NOWHERE 2008: a blog about the event held in Spain, for pioneering visionaries!

Rainbow arch at the Nowhere camp in the Monegros Desert

2008-07-14T16:47:00.002+02:00

It's a great view, after all: a full rainbow arch at the NoWhere camp in the Monegros Desert, near Zaragoza.

There's always something cool after a storm...

I'm leaving to Nowhere: see you tonight at the Basecamp in the Middle of Nowhere!

2008-07-10T12:06:00.006+02:00

So, I'm leaving today to Barcelona, then driving to the Monegros Desert. I hope to arrive @ Nowhere before midnight. I will be driving from Barcelona to the Nowhere site on a VW Golf: I'm sure I'll enjoy the road trip!

I'm leaving this afternoon from Rome (Ciampino Airport) with three friends, here's our team:

Pasquale (aka PazCal)
Tommaso (aka TomMot)
Alice (aka AllIce)
Erika (aka SplitEri)

We're ready to join the Volunteer Crew at Nowhere and start our Art Project (The Runway).

I'll be back on Monday with pictures of the Nowhere site, videos and a lot to write about...

Enjoy your weekend!

My project for Nowhere 2008: The Runway

2008-07-06T18:47:00.004+02:00

My name is Pasquale Borriello (PazCal) and here's my project for the Nowhere.
It is named The Runway.

It's basically a small path of white lights (about 18 metres long) aligned to the East-West axis. The Runway will be active on the 11th and 12th of July, from 10 p.m. for approximately 9 hours: everyone @Nowhere could use it to make her dreams and ambitions take off to outer space or make them land on our beloved earth.

The take off path is headed to East, and there's a yellow light at the beginning of the runway: all you have to do to make your dream take off is to stand right behind the yellow light, close your eyes and run as far as the end of the runway, marked by a green light. Then you can re-open your eyes. If you have any problems with the take off procedure there will be a flight assistant to help you, just ask for Paz.

The landing path instead begin from the West end of the Runway, and to make your dreams land on our earth you have to stand behind the green light, leaving the runway on your back. Then you close your eyes and begin to wave, as to signal to your dreams where the runway is. When you feel a warm breeze on your face, it means that your dreams have landed successfully, then you can re-open your eyes.

The Runway can be used by only one person at a time, but you can use it as many times as you like. The only thing I ask you is to respect the take off and landing queue. There will be a booking notebook you will be asked to sign if you want to use The Runway.

The best happenings @Nowhere 2008

2008-06-30T23:26:00.004+02:00

The Nowhere mailing list is starting to give exciting and/or interesting news. Here they are.

Nowhere Poker Party (Texas Hold'em: wow!)
The first Nowhere Poker party will become a reality! Hope we could do that the friday in the center camp. For the moment, just 40 people maximum in a Texas Holdh'em no limit poker party (double shoot out). To suscribe, let's go to information office and ask Ed. Of course, it's free, but you need to come with a funny hat and 2 beers as a subscription.
More information: Ed, in the Arockalypse Camp.

Speakers of Different languages... WE WANT YOU!
We're looking for a few good women and men who can give a hand (or a pair of lips) interpreting and translating for the team. We need Spanish speakers right away to help out in various situations, but we would love to get a list of on-site linguists (or just casual French, Spanish, German, Italian and... well, why not.. Klingon speakers) who would be willing to help out if
necessary.
Stop by the information desk when you arrive at Nowhere and let us know who you are!

Join the Volunteer Crew at the Gate!
It is one of the most fun volunteering opportunities as you are the first faces that people see when they arrive. You get to give the new arrivals the proper Nowhere greeting, you have the honour of opening the gate itself and get to be the people who set the tone of excitement and
wonder from the first. We can promise you shade, comfort, cold beers, at least 7 years good karma and more just for putting your name down for a shift and rocking up for it. The Gate Crew will be putting up a board on site with all available shifts. All you need to do is put your name down for the times you want to do, and remember, the more shifts you do, the more cold beers and good karma youget. We made a deal with the right people.

