Apogaea WWWW 2022 – Updated 5/15/22
The WWWW (Who What When Where) is your guide to Apogaea! Every registered theme camp, art installation, mutant vehicle, and more are laid out in an easy to read format so you can plan your participation. We also offer a map of the land so you can get around easily and find what you’re looking for. All infrastructure and departments are listed as well.
2022 Art Installations
| Title | Description | Artist | Grant Round | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure Spin’d Landia | Carnival style Photo opportunity Standees, Paint by number badges, Interactive Audio and Art experience | William J. Albarez | https://instagram.com/Adventurespindlandia | ||
 | Archways of the Ancients (2022 Temple) | A hexagonal vortex of ancient future design technology. Find yourself lost in the patterns and geometries of this epic monolith! | Steven Newman and Brian Pinkham | Seed Money Grant Round | http://www.instagram.com/stevennewmanart |
| Arrietty | An explosion of color. A giant garden of colossal Colorado-inspired wildflowers. Be wowed by amazing aerial dancers, amusing and exciting events, and other strange and entertaining oddities. | Seed Money Grant Round | http://art.wakegraphic.com/arrietty | |
| Builder | The art is 3 solenoid controlled "poofers" or "booshes" running off of a propane supply that is regulated up to 100psig and a 12v switch system. The installation is simple but allows people to interact directly with fire art and always brings tons of joy. | Frank Jankowsky, Aaron Wilson | |||
| Cancer Unmasked | A sacred space dedicated to cancer victims, survivors, caregivers and loved ones. A place to heal, reflect upon this difficult subject and to tell your story. | Ron Holan | Seed Money Grant Round | http://cancerunmasked.net |
| Colordance | Arrays of colored lights, positioned on top of 10ft poles, shine on the ground to create colorful shadows. | Space Potatoes | https://github.com/ademuri/colordance-circle | |
| Daimon | Aerica Raven | Seed Money Grant Round | https://www.aerica-raven.com/ | |
| Evan's Fire Garden | This fire sculpture garden will include at least two new granted sculptures along with some old stuff and some non-fire sculptures. | Evan Beloni | Seed Money Grant Round | https://www.instagram.com/evanbeloni/ |
| Fire Sculpture Garden (2022 Effigy) | Musselph, LTD | Big Money Grant Round | https://www.musselph.com/ | |
| Flora and Fire + The Double Poofer | Flora and Fire are a pair of flora inspired propane heaters: the first is a weld lotus flower made from a repurposed tower heater; the second is a welded wire flaming bonsai tree. The double poofer is an interactive pair of poofers controlled with latticework control pedestal backlit with LEDs casting geometric patterns onto the ground to draw in patrons. | Casey Moore | http://casecraftsworkshop.com/fire | |
| Hug Shack | Discount hug outlet. | |||
| HydraConflagulators, StratoBlaster and friends | Warming flames and an 8 channel interactive micro accumulator array | The Conflagration Station &Tao of Metal | https://www.americanelectronicrecords.com/conflagration | ||
| KaleidoTrip | KaleidoTrip is a jumbo kaleidoscope! It just might be the largest kaleidoscope you've ever seen. By day, the outside will be coated with acrylic drip paint. By night, the inside will be lit by LED. A hand cranked mechanism draws on the power of the body and the mind. Building on this year's theme of Portals, we invite all participants to view through the looking glass and imagine the shifting possibilities as we reconnect with our community. | Kimberly and Scott Butin | Big Money Grant Round | |
| Leafwing Flying Machine | We built a tremendous thing that converts sweat into joy. It looks a bit like the product of a merry go round that had sex with a teeter totter. It functions like a primitive flight simulator in which two humans belly up to then generate speed and lift through coordinated successive leg propulsions. | Green Light District | Seed Money Grant Round | https://www.facebook.com/LeafwingFlyingMachine |
| MegaloTorus | MegaloTorus leverages light - mapped over its translucent, diffusive membrane - to explore the dynamic flow of energy, as well as the infinite nature of the torus. | Jillian & Sierra Estrella @ Resistance and the Flow Bats | https://jillian.dev/projects/megalotorus/ | |
