Going Nowhere - 9th - 13th July 2008 - Zaragoza, in Spain

[The Minister for Discord]

Have you ever been Nowhere?
A place where you cease to exist as you do in the default world,
where your relationships with those around are based not on "What can
you do for me?" but "What can we do together?", a place where Radical
Self-Expression and Radical Self-Reliance become Radical Realities.

Nowhere is a 5 day event in Northern Spain, based upon the principles
of Burning Man in Nevada, it is an experiment in participatory
creation where everyone holds a piece of the puzzle.

We truly are a Leave No Trace event. You must bring everything you
need to survive in a harsh desert environment. There is no commerce
at Nowhere. No money. No shopping. If You need something, You make it
happen.. And everything you bring you are responsible for taking away.

Nowhere explodes into existence for 5 amazing days, it's participants
bringing art, music, life, love, chaos and adventure into a world
that has lost sense of the primal reasons for existence... then it
fades back to the dust from which it blossomed.

A gift economy, radical self expression, radical self reliance, leave
no trace and no spectators.... these guiding lights, and the natural
filter of
the desert, mean that Nowhere is not for everyone. But if you are one
of those who value human interaction over financial exchange, who
love to create just for the sheer joy of creating, who are one of
"... the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be
saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never
yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous
roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."

then maybe Nowhere is for you

Go to http://www.goingnowhere.org to find out more

[Abbie]

I would really have liked to come to this, I was really excited by the idea of it being about the art and meeting like minded creative expressionists and purveyors of dream like scenarios but as I've got next to no money once I'd found out you have to buy tickets I realised sadly that was dream over.

I may go to Rootstock in Belgium instead which is on at the same time and is a free festival.