Friday, 11-14-08 :: Opulent Temple & Deep End Post Playa Party
Next Up from the O.T. : Opulent Temple & The Deep End
Post-Playa Party at Mission Rock
Friday, November 14th
We're joining up with our playa brothers in fun who bring to the day what we bring to the night for a blow out celebration of fun and community in 4 rooms of music and dance to clear our debts from this past year.
As you surely know by now, we get no help from Burning Man to bring our world class production to Black Rock City, so we rely solely on the community to help make it happen. We know how much the music experience means to why a LOT of people go, and we know that Music is Art. Let's hope some other folks can catch up with evolution...
We want to thank everyone that helped us get out to BRC, against tall odds. We hope you enjoyed our offering! From the many camp members who worked so hard, to all the many people that donated amounts small and large, to the DJ's that donated their time at our fundraisers, to all the people that came out and danced with the flames, the lazers, and the beautiful beats.
We thank you!! Please keep up to date with our parties throughout the year. Check back here for recordings of the 2008 year available as a gift to donators. Check MV GALS for tons of pics of the Opulent Temple and other Burning Man goodies.
See you on the dance floor...
this pic appeared on the front page of the SF Chronicle the Thursday we were all at BM
Some moments:
It has never been just about the music and the party to us. We showed a snippet of Obama's acceptance speech on Saturday night, just 2 days after he had given it. (Special thanks to the Stop Time crew for helping get this clip):
Friday night with Carl Cox was madness of the kind we support. A nice 360 view:
We've been asked about what BM does to help us.... Here's a Summary...
Last year representatives from different Large Scale Sound & Art Camps (LSSACs) such as the Opulent Temple, El Circo, the Deep End, Green Gorilla, and others talked and met with reps from Burning Man to dialogue about ways BM could support us. Here is a summary of that effort and more recent ones, if you're curious. Sorry about the length, but wanted to give a fair accounting of events and perspectives. Feel free to share. We are not posting this to cause a ruckus, but simply to inform the community. There has been misinformation floating around about these conversations, and that BM decided to give us some things we asked for. We wish it were true. This summary also under scores how the support of camps like the OT have to come pretty much soley from the community.
(read on...)
"Why won't the BM Org Support Sound Installations?" perma-link, or continue reading...
March 27, 2008 11:43 AM, by Syd Gris
Opulent Temple requests your Support!
Help bring back the Opulent Temple in 2008 (and get some AMAZING music in return...)
The Opulent Temple is gearing up for it's 6th year in a row on the playa. In term of our production and crowds that enjoy our creation, we think it fair to say we are one of BRC's most popular destinations.
We've had a rough road to come back for 2008, but thanks to the support of the community and many dj's we'll be there in full force.
Select super cool DJs have also pitched in by allowing us to share recordings of their past sets at the Opulent Temple with people who make donations. You can hear it just like it happened from the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Lee Coombs, Christopher Lawrence, DJ Dan, Dylan Rhymes, Rabbit in the Moon, the Scumfrog, Ali B, and others
See the Opulent Music page for more info on how to get some music!
Like all sound & art camps, we are totally self funded by fundraising parties, camp members paying dues, and most importantly, the support of the wider Burning Man community. Unlike other select art projects throught art grant system, sound camps receive ZERO financial support from the Burning Man organization despite having massive budgets and providing interactive art zones among the most popular out there.
*** So that you know, our budget goes towards fabrication and production costs, transportation, power / gennie rental, sound rental, camp infrastructure, and storage costs. We do not and have never paid dj's to play or pay their way through Burning Man. So please know your donations are going to help us pay back our hard costs and not anyone's free ride. ***
SO! Please help. Even small amounts add up to something great.
Paypal:
OR- Mail a check made out to
Opulent Temple
175 Bluxome st. #216
San Francisco, CA, 94107