| One Million Points of Light | One Million Points of Light is a motorized fiber optic project that features user control and poetic motion. | Mike Lustig | Big Money Grant Round | ||
| Pasithea | Form meets function meets fire: Named for the goddess of relaxation, meditation, hallucinations and all other altered states of consciousness, Pasithea will warm your body while delighting your soul as the flickering flame reflects off bright copper. | Design/Build by Nate Harris, brought by Ronica Roth | https://pyr-arts.com/ | |
| Perspective - A portal | This intimate portal invites the viewer to participate in an introspective view through a magical interactive diorama. | Jessica Eary and David Hess | http://www.jessicaeary.com | |
| PINK PORTAL | A 512 RGB LED pixel, 8 hoop portal that can be walked through, with LEDs running to the music. | Don Miller, Pink Flamingos | Seed Money Grant Round | https://youtu.be/8DWvvGXRvEU |
| Rest In Peace / Lay it to Rest | Short prompts intended to inspire thought, decompression, emotional release, and catharsis. Come to the Resistance and the Flow Bats gRAVE yard and write on our headstones. | A Changeling/Nathan K | ||
| Scared Geometry and The Tesseract | A 6 ft zonohedron dome featuring 5,600 3d mapped LEDs alongside a spinning cube of LED panels. | Apollo Colorado | Big Money Grant Round | http://www.apollocolorado.com |
| Singing wheels | Come play my wheels with a rubber mallet! Enjoy the abrasively mellifluous ring. | Chip Carder - @ "CampTBD" | |||
| Sk8 Kamp Mini Ramp | Custom-designed miniature half-pipe (25'x16') w/fire-coping on one side | SK8 KAMP | Big Money Grant Round | |
| Slimey climby | Metal melting cube to climb on | Me | Big Money Grant Round | http://Vvolfy.com |
| Soleil et Lune | Collaborate with the Sun and the Moon and let's make some "art." Cyanotypes are non toxic photographic images using UV lighting. Join me every day at 1pm to create new pictures using found materials and our bodies. all ages encouraged to participate. Yep, even the toddler. At night interact with the canvas and the black light to create new imagery. Locations TBA. | Ms. Terious | Seed Money Grant Round | |
| Squirt Game | Squirt Game: You’ve seen the international movie sensation, you’ve wondered, could this possibly be real? Well at Apogaea, anything is possible. We bring you the live action Squirt Game: Red Light / Green Light as you’ve never played it before! The only way to survive is to WIN! | Stevolution, Ready and Captain Ron | Seed Money Grant Round | |
| Stuck in a Loop Zoetropes | A nighttime attraction featuring three stroboscopic 3d zoetropes. | Andy Blair | Seed Money Grant Round | https://www.facebook.com/Stuck-in-a-Loop-Zoetropes-101515759223868 |
| Temple of Toons | The Temple of Toons is filled with a soft space to hang out with dozens of stuffed animals big and small. At night, old cartoons projected on seven of the eight sides of the temple (a white 10x20 carport). Projectors will be on at dark until sunrise. During the day it will be a chill space to hang out and play games. Some tables and chairs will be set up during the day with games provided. | Izzy and Misfit Toys | https://facebook.com/ToonsTemple | |
| The Cauldron | The Cauldron is a propane fire art piece in which attendees can be mesmerized by the spinning flame effect protruding out of water. The Cauldron becomes a place for new friends to gather and stay warm while being spellbound by the fire. | Benigno Lopez | ||
| The Synchrotron | Fire art that synchronizes beats with patterns of MIDI solenoid controlled flame. 12 flame outlets that make small, short bursts of fire in beat with music. No accumulator or large flame is employed. 6’ tall & 6 in circumference. ’ | Created by Wrecker for Camp Apocalypso | |||
| Wizard Warmer | The Wizard Warmer is a propane fire art piece shaped like a Wizard Hat that oozes flames out of the sun, moon, & stars. Mingling around the Wizard Warmer is a great way to make new friends while staying warm! | Wizards | http://www.wizardscamp.org |
2022 Center Camp Events
| Date | Time | Event Title | Description | Event Type | Artist/Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | 11:00AM | Apogaea Historian Workshop | This will be another in the series of interactive Historian workshops led by the founders of Apogaea which date back as far as 2004-2005. Join us as we reminese about early Apo stories and legends. Please bring your questions, we'll do our damnedest to make up BS answers. | lecture, workshop | Schmid-E - Apogaea Historian and it's founders |
