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‘EPHEMEROPOLIS’ CONTENTS “…an Ephemeropolis, or evanescent city, fleeting in the dust and smoke of their imaginations…” - D.S. Black GUIDING PRINCIPLES 3-4 BEFORE YOU GO, PREPARE 5-6 Rising like a dusty mirage out of the Karoo heat, there’s a city that many call home. It’s a manifestation of our collective imagination and the ON ARRIVAL 7-8 culmination of our collective efforts. It comes and goes, and ebbs and flows. It’s transient, temporary and transitory. It’s neither here, nor there. PARTICIPATE 9-10 It is real in its unrealness. BASICS 11 CONSENT 31-32 MEDICAL INFO 33-34 “Out of nothing, we created everything.” SUPPLIER DEPOT 12 – Larry Harvey NEW IN 2019 13-14 FIRE, FIRE SAFETY 35-40

Sinking into the sands of time, every artwork will be taken down or CAMPING 15-16 PARENTING 41-42 burned, every camp will be packed away, and every Mutant Vehicle MEDIA & PHOTOGRAPHY 43-46 dismantled. This city we manifested will disappear, remaining only in our CAMPING CONT 17 minds. What a beautiful, astounding, priceless thing. BE WATERWISE 18 BIKING 47-48

For more info on our 2019 theme, click here. MAP 19-20 MUTANT VEHICLES 49-50 LEAVE NO TRACE 21-22 DMV COMMANDMENTS 51-52 WHAT IS AFRIKABURN? IN TANKWA TOWN 23-24 RULES OF THE ROAD 53-54 You are. You build the camps, the art and the mutant SOUND & QUIET 25-26 GETTING THERE & DIRECTIONS 55-58 vehicles. You’re the performer – and the audience. There’s no ‘them’ – there’s just us, and we’re all in it DECOMMODIFICATION 27-28 PLANES, DRONES & AIRCRAFTS 59-60 together. AfrikaBurn is a Burning Man regional event in South Africa, and you don’t ‘attend’ AfrikaBurn - RANGERS 29 THE LEGAL STUFF 61-62 you create it. All you have to do is to participate. PERSONAL SAFETY 30 CREDITS 63-34 AfrikaBurn takes place in the remote and somewhat inhospitable Tankwa Karoo, in the Northern Cape Province. PHOTO BY HENNIE NIEMAND PHOTO BY 01 02 COMMUNAL EFFORT PARTICIPATION RADICAL INCLUSION Our community values creative Our community is committed to Everyone should be able to be a part cooperation and collaboration. a radically participatory ethic. of AfrikaBurn. As an intentional LEAVING NO TRACE community, committed to inventing the We strive to produce, promote and We believe that transformative Our community respects the world anew, we actively pursue protect social networks, public change, whether in the individual or environment. We are committed mechanisms to address imbalances spaces, works of art, and methods in society, can occur only through to leaving no physical trace of and overcome barriers to participation, of communication that support the medium of deeply personal our activities wherever we gather. especially in consideration of past, such interaction. participation. We achieve being current and systemic injustice. We clean up after ourselves and through doing. Everyone is invited endeavour, whenever possible, to CIVIC to work. Everyone is invited to play. We welcome and respect the stranger. leave such places in a better state RESPONSIBILITY We make the world real through Anyone can belong. than when we found them. We value civil society. Community actions that open the heart. members who organize events RADICAL SELF- should assume responsibility for IMMEDIACY public welfare and endeavour to Immediate experience is, in RELIANCE AfrikaBurn encourages the EACH ONE communicate civic responsibilities many ways, the most important TEACH ONE touchstone of value in our culture. individual to discover, exercise to participants. They must As a self-reliant community, we believe We seek to overcome barriers and rely on his or her inner also assume responsibility for the responsibility of spreading our that stand between us and a resources. conducting events in accordance culture lies with each and every one recognition of our inner selves, with national and local laws. of us. All of us are custodians of our the reality of those around us, RADICAL SELF- culture – when the opportunity presents participation in society, and EXPRESSION DECOMMODIFICATION itself, we pass knowledge on. In order to preserve the spirit of contact with a natural world Radical self-expression arises gifting, our community seeks to exceeding human powers. No idea from the unique gifts of the THESE PRINCIPLES AREN’T create social environments that can substitute for this experience. individual. No one other than COMMANDMENTS, AND THEY’RE NOT RULES – THEY’RE IDEALS THAT are unmediated by commercial the individual or a collaborating OFFER GUIDELINES TO HOW WE AS sponsorships, transactions, or GIFTING group can determine its content. A COMMUNITY CAN REINVENT THE advertising. We stand ready We are devoted to acts of gift It is offered as a gift to others. In WORLD, AND OURSELVES. IN SUMMARY, to protect our culture from giving. The value of a gift is this spirit, the giver should respect such exploitation. We resist the unconditional. Gifting does the rights and liberties of the DON’T BE KAK, substitution of consumption for not contemplate a return or an recipient. JUST BE LEKKER. participatory experience. exchange for something of equal value. 03 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 04 AS YOU PREPARE FOR THE DESERT, REMEMBER THAT YOU’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES. Use lots of common sense: you need to bring everything you need to the desert, including all food, water, shelter, fuel, and basic first aid. And then you need to take it all back – because this is a Leave No Trace event.

Before you arrive make sure you have your ticket - printed or on a phone / device (with battery). Make 100% sure your name is on your ticket, and that you bring photo ID to the gate PREPERATION. with you. Our gate crew will need this to verify your ticket and can’t let you in if the details on your ID and ticket don’t match. Duct tape & cable ties – because they ESSENTIALS hold the universe together! THIS AIN’T NO PARTY. THIS AIN’T NO Bringing wood? Bring a brazier or braai - DISCO. THIS IS ONE SERIOUS DESERT campfires on the ground are FANDANGO AND YOU MUST BRING: NOT permitted.

Your ticket & photo ID for entry (SA ID, Recycling bins: you’ll need one for wet driver’s licence or passport) – ensure the waste, and others for paper, plastic name on your ticket is the same name in and metal / glass. Check out local area your ID/Passport. recycling depots, and use them on your way home – there’s nowhere for you to Vehicle Pass (one per vehicle). Caravans leave your trash on site. and trailers don’t need a VP - but motorcycles do. DO NOT BRING 5 litres of water per person per day Sure, it’s a burn you’re going to, but there are some items that are seriously not wanted Enough food and beverages for the duration at the event, and all for the same reason: of your entire stay they’re dangerous, either as mobile arson, or Shelter, bedding, warm & cool clothing to critters. Not lekker.

Trash bags x Flares x Fireworks Fire extinguisher x Fire lanterns Comprehensive medical kit x Feathers Any required prescriptions (please note: x Glitter (even bio-degradeable, because our medics don’t dispense painkillers, others can’t tell whether it’s degradeable, headache tabs or antibiotics) and will assume all glitter’s OK, which results Light: a headlamp, torch, bike light, fairy in horrifically difficult clean-ups for Leave lights, EL wire (and spare batteries) No Trace Volunteers) - Solar lights rock – find ‘em & use ‘em. x Firearms 05 06 Your car will be checked at The roads are named in the gate for stowaways. If you alphabetical order radiating arrive with someone in your outwards from Binnekring. car who doesn’t have a ticket, These names change every it will be your responsibility year according to the theme of to transport that person back that year (except for Binnekring home, so make sure everyone Rd, Buitekring Rd, Lady Davina in your vehicle has a ticket. Boulevard, Stofadil Rd, Nansen This includes anyone you pick Street and the radials.) up along the way, and offer to transport into the event. RESPECT THE TANKWA This Tankwa is the habitat of the GET YOUR BEARINGS endangered Riverine Rabbit, the poisonous Thick-tailed Tankwa Town’s laid out in a Scorpion and lethal Puffadder… horseshoe shape, with two and Cape Cobra. Those signs projecting ‘horns’ at the top, that state ‘NO CAMPING and a long tail that stretches BEYOND THIS POINT’? They’re down 10-ish. The centre of this there to protect the Tankwa, horseshoe is the Binnekring, ON ARRIVAL and to protect you. and it’s where a lot of the art is placed. WEATHER AND CLIMATE The road that fronts this space Days can hit the high 40s, is called Binnekring Road, and nights can be freezing, there the streets that radiate off are spectacular storms and the Binnekring are numbered gale-force winds can cause like the hours on a clock, from whiteouts. 2-ish through to 10-ish. This Be prepared for extremes: way, once you’ve found your weather is unpredictable, camping spot for the event, and rain far away can cause you’ll have an address. For instant flash floods. In 2012, example, you could be living rapid flooding saw many tents at ‘Buitekring and 3:30-ish’. We and vehicles damaged. Avoid have signs and street lamps to natural selection - camp in the help you figure out where the designated area, or stand the hell you are. risk of your camp being washed away. Not so lekker. CLICK FOR 07 THE FORECAST 08 Volunteering at AfrikaBurn is superb fun. It engages you on levels that you would never have thought possible - and it helps the event tremendously. To volunteer at the event, head over to the Participation Station volunteer booth at Off-Centre Camp and sign up - we always need help, and you’ll be warmly welcomed. Here’s a list of the many ways you can volunteer:

