.

At FractalNation Village, Tribe 13 will provide curation and facilitation for the interactive and live art aspects of the camp.  The scope of the Visionary Art community is vast, and Tribe 13 acts as the conduit with which it can be shared digitally and globally.  FractalNation Village is one of the milestones through which this community is recognized and celebrated, and Tribe 13 is dedicated to bringing a clear vision by way of this diverse range of artists involved. (Pod leader: Jennifer Ingram)

Yum Sauce Lounge
The Yum Sauce Lounge is a conscious platform for healing, visionary an performance arts. It is dedicated to integrating and upgrading the highest potential of living expressed in various mediums of art and community though collaboration of heart, mind and spirit.  The YSL experience is a vessel to invite enchanting possibilities which inspire a higher quality of celebration and  the desire to elevate  community and consciousness.

Yum Sauce strives to shine what it means to know & love thyself…to “innerstand” and expand what it means to be a Human BEing, as we ARE the Sauce, the Divine Flava of Life. The Yum, is the precious moments of presence: Kisses, chocolate, sunrises, love making, creating, inspiration… those moments that make your heart sing out mmmmmYummmmm…the moments recognized in bliss….those moments we become aware of GOD=YUM!

Yum Sauce Lounge is founded and produced by Shay “Butta” Hughes with the delicious assistance from Angels of Yum.

YSL has hosted and produced events, fashions shows and hospitality for amazing collectives such as Agape International Spiritual Center, Elevate Films, Alchemeyez Visionary Art Congress and The Interdimentional Art Show. Shay assisted in stirring up some yum with Red Lightning at Burningman 2009 and has collaborated with RL, Eco Village & Envision for camps at Lightning in a Bottle in 2010 & 2011. Shay will be joining the Envisionary camp collective as performance director featuring some of the top fire, dance & aerialists on the Playa. The Yum Sauce crew are all excited and honored to co-create this magical journey at Rites of Passage, Burningman 2011. (Pod leader: Shay Butta)

SOURCE Maui

SOURCE Interactive Arts Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Bop Camp/Entheon pioneer Ben Holt, is in it’s fifth year of grassroots event planning on the Hawaiian island of Maui.  In addition to events throughout the year, every February the foundation hosts the island’s largest annual multi-media arts, music, and healing festival – SOURCE.  Strongly based on the Burning Man model, SOURCE is entirely participant run and supported.  We strive to educate, celebrate, express, and enlighten ourselves and our community through the power of artistic expression and collaboration, all the while exploring diverse solutions to social, environmental, and individual change.  SOURCE has spawned several ground-breaking projects and collaborations, including Phadroid, Next Level Theater Productions, and Gabriel Mott’s A Color Box. We are deeply honored to be participating in such a dynamic collective. (Pod leader: Trey Callender)

The DoLab

The Do LaB is a Los Angeles based company specializing in interactive environments, event production and creative lighting design all in service of its highest mission: creating experience as art form. Taking an organic approach to everything they design and create, the Do LaB team strives to bring their visions to life with natural materials, found objects and sustainable resources. Whether producing an event or music festival or building an installation for touring around the world, the Do LaB is committed to the highest levels of art, production, and aesthetic to always challenge people’s preconceived notions of reality and what is possible. (Pod leader: DeDe Flemming)

Jen Zariat

From spreadsheets to structures, an immense amount of effort takes place behind the scenes to produce the spectacles we Envision. Jen Zariat, a co-founding producer of Symbiosis Events, has organized a crew of hard-working, dedicated allies to support the logistics, build crew, and all-around technical support. The crew is diverse, with a broad range of skills, ready to bring their unique talents and inspiration to the project from setup through strike. Jen Zariat brings over 10 years of conscious event production experience to the team, helping to streamline macroscopic processes and facilitate an organized, efficient, and FUN experience for everybody. (Pod leader: Jen Zariat)