| Friday | 1:00 PM | Butterfly Disco Lounge presents Paint your own BLACK LIGHT BUTTERFLY | Attendees will be painting their own small wooden butterfly with black light/uv reactive paint. There will be some that can be worn as a pendant or totem and others on stands that people can display during Apogaea and then take home to remember Apo Portals 2022 forever. | workshop | Hosted by the Butterfly Disco Lounge |
| Friday | 10:00 AM | Find Ease Yoga Class | A short mindful flow to help cultivate a deeper connection to your body and soul. Finding ease within the different postures through breath and fluid movement. | Yoga | |
| Friday, Saturday | 12:00 PM | How to Make a Nifty Little Coptic Stitch Journal | In this workshop, participants will learn how to make a small 4.75”x 6” hand-stitched journal using the kettle stitch; aka the “Coptic stitch.” Come learn about the craft of bookbinding and nerd out about the properties of decorative paper. | workshop | Allison, Metamorphic Bookbinder |
| Saturday | 10:30 PM | LATE NITE PRICE IS RITE | It's LATE NITE PRICE IS RITE | Game Show | Dead Horse Productions, a holey-owned subsidiary of the Glitter Chickens Roost, LLC |
| Friday | 3:00 PM | Ms.Cellaneous Apogaea Pageant | Please join us as we bring back an old tradition, the Ms. Apogaea Pageant! All genders are welcome to perform. Dress up, practice your favorite talent, and provide a short blurb about yourself for the MC. Our judges and audience eagerly await your performance! | performance | Brought to you by the Center Camp Team |
2022 Departments
| Department Name | Summary | Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acculturation | Come visit this steel framed 10' x 20' canopy (Car Port) to find out about year round Burning Man opportunities and what it means to be a "Burner." | [email protected] |
| Apogaea Ice Store | Open to the public daily. Prices and times coming soon. "We will never run out!" | |
| BAMF (Emergency Services) | The Bureau of Apogaea Medical and Fire is lead by volunteers from our community to manage our emergency response personnel and ensure that when you cannot be radically self reliant as a community, we can assist you to ensure you can enjoy this event for years to come. | [email protected] |
| Center Camp | So whatever I write here will be included on the WWWW? | [email protected] |
| Department of Mutant Vehicles | We license mutant vehicles | [email protected] |
| DICE | Diversity/ Inclusion/ Consent/ Equity | [email protected] | |
| DPW (Department of Public Works) | DPW Annex at Center Camp. DPW volunteers will meet here or at DPW Ghetto, check your schedule for details. | [email protected] |
| DPW Fuel Depot (Department of Public Works) | DPW fueling station for Apogaea's departments. Theme camps can contact DPW in advance of the event to contract fuel services. | [email protected] |
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| DPW Ghetto (Department of Public Works) | Camping area for DPW volunteers. | [email protected] |
| Greeter Love Zone | Greeting Zone where we assist folks transition into Apogaea 🙂 | [email protected] |
| Historian | Historian department was created by and for the founders of Apogaea to share stories both online and in person at the event. We will be doing and in person lecture and Q&A session at center camp on Friday. Check the WWWW for details! | [email protected] | |
| Info Booth | Meeting all of your information (and disinformation) needs! | [email protected] |
| Rangers | Rangers are community members and participants who help Apogaeans who are having a less than ideal time at the burn. We help participants resolve conflicts, connect the community with resources, provide safety perimeters, and help those having an overwhelming experience. We are not law enforcement, we are participants here to help. If you, a camp mate, or a fellow participant is in distress or needs help, find someone wearing a radio and have them call for a Ranger. If you witness or hear a nonconsensual assault, find someone wearing a radio and have them call for a Ranger. Rangers will also be roaming the city in pairs, dressed in Khaki. Rangers will always be stationed at HQ, next to medical. We're a friendly crew, so feel free to drop by HQ to learn more about what we do or to share some love. | [email protected] |