Airport Greeters Arteria Ice Palace Artworks Info Booth Box Office Kid’s Registration Burn Inspectors Lost & Found Clan & Temple LNT Crew Media Centre Collexodus Mutant Patrol Die Hek (our Gate) Rangers DMV Sanctuary Fire Perimeter Supplier Gate Fluffers

To volunteer before our event,

CLICK HERE 09 10 Plug & Play Camps – which are in effect 05 Check that your supplier has the private hotels – are not permitted at our correct credentials to access the 01 04 event. To put it simply: essential set- up event (don’t assume they’ve sorted this PARK IT AND KEEP IT PARKED LEAVE NO TRACE services are OK to outsource, but paid themselves). Tankwa Town is a pedestrian This means you’ll see no rubbish staff (including cleaners, chefs or other and cyclist environment – the bins or receptacles, other than staff) is not. This also means that you’re 06 Arrange that at least 2 people only vehicles permitted to drive those you bring. What you bring expected to get involved, and not just from your camp are present to assist around are Mutant Vehicles and in, you take out with you. Keep a be a spectator when your supplier your supplier when they arrive at your those used by emergency and bag with you: it’s good for carrying arrives on site to deliver the services/ campsite to deliver the service you have event crew. When arriving and water and putting rubbish in. goods you have arranged. leaving, drive very slowly - the requested. speed limit is 10km/h for anything on wheels. Heads up: motorbikes 05 The onus is on you to ensure that your 07 Ensure that at least 2 people and scooters must be registered NO PETS ALLOWED supplier complies with the supplier remain onsite to assist your supplier to as Mutants in order to be driven Please don’t arrive at the event with procedure AfrikaBurn has put in place. pack up the service they have provided at all on our event site. your pet - there are good reasons To have a supplier provide a service you. for us not allowing them. Please to you onsite, you need to ensure that note: the only exception here is for you have followed and adhered to the 02 Service Dogs. following procedure: REMEMBER: BICYCLES ARE NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY 01 Register your supplier HERE If it’s not your bike, don’t ride it. If 06 Suppliers and service you have a bike, lock it when not PROTECTION OF ARTWORKS 02 AfrikaBurn will get in touch with providers have a in use. If you see someone vandalising, or your supplier to ensure that they get the removing or stealing items from tendency to bring correct information to ensure smooth an artwork, please ask them to stop. default world thinking Inform a Ranger if necessary. A lot of entry into the event. 03 into Tankwa Town, and NOTHING IS BOUGHT OR hard work goes into the art you’ll see 03 Take note of where the Supplier that kind of “service SOLD IN TANKWA TOWN in Tankwa Town, and it’s shared with SUPPLIER DEPOT Depot is when you arrive on site. You Except ice, and that’s to keep you as a gift – so please respect the mentality” has no place art, and the artists. will need to fetch your supplier from your food and liquids chilled. in or around our beloved It’s a decommodified zone – so the depot and escort them to your Binnekring. please don’t buy or sell anything, 07 campsite. and do cover up brands. PLANE? DRONE? USE OF 04Practice radical self-reliance and AIRSPACE? arrange a date and time in which to You can’t fly anything into or at AfrikaBurn – whether recreational meet your supplier onsite at the Supplier or for commercial purposes (i.e.: Depot. carrying a camera) - without registering with our Airspace crew. BASICS 11 See page 26 for more. 12 BRINGING WOOD? HEADS UP: YOU COULD BE CARRYING A TREE-KILLING DANGEROUS BEETLE.

True story: an invasive and highly destructive species of wood borer beetle – the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer – is infesting trees in KZN, Gauteng, Free State and North West, and has also now been found in the George and Knysna areas. Our tips: CLAN AND TEMPLE BURN SCHEDULE - If you’re planning to use a braai or fireplace in your camp use charcoal - Our Clan effigy and Temple are or else BUY WOOD AT YOUR LAST STOP moving back to their old Saturday before you hit the R355. This way, you (Clan) and Sunday (Temple) can be sure your load of wood doesn’t schedule! Why? Because having our become a new way for this destructive Clan burn on Saturday, and Temple beetle to spread. Please: on Sunday means that the climax of having two of the most significant structures burnt on Saturday & DO NOT Sunday is in synch with the last two days of our event schedule. BRING WOOD Spread the word - these are the FROM ANY dates*:

AFFECTED CLAN: SATURDAY 4TH MAY AREA TEMPLE: SUNDAY 5TH MAY PHOTO BY JONX PILLEMER PHOTO BY

- If you’re bringing logs or cut wood for (*as always, our team will be an artwork, please inspect the entire watching the weather forecast very load for any signs of PSHB infestation, closely, and if there’s a chance that which appear as small tip-of-ballpoint- high wind or rain looks set to mess pen sized holes, from which sap or with the schedule, then timing may ‘sawdust’ is produced. See the photos change. All things in Tankwa Town – here for borer holes, and an example of including large burns – are subject to the BORER BEETLE ITSELF. Mother Nature’s calls). 13 14 If you are keen on a good night’s sleep while in Tankwa Town don’t settle in the NO PLUG AND PLAY CAMPS! loud area (which is clearly shown on the map on page 19 , and will also be shown But what are Plug & Play camps? They’re a camp where ‘staff’ are paid to set on the event map in the WTF Guide, which is our event guide). the camp up, take it down and do the cleaning, cooking, etc. This kind of paid experience may be available at other events, but AfrikaBurn isn’t other events. So, Once you’ve found your spot, put your keys away in a safe place – you’re now a if anyone offers you a luxury package, explain to them that’s not how it works. pedestrian or cyclist!

