First version Dreamyourtopia Trailer online

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MqDLClb6nw

Please provide us with feedback; positive and negative!

More exciting news coming:
Beginning of January I'll present the Dreamyourtopia project as a performance at Central Trak
and with an artist talk at the Dallas Museum of Art, just before leaving back to Amsterdam!
Stay tuned...........

At the moment no more organizing though.
I started painting again and am happy to be just dealing with paint and brushes :-)

Photos from the desert ( Back in Dallas )

After a long road trip we arrived back in Dallas today and unloaded the truck.
Being back "home" again I wanted to take the opportunity to get behind the computer and share some links of photos of the project.
These sets are from Birdman and Smashy who have both been involved in building the project.
Here they are:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cptsmashy/sets/72157607195601582/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvoorzanger/sets/72157607084188148/

And I uploaded some pictures on the dreamyourtopia site as well:
http://www.dadara.nl/checkpoint/image-gallery-burningman-1.htm

more to follow.........

TV Free Burning Man

Check out the item done by TV Free Burning Man on the Playa at:

http://current.com/items/89252184_checkpoint_dreamyourtopia

Dustyourtopia

An extremely dusty last weekend made the Checkpoint appear even more surreal and ghostly.
Luckily the storms laid down, so we could dismantle the Checkpoint, leaving no trace in the process. Ashes to Ashes, Brains to Brains, Dust to Dust.

Another 1800 miles to go and we'll be home.
Once I'll wash all the dust of my brain I'll try to collect my thoughts and experiences and will post those on this blog.

Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia in the desert

The Department of Dreamland Security has finished setting up Headquarters and has already processed hundreds of forms and issuing Passports to the Land of Dreams.

Next Sunday we'll start dismantling and will start getting ready to move back to the real world......

Almost ready

Great weather ( more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but a few weeks Dallas got me used to that ) , no dust storms and a great crew make for good progress on the project, so we might be up and running by Monday as planned.

First days in the desert

The Department of Dreamland Security has arrived in the desert last Sunday, set up camp and has been building and painting really hard. Hot weather, but somehow we're lucky that our spot out in the open doesn't get hit by the dust storms that do frequent a big part of the rest of the Burning Man Area. The Dream Gods must be with us.

Walls are up and being covered with grey paint and by tomorrow the main skull entrance should be ready. Then still the interrogation house, barb wire, CCTV and we'll be ready to start protecting your and our dreams.







And we now have our own bar as well for some after work hour relaxing......

We'll try to keep you all posted again in a few days live from the desert if satellite internet and weather permit!