Various things needed at the Malfare tent
What we are in need of is all of you lovely people to gift us some nice things we can share with people at the Malfare tent. Maybe you are looking to find something nice to gift, or maybe your pretty short on time in these last few days. Everything below will help Malfare to provide a great service and keep all of our participant's safe and well.

Sun block
After sun
Moisturisers
Wet wipes
Tampons
Lip Balms
Herbal teas to help relieve certain specific ailments, Peppermint tea, ginger, Camomile
Massage oils
Insect repellent
Rehydration salts
Arnica cream
Herbal remedies
Sweets and lollipops
A spare nice warm fleece we can gift to someone who isn't well
A camp bed
Some snacks to share, salty ones especailly to prevent electrolyte imbalance
A camping stove
Your famous home remedy for sunburn or grannies perfect remedy for a sore throat
Some cranberry juice (non sugary concentrated variety) to help ladies with a particular kind of infection
Incense to make our tent smell pretty
Condoms

That's all for now! Enjoy NOWHERE 2008.

Make sure to check Nowhere WIKI and subscribe to Nowhere DIGEST to get info about Nowhere 2008

2008-06-17T01:17:00.005+02:00

Are you interested in the Nowhere 2008 event?

Of course you are, it's one of the coolest event in 2008. Now you really need to know more about Nowhere 2008.

You're lucky, because the cool guys of the Nowhere organisation have set up a Nowhere 2008 WIKI page and there's an email digest by Euroburners completely dedicated to Nowhere 2008.

These are the only official resources to get informed about the Nowhere 2008 event, so make sure you use them well, and possibly contribute to make them grow and become more and more rich&reliable.

Remember that email will be the only media used to communicate the exact coordinates to the participants of Nowhere 2008. Click here for info on Nowhere 2008 tickets.

By the way, I'll be part of the crew @Nowhere 2008, see you there!

More pictures of Nowhere

2008-06-12T22:16:00.007+02:00

Enjoy this pictures of Nowhere site in the Monegros desert. I've found these pictures on Flickr.

You may also like the great pictures of Nowhere (slideshow) by Burningmax

What to wear at the Nowhere event i.e. How's the weather in the desert

2008-06-11T23:00:00.003+02:00

The Nowhere event is held in the middle of the desert, the Monegros Desert in Spain, near Zaragoza. The nearest city is Castejón de Monegros (600 inhabitants).

How's the weather @Nowhere in July?
I guess the weather will be pretty hot during the day, cooler at night. I recommend you to take light t-shirts and trousers for the day and something to protect you from the cold of the desert nights. I don't know much more because I couldn't find anything interesting on the web.

However, the pictures from last years' Nowhere events seem to validate my guess: the day is hot, the nights are cooler.

By the way, don't forget to take with you a pair of glasses and a cool hat to protect your head! Maybe you could use sun protection cream too if your skin is delicate. Obviously, an extravagant suite is also appreciated!

You may have a look at these pictures to know more about the weather and what to wear @Nowhere.

Nowhere during the day: hot weather.

Nowhere in the afternoon: less hot and sun is going down.

Nowhere at night: cooler!

How to get to Nowhere: first, you need a ticket!

2008-06-09T18:03:00.003+02:00

NOWHERE 2008 is ticketed event. So you need a ticket to participate.

Ticket sales income goes towards the organization, infrastructure (there are toilets there!) and funding art at Nowhere.

The tickets for Nowhere are pretty expensive. If you bought one until the end of February, you would pay 60 euros. Tickets were sold at 90 euros 'til the end of May, but now a ticket for NOWHERE 2008 tops 120 euros!

More info about NOWHERE 2008 tickets available here.

NOWHERE 2008 New Site: 360 degrees view

2008-06-07T15:17:00.003+02:00

Enjoy this view of the new site for NOWHERE 2008.

NOWHERE 2008 is the Annual European regional burn organized by the European posse of Burning Man regulars, the Euroburners.

This year there's a new location, more info at www.goingnowhere.org and on massimo's blog burningmax.blogspot.com.

SEE YOU ALL AT NOWHERE 2008!