And camps that take a fee for basic infrastructure costs? Those are fine, as long RVS AND CARAVANS as they’re prepared to show open books that indicate no profit is being made. You’re welcome to bring a recreational vehicle or caravan - but be aware that there’s no dumping station on site and you’re not allowed to dump grey water or trash anywhere in Tankwa Town. There’s also no potable water sold, so plan HOW CAMPING IN accordingly. TANKWA TOWN WORKS Got a campervan or RV with a toilet that you intend using for the event? Please Camping in Open Camping zones happens on a first-come, first-settled basis. take note of this very important info: Please don’t settle in a reserved spot – reserved camping areas are for registered Theme Camps and project crews, and are clearly marked out. If you camp on Tankwa Town’s toilets are completely organic and use a very specific treatment these locations and have occupied someone else’s site, you will be moved, even to enable composting post event. Any dumping of any chemicals other than if you’ve already set up your camp. those used on site will destroy the organic processes that happen in order to create humanure. Please ensure that you have the correct chemical (evergreen If you arrive at night, wait until morning to find your friends or get your bearings. elite) in your tank before you get to site. If not, a dump tank will be provided at If you’re part of a larger group and your camp mates have arrived earlier, get the entrance to our event for your convenience, into which you can dump your them to leave a message on the notice boards at Off-Centre Camp with their (empty) toilet tank fluid, if you have the incorrect chemicals on arrival. location, or at our event gate. PLEASE: do NOT dump your motorhome or RV chemical effluent into our toilets! Remember that the term “Quiet” at AfrikaBurn is a relative term. So, when we give advice about this, we invoke our favourite suffix at AfrikaBurn: “ish”. DELEGATE CAMP ROLES Once you’ve found your spot, put your keys away in a safe place – you’re now a If you’re camping in a large group, it’s a good idea to have a meeting before the pedestrian or cyclist! event and delegate tasks. For example, nominate a Safety Officer to explain where camp fire extinguishers are and inform all camp members of where the Medics, Security and Sanctuary are and how to orientate yourself. Elect a Trash Officer to take care of separating waste and compacting cans. Choose someone who’s the Costume & Make-up Department. Think about who has the skills you’re after - it’ll lighten the load and make for a better, more enjoyable camp. PHOTO BY DUNCAN RAWLINSON DUNCAN PHOTO BY 15 16 LED’s are getting cheaper by the day & use very The desert is hot - and it wants to kill HOW SHOULD I STORE IT? TOILETS little power - use them instead of incandescent you. If you want to stay alive in an They’re famous, our toilets – and they’ve bulbs, even if you have a party space. And for extremely hot, dry place, you need Plastic 25-litre bottles are good, been upgraded! Last year, our much-loved fairy lights etc, choose solar: they last longer, at least 5 litres of water per person, if clean and there’s a little bleach Loos With A View were redesigned, and and you’ll have no dead batteries to get rid of. per day. That’s just enough for you to are now built from 98% recycled materials, added to keep it clean and prevent stay hydrated, wash yourself and have whilst enabling us to leave even less of a algae. Store your water out of the trace on the landscape. But the same rules PHONE SIGNAL? some left over for cooking and camp sun, in your vehicle or camp. apply: Around 12-ish on high ground you can purposes. sometimes get a signal with an MTN phone. TIP: do not pack your water load IF IT DIDN’T COME OUTTA YOUR BODY IT This works best for SMS. Beyond this, we DO NOT GO INTO THE DESERT over the rear axle of your vehicle – DOESN’T GO IN THE POTTY. don’t offer a phone service unless for Camping Cont. WITHOUT WATER. this will cause your vehicle to sway serious medical emergencies. and can result in accidents. Always Toilets are placed along the outskirts of the WHERE DO I GET WATER? balance your load in the middle of town, and have lights and flags so you can CAMPING EQUIPMENT AT find them by day or night. They’re mostly your car or trailer. TANKWA TOWN: THE GOSPEL As you should know, many areas in within 100m of anywhere on the Binnekring, including our new urinals. Disabled toilets OF REBAR South Africa, including the Western WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH EXCESS are also provided, and info on these can be Rebar. It’s the name given to the round, Cape, face water restrictions due WATER AT THE END OF THE EVENT? found at Off-Centre Camp, or by mailing grooved, steel bar used to reinforce to prolonged droughts. So, if you’re concrete. Get some and have it cut to our team on [email protected] before coming from parts of the country that If you’re headed back to a water- our event starts. size – but don’t use anything less than 15mm aren’t affected by shortages, get your scarce area, that’s a no brainer: width. Rebar is an excellent way to anchor water there. If you’re coming from an your tents, especially Bedouin / freeform take it back with you. If you’re not, PLEASE NOTE: area that is faced with shortages, try to tents. When you’re whacking it in and once then share your spare water with source water from springs or at a push, • Don’t wait till you are desperate to it’s in the ground it’s dangerous, so cap those who could use it. If you have stock up on bottled water, ethically find a loo. Don’t use artworks or the all exposed ends with empty tins, plastic sealed bottles of water, you’re dark patch behind someone’s tent as bottles, tennis balls or old dolls heads – sourced from places where water isn’t welcome to drop those on exit at private places to ablute. Free-range anything that prevents foot / leg injuries. an issue. If you cannot carry water at Collexodus for DPW – anything they toileting? Not OK. all, now would be a good time to start can’t use will be donated to worthy • TAMPONS: look for the red triangle Try to position your tent and any shade planning with your camp mates, so that causes in the Northern Cape. flags, which have tampon bins. structures to present the smallest profile your allocation of water is planned into to the wind. The wind at Tankwa goes your general camp / crew stock and all over the place - keep an eye on the carried for you. POWER? GO GREEN! wind direction, but if forced to identify a Come on, people, we’re in the desert here prevailing wind, we would say that it is NW- – use the available power resources: go SE. For smaller tents, weight the interior BE solar! Or get a wind turbine! Whatever you corners of your tent or attach them to your do, go green and get a 12V deep cycle vehicle. For stretch tents bigger than 10m battery for lighting in your camp – if you’re x 10m (i.e: 100sqm), lash down with ratchet smart, you’ll get an inverter too. straps crossed in an X. 17 WATERWISE TEMPORARY RD. LOUD

TEMPORARY RD. 3-ISH 4-ISH DUST DEVIL ST.

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ARCHECLAN ZONE CITY 6-ISH BINNEKRING TOWN D.M.V AIRPORT RD.

BINNEKRING 7-ISH THE WISH RD.

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ATLANTIS D.P.W BUTTERFLY 9ISH BLVD.

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LARRY MOMENT

LADY DAVINA BLVD. FLEETING GONE TOMORROW

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IMPERMANENCE

NOTHINGNESS 0 100ish 300ish 500ish METRES WELCOME RD. GATE 50ish 200ish 400ish 19 20 OUR EVENT TAKES PLACE WITHIN A PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE – THIS MEANS THAT ANYTHING NOT ALREADY Don’t bring too much fresh FOUND THERE IS MOOP, OR produce – if you don’t eat it, MATTER OUT OF PLACE. IN you’ll have to cart rotting food OTHER WORDS, EVERYTHING home. Not lekker. BROUGHT TO TANKWA TOWN IS POTENTIAL MOOP:

cigarette stompies, glow sticks Before you head to WANT TO STAY BEHIND and glow stick connectors, tent the desert: AFTER THE CROWDS HAVE stakes, bottle caps, cigarette GONE? YOU COULD ALWAYS stompies, ashes, wood debris, Remove excess packaging from JOIN OUR LEAVE NO TRACE matchsticks, orange peels, everything (and recycle it at home) VOLUNTEERS… cigarette stompies, wood, pistachio shells, boa feathers, – store food in re-usable, air-tight rope fibres, sequins, false containers Our Leave No Trace team are a eyelashes – even abandoned dedicated bunch volunteers who bikes…oh, and did we mention the LEAVE IT AS YOU Don’t bring glass - buy cans or stay in Tankwa Town for about 3 stompies and cable ties? FOUND IT. decant into plastic (crush those cans weeks after the event to restore There is no rubbish collection and plastic). the desert to its previous beauty, MOOP also includes natural at Tankwa Town. Everything record the MOOP that was found materials. They are not OK to you bring in, you must take leave in the desert – in the desert, Don’t pack your feather boa, glitter, and produce a MOOP Map. back with you: Every. Single. things take ages to decompose. confetti or Styrofoam of any kind. Thing. If came with you, it Hay, seashells, pretty rocks If you would like to sign up as that you have brought from leaves with you. Don’t pack flying lanterns, flares or a volunteer of LNT, go to the elsewhere, plant matter, fruit fireworks. Volunteer Booth at OCC for more peels, vegetable peels, nut shells, info - everyone is welcome! feathers, coffee grounds, etc. are all things that must be removed.

