WHERE’S THE FUN? Background Art by David Cryer Background WTF AT BLAZING SWAN? DO YOU KNOW THE 11 PRINCIPLES OF BLAZING SWAN? blazingswan.com.au/11-principles Art by Wick (James WIckham) WHERE’S THE FUN? 04 11 Principles of Blazing Swan 06 Consent - The 11th Principle 07 Theme Camps List A-Z 17 Volunteering at V-Spot 18 Events - Everyday 20 Events - Wednesday 20 Events - Thursday 25 Events - Friday 26 Map 34 Events - Saturday 38 Events - Sunday 43 Events - Monday 46 Art 49 Safety WTF - Where’s The Fun 2017 Produced By Blazing Swan Comms blazingswan.com.au/comms Theme by Wick THE 11 PRINCIPLES OF BLAZING SWAN Blazing Swan is understood not only as an event, but as a way of life lived consistently with these 11 Principles. They are meant to be taken as a whole, as a set of commonly-understood values. RADICAL INCLUSION Anyone may be a part of Blazing Swan. We welcome and respect the stranger. No pre-requisites exist for participation in our community. Every person in our community is a valued member. GIFTING Blazing Swan is devoted to acts of gifting: giving freely, without expectations of return or exchange. The value of a gift is unconditional. A gift is anything given in this spirit, whether it is a physical item, a service or performance, or something less tangible, such as friendship or companionship. Everyone has gifts to give. DECOMMODIFICATION In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience. RADICAL SELFRELIANCE Blazing Swan encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources. RADICAL SELFEXPRESSION Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is oered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient. 05 COMMUNAL EFFORT Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. Volunteers are the life force of our community. We strive to produce, promote, and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY We value civil society. Community members who organise events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavour to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. LEAVE NO TRACE Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them. PATICIPATION Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them. IMMEDIACY Be Here Now. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner-selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world. Be aware of yourself, of others, of your surroundings and your place in our community and the world. No idea can substitute for this experience. 06 CONSENT THE ELEVENTH PRINCIPLE OF BLAZING SWAN Respect the autonomy of the individual. Do not ever assume that you have Every person has the right to make consent based upon what a person is decisions about their own body, property, wearing or how they are acting. Consent and personal space. must be mutual, definite, and given consciously, and persons are free to What you see as a gift might be a curse if change their mind at any time. it is unwelcome (or unwanted), so when giving a gift, entering someone’s personal Remember that consent for one act does space, taking a photo or video, or using not imply consent for all acts, and consent someone’s property, ask permission first. given once does not mean that you have Only proceed if there is consent between consent every time. No always means no. all parties. Image from projectconsent.com COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHERS You can identify community photographers at Blazing Swan with their ID number, so you connect with them later. Don’t COMMUNITY feel like being photographed? Photographer 08 Just say no thanks, and party on! blazingswan.com/comms/photography 07 THEME CAMPS Find locations on the map - Page 26 AIDING AND ABETTING AMANDALAND Roll the dice, flip a card A creative zone for making jewelley, or spin the wheel to seal your fate. painting drawing. Life's a game, wanna play?" Come and APRAPS chance your luck at Aiding and THE ANTIPRECLUDIAN READING A-Betting.With Russian & PERFORMANCE SOCIETY Roulette cocktail hour, feasting sessions Hosting the Blazing Swan of Beef Brisket, Grilled Cheese and Jerk Free Library & Lounge Chicken, pimping and beautification from Peace, Love and Polish and music from We celebrate books, writing, reading and Miss Fortune. Will you have to Twerk performance. All of our 3,000 books are for your Jerk, be Cheesy for your Grilled free to borrow and free to keep. Browse Cheese or be Brave for your Brisket? Be and relax in our library lounge, or join us for Serenaded or Sing for your supper? Will our workshops and talking circles. Try your you have a winning hand or have to lend skills at ancient and oriental board games, a hand? Will you be made up or undone? and a few of the latest design as well. We Dressed up or dressed down? On the are open from 9 till 9 each day at the lash or get new lashes? Will you nail it or furthest end of Infinite Loop. get polished o? Will you get roped in or totally unraveled? One thing's for sure, ARUMA we're here to Aid and A-Bet you, so you Aruma is a Nyoongah word for "happy". can bet you are in for a unique We are a collective of artists, DJ’s, and experience every visit. creative creatures. Our aim is to take you on wonderfully joy filled trips with an art truck complete with sound system for ALLIANCE mobile happiness. Our aim is to take you A journey into sound, light on wonderfully joy filled trip! and hyperspace. BAKERY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS Alliance Crew land again on planet Kulin, bringing their favourite flavours of big THE BAKE SALE beats, galactic visuals and good times. Tasty treats alongside tastier beats. Join us in our sub-12-parsec hunk of junk and be at one with beings from other Well thought out compliments are our systems. This year (Blazing Swan Episode preferred condiments. This year at IV), Alliance's New Hope is that you enjoy Blazing Swan we are building a positive their fun loving DJs' atmospheric tunes, environment under the theme of a bake including special invite Meat Katie, sale; to include sound and visual sample the otherworldly tastes of our productions as well as providing baked alien barmen's punches (bring your confectionary items where the only vessel), and let your eyes feast on commodities are our baked goods and interplanetary visuals. your good times! THEME CAMPS A-Z CAMPASSION A safe space to land CampPassion aims to restore harmony where there is disconnect, balance where there is imbalance and safety where BANANA BOMBA there is fear. People will be able to gather and seek support within the community The Banana Bomba dome is a meeting through a peer-based form of support. point for friends, and randoms who become friends! Listen to music, enjoy a Where appropriate experienced freshly made banana smoothy, and hang CampPassion Sta will oer guidance, out! Check with us for yoga and Safety Planning and where possible will meditation sessions to elevate the spirit, link with a persons' community to ensure and snuggle in our extra soft dome they feel safe and have a plan. The cuddle-puddle. We will also have drawing ultimate goal is to restore peace and workshops to participate in! minimise the impact it has on their Blazing Swan experience. Services will be non-intrusive, non-judgmental and BLACK LAGOON inclusive of the person and their care Stimulation, rejuvenation, group. coee and conversation. There will be various activities including Delve into the caeinated depths of the face painting, movie nights, arts&crafts, Black Lagoon where weird and wonderful yoga and mindfulness exercises, sound creatures gather in a morning rituals. The healing, nature walks, peer support Lagoon provides a comfortable space for groups and assorted awesomeness Blazers to gather and relax, while through out the week. enjoying deep discussions and learning knew things. By providing a ‘morning we will also have cacao, teas and tonics service’ we’ll be completing the day-night to help soothe and calm and a nutritionist cycle of life at the festival, oering a on site to help with good grub advice! place to recap the night before while CampPassion is open 24/7 an will be preparing for another day of adventure. based near the medic tent so if you need They say that coee ignited the Age of a place to land, Drop in anytime to have a Enlightenment, so we encourage tea, chat, chill, to feel safe and to share intelligent conversation and deep anything in your mind! Look out for each thought experiments. Play our other and have a great time! “whadayareckon?” game to share opinions and engage in friendly debates.