11 21 22 08 NO TRASH IN THE TOILETS NOTE: generators cannot be run Please don’t put anything other than between 7am and 11am Monday to human waste and the one-ply toilet paper Thursday of our event week. 01 04 supplied into the toilets. Any foreign ALWAYS CARRY A BAG AND SMOKERS - CARRY A PORTABLE objects in the tank/s can break or destroy USE IT ASHTRAY our toilet pumps – please make sure your This way when you have finished Always have a small container for your scarf, glasses, shirt or any other objects PLEASE DON’T: that drink, energy bar, chewing stompies and spent matches. They make don’t fall in! gum, or packet of crisps, you great gifts - bring extra and give them Dump your rubbish, or your RV / don’t have to hold on to the away. 09 campervan grey water, or blue water wrapper or can until you find (i.e: chemically-treated toilet effluent) SECURE YOUR LOAD a solution. It’s there already, on the R355 on the way out. Don’t dump When leaving, pack carefully and make hanging from your shoulders. 05 anywhere - not on farm roads, not picnic sure your rubbish and other items do RESPECT THE DESERT FLOOR spots and not even in the bins – the not come loose on the ride home and Do not sweep the desert floor. Not for desert wind shreds everything, and sends litter the highways. Hunt about for large 02 your artwork, not for your camp (you can MOOP miles downwind. Take your trash feedbags or sugar bags to put your NEVER LET ANYTHING HIT move big rocks, but no sweeping). Desert home, and dispose of it responsibly – and black bags in. They’re tough enough THE GROUND rocks and stones don’t magic themselves definitely don’t dump perishables or to withstand high-speed winds as you This applies everywhere in back into place once you’ve left. Those opened packets of food at Collexodus, as head home on the R355. Once you have Tankwa Town – in your camp, at scars stay forever. Do not dig holes for this is a health hazard. packed your load, secure it with bungee a Theme Camp, on a dancefloor, your grey water, nor your own toilets on cords, ratchet straps or rope – whatever anywhere. your camp site. Please join your neighbours on Sunday you use, make sure your load cannot and Monday after the burn, or schedule come off under any circumstances. To two hours on your own during your stay to check that it stays put, pull over every 03 help clean up Tankwa Town. Restore your 06 now and then and check, and re-secure it SECURE EVERYTHING IN campsite and conduct a MOOP sweep NO DIGGING OF HOLES (because the R355 is famous for rattling YOUR CAMP to inspect your space. You’ll be surprised Unless it’s as part of an artwork’s things loose). You never know when a how much stuff you’ve left lying around. supporting structure. Any holes dug by art windstorm is going to happen. Go to the Volunteer Booth at 8-ish if you crews must always be filled in again. If everything in your camp is want to be steered to a particular clean- secure at all times, nothing will 10 up project. blow away. Have bins with lids. GOT A GENERATOR? Many red scores on our MOOP Soundproof it using non-flammable Want a Green on the MOOP Map? Get map are from micro MOOP left 07 materials – but be sure you don’t cover your camp signed off by a member of the in a camp. Duct tape old 5-litre IF YOU SEE MOOP - PICK IT UP the exhaust or air intake. Alternately, go LNT crew at Off-Centre Camp to get your water containers with small holes If you see MOOP on the ground in Tankwa green by not bringing a generator (rather camp OK’d and signed off before you cut out onto your tent poles for Town, please pick it up and take it with get solar panels, deep cycle batteries and leave. convenient micro MOOP capture. you. an inverter to do the same job). 23 1324 SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND In 2018 we introduced two SOUND PLACEMENT SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND major changes to how & Bass bins must be raised off SOUND SOUND______where loud sound can live the ground (on a platform alongside everything and such as a pallet), and all everyone else in Tankwa Town: There are Sound Zones for speakers must be aimed a mandatory sound switch off sound systems – please don’t away from camping areas daily from Monday - Thursday create friction by blasting and the Quiet Zones. This is of the event from 7 to 11am, neighbours. for stationary sound systems. and The Great Switcheroo, a If you use an amplified sound relocation of all large sound QUIET ZONE system at your Theme Camp rigs to the northwest side these are spaces that are or on a Mutant Vehicle, keep of our city – and these both not located next to large the volume at a reasonable worked really well. sound systems and you are level. Crazy sound levels that likely to get more shut eye. continue after requests and Our Quiet Period is now part warnings will be disabled. of the rhythm of our city, and Some artworks are intended includes generators staying LOUD ZONE to be quiet and reflective off during the quiet. It’s a these are the areas where spaces – respect this beautiful time, when acoustic we locate the camps that and cut your sound when music and nature sounds rule are gifting music of the approaching art installations the space – enjoy it (there’s amplified variety. and performances, or plenty time on the weekend entering the city. for noise and amps). If you have a dancefloor, but nobody’s dancing, GENERATORS? GOT SOUND? please turn it down, or off. You should really rather GET PLACED IN THE Tomorrow’s another day and be using solar. If you must the desert’s not kind on those use a generator, it must RIGHT ZONE who don’t sleep. be insulated to keep noise Music’s an important part down. Keep all this in mind when of Tankwa Town for many choosing your spot to camp. people, so if you’re bringing Note: Sound Rangers are It’s simple - want relative music, everyone’ll love you. stationed at Off-Centre quiet when in your personal But our site is relatively small Camp - if you need them, camp? Don’t camp in the (1.6km at the longest reach), head over there and ask

G Loud Zone. Want to play loud so if you have a sound system, the Volunteer crew to call music? You simply cannot then you should register as a them in via radio. They will settle in the Quiet Zone. sound camp to be placed in also visit dancefloors to check that sound is placed the right area. The greatest concentration correctly - please work with of family camps where a Please note: NO SOUND our crew to ensure the best good night’s sleep can be results for your neighbours, SYSTEMS CAN BE PLAY ED had are between 5-ish and and yourself. LOUD IN OPEN CAMPING. PHOTO BY SEAN FUR LON PHOTO BY 7-ish streets or in the new expanded camping areas. 25 _____ AND QUIET. 26 Tankwa Town is a With the rise of social media INFLUENCERS, PUT DOWN YOUR decommodified zone. platforms such as Instagram, Branding? Brands? we’ve seen influencers coming BRANDS! Influencers? Advertising? Hell to our event and using their no, suka. It doesn’t belong time to take great shots of in Tankwa Town, which is in themselves, and their friends, no way (or will ever be) a wearing branded accessories place to launch your career, and products – and then business, website or product. promoting these, using the shots Got a van from work with taken in Tankwa Town. This is logos? Cover it up. Got a not OK – because Tankwa Town rental truck or RV? Cover or is not the place for brands of alter the logos. Branding, any kind. If you shoot still or in a place where nothing is film on site, and promo a brand for sale, or to buy? Hayibo: (or leverage our event as an it doesn’t belong. Nor does influencer), you’re breaching touting for business before, the rules of play as far as our during or as a result of, or community’s right to privacy – after, the event. Promotional and our creatives’ rights to their samples? Free giveaways? intellectual property. Marketing activations? Nope: those things happen outside find out why burns are the limits of our city, back brand-free spaces here. IERS

LL there in the default world. IG DE VI A R C y b o t o h P 27 28 Team (FAST) Rangers who work with • There are snakes, spiders and SSAANCTNCTUAUARRYY artists to promote burn safety. scorpions in Tankwa - check your Feeling overwhelmed? Not able to get Rangers are a group of burners shoes before pulling them on, a handle on your situation? Having (just like you) who make their To find out more, chat to any Ranger, and check your bedding and tent a rough time of it mentally? Head to commitment to the principles of come to Ranger HQ at Off-Centre before packing up. Sanctuary at Off-Centre Camp for AfrikaBurn a little more formal. As Camp, or go to the Ranger page: • All camps should have at least a quiet, calm space where you can non-confrontational community one all-purpose (Dry Chemical speak to someone or simply take mediators, their role at the event Powder) serviced fire extinguisher a breather. Please be aware that is to support our community by on our website and a comprehensive first aid Sanctuary is not a place for drunk folk providing participants with reliable kit. Nominate a Safety Officer to sleep it off. information, supporting the 11 PLPLAYAY ITIT SSAFAFEE to manage the safety aspects principles, facilitating public safety, of your camp, and make sure HEALTH ALERTS AND ADVICE • Write your ID number on the HEALTH ALERTS AND ADVICE and helping participants resolve all campmates are informed of underside of your wristband - this disputes. where the first aid kit and fire When in doubt you can ask advice way, in an emergency, our team extinguishers are placed. directly from Sanctuary or Rangers will be able to find out who you Rangers work in shifts and can • NEVER, ever – ever – leave an - we keep our ears very low to the are. be found, day and night, in pairs unattended fire, or smouldering ground, so that any important health • Always carry water on you. Drink walking and cycling the streets of coals, at your camp. The desert issues can be identified early. We also water regularly, especially if Tankwa Town, engaging with the wind can whip up in seconds and help people identify personal potential drinking alcohol. Best gauge of community, and enjoying art. They start a runaway wildfire that could risks and how to avoid them. hydration? If your piss is clear, can be identified when on duty by destroy your camp and vehicles. you’re in the clear. To avoid a SUPPORT their highly visible orange attire. Not good. SUPPORT Rangers are the easiest way to Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), piss If you or your loved ones think you access help and info in Tankwa often – girls especially! may have an alcohol or substance use Town. Beyond this, Rangers have • Bring sunscreen and a hat, and use problem there are a range of supports taken the time to attend training, them both. and solutions available. If you’ve had a most of it centred around mediation • Bring dust goggles and a bandana difficult experience in the past, please to help smooth any disagreements – dust storms are only fun if you’re pop by to chat to us at Sanctuary - we that may arise. prepared. can help you make sense of it, and can • Personal lighting: light your body help prevent it in the future. Rangers also maintain specialised when going out at night. Make teams with additional training. sure that you can see and that SOBERSOBER B BUURNINGRNING Green Dots help support others can see you. Bring a torch/ If you are a sober burner, we have participants undergoing challenging headlamp (or two) and lights for sober support networks that are emotional experiences. SOOP your camp. amazing and are just waiting to meet Rangers work to resolve issues of • If you bring a bike, put a light on it you! If you’d like to join the Sober Living Sound Out Of Place. Burning art (and wrap lights or EL wire on the camp, perimeters are led by Fire Art Safety frame) email [email protected] 29 30 CONSENT GUIDE TO AVOIDING WTF? MOMENTS

A gift is only a gift if the receiver says 16 – and if you’re under 18, you have your own “Yes” - preferably, “Hell, yes!” In order for laws, and should find out about them HERE a gift or other advances to be good for all concerned, the receiver must be able to Affirmative consent is a knowing, voluntary say “Yes, I want to receive it” or “No thanks, and mutual decision among all participants I don’t want it.” If someone is unable to say involved. YES, then don’t gift them the experience. If they say NO, here’s how to accept it Nudity, skimpy clothing, or raunchy behaviour gracefully: is not an invitation to have sex or any form of intimate physical contact. The only invitation is • No problem! a clearly spoken invitation. Ignoring someone’s • That’s not a clear ‘yes’, so I’ll accept inability to consent not only contradicts the that as a ‘no.’ spirit of our AfrikaBurn community completely, • Sounds good. Do you want me to ask but is a crime. Simply put: yes means yes, again later? no means no, maybe means no and silence • Thanks for being clear. means no. • I appreciate you taking care of yourself. The standard for consent in our community is • I still like/love you. an enthusiastic “Hell, YES!!” • I’m glad I know what your boundary is. ...and if you don’t get one, then you are Accepting a NO doesn’t mean you have to responsible to refrain from gifting. agree with it or feel happy about it - it just means you behave respectfully anyway. For a really good explanation of how consent

works, CHECK OUT THIS GREAT VIDEO. Practice consent all the time – not just when it’s about sex. RESPONSIBLE GIFTING

It’s not consensual if a person has been Planning to gift drinks or food? If your gift coerced, threatened, pestered, confused, contains alcohol or any other intoxicant, know forced, lied to, or restrained to get a this: the responsibility for those who you gift ‘yes.’ Getting them intoxicated is also not to lies with you. If anyone looks under age, consensual – and if someone is intoxicated ask for identification. Every person entering they have not waived their consent, and the event will be issued with a wristband, if you’re intoxicated you haven’t waived and those under 18 will have a specific your responsibility to get consent. It’s also colour. Giving people drinks or food that not consenting if a person is too sleepy contain anything they’re not aware of is not or actually unconscious, silent, scared or consensual, don’t do it. intimidated, ill, lost or confused - or too 31 young. The legal age of consent in SA is 32 The following (and • Resuscitated patients • alcohol-free cleansing MEDICAL INFO + wipes similar) injuries • Major bone fractures Note: If you do not have behind Burning Mail Camp on DOCTOR SAYS... will be stabilised • thermometer 9-ish!” including longbone, Be responsible for yourself medical aid, you will be and referred to the cervical and skeletal and your medical conditions. asked to cover the costs of Do not move the person. nearest hospital, with • skin rash cream, such as hydrocortisone or Please think about what your medical evacuation the patient to provide • Asthmatic major calendula you need to bring and read yourself. their own transport. Make sure they are • Severe concussion the info here to understand We recommend comfortable (put a jersey • Major laceration, burns • cream or spray to relieve what AfrikaBurn’s medics If our medical team informs having a designated under their head, etc.) and and soft tissue injuries insect bites and stings provide and under what you that you should leave site driver in your camp/ wait for Medics to arrive. circumstances you can for physical or psychological group of friends in • All unstable life- • antiseptic cream access these resources. reasons, please listen to them case of emergency: threatening emergencies Manage the temperature: • painkillers such as and leave site so you can get may need evacuation create shade if it’s hot, and paracetamol (or infant There will be medics the assistance they suggest. • Minor bone fractures by air keep them warm if it’s cold. paracetamol for onsite, but they’re there for Don’t panic. • Stabilised soft tissue children), aspirin (not emergency situations only, MEDIC! OMG, The Desert is a to be given to children and may turn patients away injuries WHERE ARE THE under 16), or ibuprofen if the situation is not an MEDICS? The following are Dangerous Place – indicative of what can • Broken teeth emergency… So Pack a First-Aid • cough medicine be treated on site: They’re at Off-Centre Camp, • All non-life threatening Kit • antihistamine cream or Remember to bring adequate located between 8-ish and • Diarrhoea Your kit should contain the tablets supplies of any prescription 9-ish on the Binnekring - and stabilised minor • Antiemetic medicine for events medications. The medics are LOOK FOR THE BIG RED following items: • distilled water for not a pharmacy and won’t be CROSS AND MEDIC SIGN. nausea and vomiting cleaning wounds • Urinary Tract Infections able to source your meds. • Headaches • plasters in a variety of different sizes and • eye wash and eye bath IN THE EVENT OF A • Hypoglycemia (UTI) - remember to piss shapes In case of severe emergency MEDICAL • Dehydration regularly EMERGENCY • Hyperthermia the medics can evacuate • small, medium and large patients by road or air. • Hypothermia Major injuries such as those listed below Stay with the person needing • Anaphylactic reactions sterile gauze dressings assistance. will be transported Bring a first aid kit. Make sure • Stings and bites by ambulance or by • crêpe rolled bandages it is stocked up with more • Minor asthmatic air (as appropriate) plaster and bandages as well Request someone else • safety pins emergencies to the nearest major as eye drops (for the dust) (anyone else) to go call the • Minor soft tissue injuries medical facilities at • disposable sterile gloves and citrus soda (UTI’s). medics. Make sure you give • Sunburn and other minor the discretion of the instructions to that person of burn wounds lead medical officer • tweezers and scissors your exact location. Eg: “Tell them that we are about 10m • Stabilisation of any 33 fracture 34 OTHER THAN THE SCHEDULED BURNS OF ARTWORKS, THE FOCUS OF FIRE CONTROL IN TANKWA TOWN IS AVOIDANCE, AWARENESS They’re pretty death machines. Mobile AND ACTIVE PREVENTION. arson. They’re a very serious fire hazard, FI and create problems with neighbouring If something catches on fire, we will get people farms and the Tankwa Karoo National out of harm’s way and then probably just let it Park. burn out – our Rangers and Fire Safety crews Don’t store too much gas and store any protect people, not property. Be prepared gas at least 10m away from your main Flying lanterns also become snares for and know what to do. Bring adequate fire camp activity in shade - NOT IN DIRECT small mammals and reptiles - please RE. extinguishers and know how to use them: SUNLIGHT. Petrol at camp must be don’t bring them, as you’ll only be asked practice Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep kept to a minimum and signage should to put them out. Basically, if it burns (P.A.S.S). indicate fuel on site. Please comply with or can cause a fire don’t set it alight fire safety when making a camp fire. or shoot it into the airspace of Tankwa Town, ever. In the case of tent or structure fires, TIP: Have at least 2 fire extinguishers available in a 50sqm area, and when REMEMBER TO LABEL YOUR FUEL DO NOT attempt to enter the tent/ Fires can’t be left unattended cooking with oil, have a fire blanket CONTAINERS. YOU CAN’T PUT OUT A structure to remove possessions. – they must be put out if not in close by. All camps must also have a FIRE WITH PETROL. use. When planning your camp, leave 5-litre bucket of sand at the ready. at least three metres between You may not burn unapproved For large gas and fuel storage (for flammable items. By way of example, artworks. If you would like to camps or Mutant Vehicles or Artworks), have your tent three metres from burn something that you’ve please contact the Fire Safety Officer your generator, which should be five created, let the Art crew know, (at OCC) to request storage at our fuel metres from your fuel. This applies by contacting them via the dump. to cars and campervans as well. All Arteria, at Off-Centre Camp. camps must have a fire extinguisher on hand and visible. When burning structures, keep a safety perimeter equal to You can’t make fires directly on the three times the height of your ground - braais and braziers must be FI sculpture (or more if the wind is used. strong). Mark out the perimeter with lights, nailed-down tape or other safe markers. RE.

35 36 • Never smoke in bed. OPEN FIRES FIRE SAFETY. • Children should not be left PLEASE NOTE: YOU ARE NOT FIRE SAFETY. alone in a caravan. PERMITTED TO MAKE AN • Keep your caravan ventilated. OPEN FIRE ON THE GROUND AT OUR TANKWA TOWN FIRE SAFETY TEAM WORKS FOR A SAFER AFRIKABURN. (YEP, WE KNOW Don’t block up air vents - it BURN COMMUNITY. THE INFORMATION BELOW WILL HELP YOU WE’VE SAID IT 3 TIMES: IT’S THAT could be fatal. BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS WHILST CAMPING IMPORTANT). OUTDOORS. TENTS IF YOU HAVE A FIRE CARAVANS (OR RV’S/ • Never use a cooker or a heater • Allow safe spacing between CAMPERVANS) whilst caravan is moving. AND BOTTLED GAS tents, caravans and cars. • It should be in a raised platform and downwind, at least 10m • Always change cylinders in • Never use candles or any other from any tent open air, away from any source IF YOU SUSPECT open flame in or near a tent. of ignition. A LEAK Torches are much safer. • Clear all wood, leaves, tinder, etc. to form a circle of clear • Check connections are tight. • Turn off all appliances. • Flammable liquids and earth around the fire The best way to do this is with • Open all doors and windows. Liquefied Petroleum Gas a little water with washing-up cylinders should be kept outside • Build a stack that will collapse • Do not smoke. liquid and soft brush. Brush the ten in labeled containted. inwards whilst burning. Ideally all connections with liquid: no • Do not operate electrical If you have excess fuel, store your wood stack must not be bubbles = no gas leak. switches. it at the Fuel Dump (ask at the higher than the sides of your OCC) fireplace • Turn off at main valve when not in use. OTHER HAZARDS • Oil burning appliances are not • Do not leave fires unattended recommended. - make sure they’re fully • Keep cylinders outside your • Take care when cooking - never extinguished before leaving caravan. leave any cooking or open • Cooking appliances should not them flame unattended. be used in small tents. • Before going to bed or leaving • Have a 5-litre bucket of sand, the caravan, turn off all • Keep matches out of the reach • Keep cooking appliance away and a fire extinguisher/s appliances. Turn off cylinders of children. from walls and the roof where it can be easily knocked over. nearby to extinguish a fire. unless appliances (such as a • If you smoke, use metal fridge) are designed to run ashtrays. continuously. 37 38 FIRE CONT. • Openpen fire or burn barrels must be extinguished at the request of any IF A FIRE BREAKS OUT Ranger or Emergency Services personnel, or they’ll do it. • Contact the Ranger, Security, Medics or Fire Branch and give the • A 7m zone around any fire must be free exact location If possible give a of any flammable materials, such as, street reference - “corner of 9-ish but not limited to: cloth, paper, tents, and A Street”, etc. plastic, etc.

• If this is not possible, provide a AROSIO MADDALENA PHOTO BY landmark such as a Theme Camp or • Allll liquid fuels must be kept at least artpiece 15m away from any open flame.

• After following above points - • Make sure that all liquid fuels are remove any objects (i.e. tents, carefully labelled. It’s a pretty nasty wood, vehicles, your mother-in-law, surprise when someone tries to put out etc.) from the vicinity of the fire - if a fire with a jerry can of diesel – 3 such safe to do so. incidents happened last year.

GUIDELINES FOR OPEN FIRES, BURN • A supply of at least 25 litres of water BARRELS, BAMBOO TORCHES, ETC. (and/or a fire extinguisher) must be WITHIN THEME CAMPS: kept on hand to extinguish the fire in case of high winds or other hazards. • Open fires (ie: on the ground) aren’t permitted - use a brazier, • Burn barrels must be secured and braai, etc. constructed in a way that the burning surface is at least 15cm from the • Burn barrels or braais can’t be left ground to prevent baking of the unattended - if found unattended, surface. they will be put out.

• At least one camp member should FUEL STORAGE be designated Safety Baron and If you have a large volume of fuel or gas, tasked with fire safety (including please head to Off-Centre Campamp and locating fire extinguishers where enquire about storing it in the fuel dump. they’re visible and easily accessed). NOTE: Please remember that petrol is a • If winds pick up, all open fires must dangerous fuel to start fires. Explosive be put out immediately and burn vapours can instantly build up as it is barrels must be extinguished if they applied, and as the fire is lit, it can begin to throw sparks. flash and burn you. JUST DON’TON’T DODO IT.IT. 39 40 TOP TIPS FOR PARENTING: 05 MARK YOUR KIDS 01 ORIENTATE YOUR KIDS BIKE When you get to Tankwa Town - Take some duct tape and a permanent walk around with them and identify marker and mark your kid’s bike with landmarks that will help them navigate their name, your name and your camp and be safe. address. Adding a long ‘flagpole’ with If possible, figure out your camp brightly coloured flag (and a light) will PARENTINGPARENTING address prior to arrival – this make it easy to spot your kid’s bike enables our Gate crew to link your from a distance. Similarily, marking IT’S A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE KIDS AT AFRIKABURN, BUT kid’s wristband to camp location. If your bike will make it easier for your YOU HAVE TO PREPARE THEM AND BE PREPARED YOURSELF. you don’t know your camp address kids to find and follow you. before arrival, please head to our Gate after you’ve settled in and 06 DON’T LEAVE YOUR provide the info. PREPARE YOUR KIDS CHILDREN AT THEME CAMPS Let your kids know in advance about You and your kids should know who You might be keen to have a wander the kind of things that they will or might is responsible for them at all times. 02 GET TO KNOW YOUR and enjoy yourself but leaving children see and hear. Nudity, iconoclastic Rather over-communicate with your NIEGHBOURS in the care of Theme Camps without art, sexuality, rude language, cultural kids than leave them without important The community is one of the great their agreement is irresponsible and commentary, and weird behaviour are info. Parents not behaving responsibly, strengths of AfrikaBurn. Neighbours unfair to the Theme Camps and your all a part of the AfrikaBurn experience. with regard to their children, may be help to look out for kids, bikes and children. Steer them away from whatever asked to leave the event. everything else at your camp, while you you feel uncomfortable with, but be do the same for them. 07 OLDER KIDS matter-of-fact about the stuff they are RANGER SAYS: small children are Older kids are going to want to stretch curious about. a wonder at the burn but your their limits and cruise around on their average teen can be a horror and 03 ORGANISE EARLY own – make some guidelines that you Consider your child’s normal frame of even more horrific in an anarchic MORNING ACTIVITIES both feel comfortable with, including enclave with music, booze, and reference: have they camped before? Children may be up well before you how far to go and how often to check Talk to them about common-sense countless temptations. AfrikaBurn back in. and wandering about. safety - advise them to be cautious is not the place to bring your distant about getting too close to aggressive teen in the hope it will bring you Please note: Theme Camps should art, destructive robots and moving closer. 04 PROTECT THEM not gift alcohol to those under 18 vehicles, and playing in ash heaps or and camps gifting alcohol will ask for burn scars. A little bit of care goes a FROM THE ELEMENTS identification if in doubt. long way in a chaotic environment. All Get your children to wear sturdy parents should attend to their children footwear and hats, use sunscreen and FOR MORE INFO ON PARENTING AT and are responsible for their safety carry water with them wherever they THE BURN, THERE’S GREAT ADVICE and well-being at all times. are. ON OUR BLOG. FRANCINE NAGATA PHOTO BY 41 42 Tankwa Town is one of the MEDIA, CAMERA AND most photogenic places DOCUMENTARY INFO on the planet. But please One of the abiding The Media Centre opens remember you’re here principles of AfrikaBurn is at 10am and closes at Photography to participate, so DON’T that participants do not 2pm each day, Monday FORGET TO ENGAGE. Don’t interfere with the immediate – Saturday of our event look at the whole event experience of other week. through the lens; you’re participants. As a member of part of the show - embrace the media, you’re expected If you’re considering any immediacy, and keep in mind to be respectful and comport commercial use of still that it’s in all our interest yourself accordingly. If you photos, video or audio to protect people’s right to do, your coverage will be recorded at the event, you express themselves, and their far more authentic and must provide a copy of your right to privacy. meaningful. work to the event organisers for archive within 90 days Media at our event provide If any participant asks you of the event. If your work an opportunity to inform to stop filming, you must requires post-production, you and affect the world by stop immediately. If you must provide a copy as soon illustrating and documenting continue to photograph as it is completed. what we do as a community. or film, you may face Reporting and documenting the possibility of being is a form of expression we escorted from the event. welcome, and those filming at the event have undertaken You must ask permission to not interfere with your before photographing experience. or filming any individual participant who might be If anyone with a camera recognisable. Crowd shots invades your privacy, please are exempt, except when the ask them for their name and artist, performer, and majority check in at the Media Centre of participants request no at Off-Centre Camp to let cameras or filming.

NO PHOTO NO VIDEO Members of the media have WRISTBANDS the responsibility to check And Media. These are pink, glow-in-the- in on arrival at the Media dark, free and available at Centre at Off-Centre Camp our Media Booth and also at to register or pick up their 43 our Ice Station. accreditation. 44 PHOTOGRAPHERS/ ARTISTS’ RIGHTS and PARTICIPANT RIGHTS and EVENT ORGANISER’S RESPONSIBILITIES RIGHTS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS/ RESPONSIBILITIES RESPONSIBILITIES AUDIOGRAPHERS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITES You have the right to protect You have ultimate responsibility AfrikaBurn has the for your image, and should ask You’ve got the right to express the image of your artwork or responsibility to create an performance. photographers how your image will yourself and create art as a be used. If you encounter a problem, environment for participants photographer, videographer and/ You have the right to ask report it to a Ranger or at the Media or audio artist. that doesn’t tolerate rude someone to stop taking Centre. or irresponsible use of images of your art or You have the responsibility to be photographic or video performance if you don’t You have the right to ask someone respectful to people you wish approve. to stop taking a picture of you, recording equipment. Anyone to record and seek permission recording your image or recording who doesn’t respect the rights from them before recording their You have the right to be your voice in any way. However, keep and wishes of others, with likeness or voice. credited for authorship of your in mind the nature of radical self- artwork in any published use expression – capturing expression is a respect to photographs, video, You also have the responsibility of your work, and negotiate form of self-expression. or recordings of any kind, may to ensure that your capturing of the terms. You have the right to know what be asked to leave. that image, footage or sound-bite someone plans to do with your does not impact the experience You have the right to enforce copyright and trademark image. of others. Be considerate of those AfrikaBurn reserves the right ownership of your unique who are experiencing the moment to disallow the use of related artwork. USE OF IMAGES TAKEN AT - keep your head down and do AFRIKABURN (OTHER THAN imagery and recordings of your utmost to stay out of the In the case of using images of PERSONAL USE) IS PROHIBITED any kind for commercial sight-line. artworks for editorial use, we WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN or unapproved editorial encourage the media to credit CONSENT OF AFRIKABURN. use, particularly if such Images, footage or sound specific artists. recorded for personal use are Please note: this includes influencers use(s) undermine personal not restricted - but any published on social media: no commercial expression and the privacy of material can only be used by leverage of our event through photo shoots is permitted at all. Please do participants, or the integrity of registered parties. To register for not commodify our event, or culture accreditation, the event. – if you do, our legal team will be obliged to pursue takedown requests. CLICK HERE To apply for accreditation, please see or go to the Media Centre on site. the Photo & Media page of our site, Anyone shooting stills or film

irresponsibly may be requested to CLICK HERE JONX PILLEMER PHOTO BY switch their equipment off or, if the matter is of a serious nature, 45 asked to leave the event. 46 47

Bicycles are a necessity in Tankwa Town; they make everything more accessible. Bear in mind that bicycles are not public property. Be sure your bike is in good working order before the event, and bring tools, like a wire brush, chain lube, and extra tyre tubes. burns. performances andscheduled or artworks-thismayhamper your bike.Butnottoguywires and nevercomeback,solock has left,andsomedisappear and turnupaftereveryone is over–butbikesgomissing considered lost until the event was bust,andnobikeis stolen unlessthelock No bikesareconsidered IN CAMP) LO BIKE TIP?LOCK ITOR # MOSTIMPORTANT and camplocation. number oremailaddress, With yourname,phone MARK YOU with –getcreative! whatever youcancomeup solar-powered fairylightsor riding –useLED’s,ELwire, Light yourbikefornighttime permission ifitlooksunique. will beborrowedwithout It’s muchlesslikelyyourbike YOU DECORATE SE IT!(EVENWHEN R BIKE R BIKE communities in the Tankwa. with details([email protected]). 05 04 03 02 01 LO crying intoyourbeer. bike, oryoucouldwellendup edition Himalayanexpedition chrome-plated-limited- R25 000extra-special- borrowed yourfriend’s it up,especiallyifyou’ve crazy, bikesgowalkies.Lock true. Whenthegoinggets it up,youcouldloseit?It’s mention thatifyoudon’tlock resources. Anddidwe our alreadyover-taxed abandoned bikesstretches AfrikaBurn -dealingwith Don’t ditchyourbikeat LEAVE NOTRAC who do. you don’t,canhelpthose You mayneedthem–andif to thosewhoneedthem). repair kit(they’reagreatgift tubes, tyresandapuncture not kindonbikes-bringextra The groundinTankwa Town is BRING SPARES Tankwa and ownersinformedviaemail. Unclaimedbikes willthenbedonatedtounderprivileged Lostbikeownerswillhave2weekstoidentifytheirbikes ST BIKEPROCESS Any bikesleftonsitewillbedocumented&photographed. There isnoStep3,proceedto Step4… Positively identifiedbikeswillbe broughtbackfromthe E • • • • • bike: being reunitedwithalost To improveyourchancesof YOU HOW NOTTOLO BIKE. LOC home. DPW packupandhead identify yourbikebefore just ashortwindowto home, becausethere’s Do itassoonyouget [email protected] of thelostbiketo event? Mailadescription Lose abikeduringthe info somewheresafe. Log themake&model your phone/camera. Take apictureofiton camp address&email. Label itwithyourname, R BIKE K. YOUR. SE 48 MUTANT VEHICLES The indemnity form must be completed and signed, and on your person from the UNLESS YOUR MUTANT IS minute you step through the gate. REGISTERED BEFORE YOU ARRIVE, YOUR MUTANT WON’T If you don’t adhere to the rules, you BE PERMITTED TO RIDE. understand and accept that the vehicle may be immediately immobilised, that the vehicle’s DMV licence (and/or the MAKE SURE YOU’VE driver’s right to drive the vehicle on PRE-REGISTERED IT WITH DMV site) may be revoked for a period of (AND THEY’VE GIVEN YOU between 48 hours and/or the duration YOUR LICENCE TO ARRIVE). of the event (the duration of which is to be determined by DMV leadership, on No quads and no motorbikes are behalf of AfrikaBurn), and that the driver permitted at all – unless they’ve been may be ejected from the event. licensed by DMV (and the only way they can be licensed is if they’ve been Skollie Patrolie are our traffic officials

AO completely mutated so they no longer on site, so please heed their advice. look like a normal vehicle and registered Provincial Traffic officials will be on ahead of time). site too. Normal traffic rules apply. You maybe be arrested for driving under the Any and all vehicles seeking DMV influence. licensing must have all driver(s) reviewed and signed off on an on- VERY IMPORTANT PHOTO BY RAUL ARAG PHOTO BY site safety and indemnity form. Every Mutant Vehicles carrying flame effects or driver of the Mutant Vehicle needs to any other lethal weapons must contact DMV before the event and have a live test sign indemnity and must accompany on site. the vehicle for final registration and Email [email protected] for more info licensing. (and copy our Fire Art Safety Team on [email protected] too). 49 50 01 THOU SHALT (if needed) ask for 06 THOU 08 THOU 09 THOU 13 ALL Make every effort to assistance or hop on SHALT NOT SHALT NOT SHALT MUTANT the vehicle in a safe, decorate/create/conjure Attempt to get on nor Operate any Mutant Have a good time (like appropriate manner VEHICLES your golf cart, truck, limo, attempt to get off a Vehicle and/or its you need telling).. Should have an (remember: be sure to etc. moving Mutant Vehicle (in artistic additions all-purpose (Dry thank the driver). case you never got that without permission of 10 THOU Chemical Powder) fire 02 THOU the first time). its owner(s)/operator(s) extinguisher and a If the Mutant Vehicle does SHALT NOT including the firing SHALT comprehensive first-aid not stop for whatever Steal, commandeer or of cannons, potato Help look out for the kit. reason, do not attempt to ‘borrow’ any official form 07 THOU cannons, sawdust safety of your fellow of transportation. Theft or run down, jump on, hog- cannons, use of freaks, aliens, and destruction of any vehicle tie, and/or bitch at the SHALT NOT attractive body parts even passersby at all 14 ALL Hijack, hoodwink, will not be tolerated – we vehicle or driver. of vehicle occupants, times - even if they’re MUTANT harass or harangue the reserve the right to eject sounds and light ex-girlfriends who have VEHICLES driver whilst they are in anyone caught acting in systems, etc… recently slept with your 05 THERE IS NO command and control of TOWING this way. father. RULE 5 the Mutant Vehicle. TRAILERS Proceed to Rule 6, do not MUST HAVE 03 THOU collect R200. Stay outta 11 THOU CONDUCTERS SHALT NOT jail. Pour yourself a beer. SHALT AND WALKERS Try to get on, impede, or Take a deep breath. Be Report any safety If your MV is found stop a moving art car, nice to small animals and issues, violations, and/ without, it will be Mutant Vehicle, plane, remember to call your or problems to Rangers stopped until you have balloon, helicopter or mother from time to time. and DMV immediately. the crew to fulfill this any other flying or driving requirement. device. And for crying out loud, 12 THOU stop worrying about your weight. You’re beauti- SHALT 15 PLEASE DO 04 THOU SHALT ful just the way you are. Have a registered NOT LEAVE Dance around, wave your Right. Where were we? Oh Mutant Vehicle driver, YOUR VEHICLE arms, and ask politely to yes…keep reading, you’re who will be required BEHIND get onto a passing Mutant nearly done! to wear a laminate If it’s broken down, Vehicle: provided by your sexy please head to DMV on registration, in Off-Centre Camp and OOnce the Mutant Vehicle addition to their driver’s enquire about how you has come to a complete wristband. can contact the stop, landowners. 52 51 DMVDDMVMV COMMCOMMANDMENTSCOMMANDMENTSANDMENTS THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE 06 If you can’t see ahead, slow down. This isn’t Days of Thunder. Holding R355 IS 80KM/H your line and driving through dust There have been deaths on is not the answer. Rather slow the R355, and many head-on down to 10km/h and stick as left as possible. DON’T stop completely as collisions. Please drive cautiously. there are cars behind you that also If you drive badly, it will end can’t see. badly. Some people do travel REALLY THESE ARE THE TEN RULES OF 07 slowly, this may be because they’re THE ROAD: on their last spare tyre filled with tyre-weld. If you’re one of those people travelling at 20km/h, No overtaking when you can’t 01 pull off the road (at rest stops if see ahead. EVER. possible) every now and then to let everyone pass. 02 Plan ahead to leave at a good time (Sunday morning 8am – 08 Support both roadside stores 10am is not a good time). located on the R355 – Tanwka Padstal, and Halfway House. Stop off, relax and let some of the 03 Look for alternative scenic traffic pass you by. routes home (Calvinia, Koue Bokkeveld, etc.). 09 If you need to stop to change a tyre or whatever, make sure you’re 100% off the road. 04 Getting home WILL take you all day. Slow down and enjoy the ride. Make use of the Rest 10 Be lekker. Treat people how you Area stops to pull over and would like them to treat you. We’re take a rest. all in this thing together and all want to get there & back in one piece. 05 Do NOT party ‘til the Sunday and leave straight away to Thanks to Braai Bliksem for these tips! beat the traffic. We all share the road and need to get Read all about his horrific accident on this blog home safe. PHOTO BY JONX PILLEMER PHOTO BY CLICK HERE 53 54 SAVING YOUR GETTING THERE TYRES • We recommend that you head into (or out of) • (yes, even the sidewalls you take two spares the event. RULE ONE: SLOW • We strongly recommend of your Roadmuncher It’s legend and fact: with you as well as a • Respect donkey carts DOWN – KEEP TO travelling in convoy. Desert Eagles), so drive the R355 eats tyres for tyre repair kit. Take a tip and animals - donkeys THE SAFE LIMIT • Drive up during daylight carefully and slowly. breakfast, lunch and from the local farmers do not move out of the OF 70KM/H hours – it’s much safer! supper. Here are some – carry snotplugs and way! • It’s tempting to feel like blowout avoidance tips: a compressor (or tyre you’re almost there when pump / Tyre Weld). Please bear in mind the R355 • Don’t overload your you hit the dirt – you • When passing, slow is a deceptive dirt road that vehicle. • Check your tyres before aren’t. It takes about an • Keep your spare tyres down to reduce rocks has claimed lives. Please you leave, make sure hour and a half to cover accessible when and dust. drive calmly, even if you have • Don’t speed - 70km/h they are in good nick. is good, but if your the dirt section, which packing. a 4x4, and especially if you EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: vehicle is heavy, reduce is the most treacherous don’t. The last stretch of • Keep your tyres on the DO NOT OVERTAKE speed to 50km/h or less, part. • Our crew don’t patrol road is a narrow farm road hard side, so that the WHEN THE ROAD AHEAD depending. the road, and are – please be patient when sidewalls of your tyres IS OBSCURED BY DUST. • We’re not kidding – not able to provide arriving as there may be a have less exposure to This has been the • Enjoy the view. observe the many assistance outside of the queue. sharp stones cause of fatal head-on stripped tyres alongside event. collisions. HOW TO SURVIVE • Drive at dawn - in the the road. • We know it’s a big ask, heat of midday,tyres • There is a tyre repair THE R355: but try not to overload We’ve had numerous cases heat up, which means • Cellphone coverage is station at Tankwa Tented your vehicle. of head-on collisions due your sidewalls / tyres patchy along the dirt Camp (just before you #1 TIP: STICK TO to this kind of dangerous puncture easier and the road. The last reliable get to the event gate). 80KM/H (or less) • DO NOT cross over the driving. Please understand – shale rock on the road signal is just before you Here you can have your – and DO NOT stony ‘middle-mannetjie’. this is lethal, fatal, dangerous fractures easier, and pass through Karoopoort tyre/s repaired before OVERTAKE IF YOU behaviour. DON’T DO IT. CANNOT SEE AHEAD sharper. Cooler tyres from the south, and at + cooler roads = less Bloukrans Pass from the north. • Normal road safety rules punctures or blowouts. apply, even to RV’s and • If you stop on the dirt 4x4’s. • The R355 is one helluva lot of dirt road. It has road, pull off to the side - and do not, under any • Just because you drive some bad patches circumstances, stop on a a 5-litre 4x4 doesn’t where sharp stones blind rise. mean your ass won’t roll puncture sidewalls and your tyres won’t get shredded.

55 56 If you’re a Virgin, ring the Take note: This is the last time At this point, you’re about VIA DIRECTIONS bell! you will have phone signal 2km from the turn off to the BLOEMFONTEIN until you get back to this spot FROM CAPE You brought a spare wheel, venue. You’ll also see a tall Van Bloem af, chomma? WELCOME! - this includes at the event. TOWN right? Good. Oh, you brought tower on your left hand side. Mooi so! two? Smart move. FROM Calvinia is the last place Aweh! Rad you could Stay on the R355, it’s not long Take the N8 to Kimberley and JOHANNESBURG where you can get supplies make it bru! This stretch of road – which now. See that T-junction up then continue along the N12 (water, gas, petrol, etc.), so is 113km long – is dangerous. ahead with the signs on your to Victoria West. From Jozi? if you need them, get them. Take the N1 North, passing Like psycho-pitbull-with-a- right? That’s it – turn right into Huzzit, chana! There are no shops after Paarl, Worcester and De hangover dangerous. DO Stonehenge Farm Turn right into the R63 at Calvinia. Doorns. 10km before you NOT DRIVE AT HIGH SPEED. Victoria West (T-junction), Take the N1 South to Travel carefully along the reach Touwsrivier, 160km It’s a rough road, so take it thereafter follow the Bloemfontein/Cape Town. R355 for approximately from Cape Town, take the It’s a long road - take in the easy - you’re nearly there. directions listed above for Stay on the N1 through 100km. LEFT onto the R46, towards view, read the signs. Johannesburg from Victoria Colesburg, Hanover and Ceres. If you need to fill up As you go through the West onward. Richmond. Do not turn off to the Tankwa on fuel, do so – Worcester Round about now, you lose gate there are some small Karoo National Park. or Touwsrivier are your last cellphone signal. Switch it off cottages on your right at a FROM DURBAN From Richmond travel 64km chances. and forget about it. Goodbye settlement called Lekkerlag. on the N1 and turn right onto Watch up ahead for a telecommunication, hello real From Durbs? Hundreds This road continues for the R63 to Victoria West. T-junction – here you’ll see communication! Next you’ll come to Die Hek, bru! approximately 40km and Travel on the R63 through the AfrikaBurn event sign and Stay on the R355 towards the gate to Tankwa Town, and ends in a T-junction. At Victoria West and follow the a Stonehenge/ Lekkerlag Calvinia (don’t turn right to Box Office. Here you will be Take the N3 out of town, and the T-junction turn RIGHT road and signs to Calvinia. farm sign. Turn left here boet! Sutherland, unless you like checked in, and your tickets head to Harrismith. onto the tyre-munching You’re almost there. large radio telescopes). scanned. R355 towards Calvinia and Drive through Calvinia and At Harrismith, take the N5 via Sutherland. Approximately about 2km outside of town Drive about 5km SLOWLY You’ll pass a settlement Move along to the Greeting Bethlehem to Winberg, where 100m on, you’ll hit the dirt. you’ll see a sign ‘Ceres R355’. along this farm road. called Tweefontein and a Station. Take a deep breath. you join the N1 and follow this SLOW DOWN. Turn left here onto the gravel small white bridge crossing Step through the portal. to Bloemfontein. road to Ceres. Holy crap, you’re close now! the Tankwa River bed. Further along you’ll come to Thereafter follow the Do NOT drive faster that Die Hek, our event gate and directions listed for 70km per hour under any Box Office Bloemfontein. circumstances, or in any vehicle, at any time along this Move along to the Greeting SOUTH gravel road! Station. Take a deep breath.

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