| Volunteer Coordination | [email protected] |
2022 Events
| Date | Time | Event Title | Description | Event Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 6:00:00 PM | BLACKJACK | Come play black jack hosted by a professional black jack dealer. Bet what you can. Your necklace? Your socks? Your first born? | Game | Camp Mardi Gras |
| Thursday | 5:00:00 PM | Boob-Cookie Decorating & Cocktail Hour | Decorate your own boob-cookie w/ sweet DJ beats inTitty-Tiki Bar | beverage | Titty City |
| Friday, Saturday | 3:30:00 PM | Bubble bossing | TIME FOR BUBBLES | We will have live show with interactive bubble blowing and giant bubble show! | The Vibration Bubble |
| Thursday, Friday, Saturday | 9:00:00 PM | Bubble lasers | Laser and bubble show | Laser and bubble show | The Vibration Bubble |
| Flash Burger | We're by far the best 1950's diner in the valley. | food | Likely center camp | ||
| Friday | 12:00:00 AM | Grilled Cheese | Grilled Cheese at midnight | food | Camp Wyrm Food |
| Friday | 12:00:00 PM | Heart Opening Kundalini Yoga | Kundalini Yoga class, followed by a letter to the breasts | workshop | Titty City |
| Friday | 3:00:00 PM | Intergalactic Animal Party | Gravitate towards our animal sanctuary to get in touch with your wild side and drink jungle juice at our first annual intergalactic animal party. Space themed animal costumes encouraged. | beverage | Intergalactic Animal Party |
| Thursday | 5:00:00 PM | Le Bon Temps Gumbo at Camp Mardi Gras | The classic Camp Le Bon Temps Gumbo that you know and love being served at Camp Mardi Gras. Get you some gumbo!!! | food | Camp Mardi Gras |
| Saturday | 1:00:00 PM | Liszt and Lingerie | The Trick Worm Hole goes down-tempo - but high-brow - as we lounge to classical music in our finest lingerie. Bring your most unabashedly audacious undergarments and come ready... | music | Trick Worm Hole |
| Friday | 1:00:00 PM | Mardi Gras Lunch | Hurricanes and Muffalettas!! Come get a taste of New Orleans. They'll be available until they're gone. | food | Camp Mardi Gras |
| Saturday | 12:00:00 AM | Midnight sausage fest | At the stroke of midnight, sausage, buns and condements will be served to fuel you night time adventures. | food | Camp Wyrm Food |
| Saturday | 3:00:00 PM | MoooooOOP Parade & Singalong | Apogaea-wide bovine-themed parade focused on picking up moop, followed by cow disco! | performance | All of Apogaea (starts @ Titty City) |
| Thursday, Friday, Saturday | 8:00:00 AM | Morning Coffee | Coffee to start the day!!! Come by the 13th Atoll for morning coffee. | beverage | the 13th Atoll |
| Friday | 2:00:00 PM | Pampering Pantheon | Relax in our Goddess Station & be pampered w/ wine, grapes & palm fronds | relaxation station | Titty City |
| Saturday | 2:00:00 PM | Pasties & Body Paint | Come adorn your breasts w/ custom pasties & body paint | workshop | Titty City |
| Friday | 3:33:00 PM | Saber Flow Workshop | Padawans will create their own foam training saber and will build spirit mind body energy awareness by learning fight choreography/simple combat drills. Qi qong meditation warm up and circle up for some group discussion. | workshop | Lakewood |
| Friday | 10:00:00 AM | Saber Flow Workshop | Padawans will create their own foam training saber and will build spirit mind body energy awareness by learning fight choreography/simple combat drills. Qi qong meditation warm up and circle up for some group discussion. | workshop | Wizards Camp |
| Thursday, Friday, Saturday | 10:00:00 PM | SnoMos After Dark (Thu, Fri & Sat 10 pm+) | After 10 pm, our large, enclosed, comfortable public lounge becomes a 18+ restricted area for LGBTQ+ sexually-explicit videos and sexual experimentation | viewing sexually-explicit videos and sexual experimentation | Camp SnoMos |
| Saturday | 12:00:00 PM | SnoMos Snow Cones (Sat Noon-2 pm) | A camp of Colorado mountain men brought this year’s snowpack with us, so we’ll be gifting snow cones, both leaded (21+) and unleaded, from our large, enclosed public lounge, accompanied by uplifting dance tunes! From Sat Noon-2 pm, or until we run out of snow!! | food | Camp SnoMos |
| Friday | 6:00:00 PM | The 6/9 (+1) Birthday Party | Calling all cosmonauts! It is our camp lead's birthday, and the galaxy's premier cuddle lounge will be sharing sick beats as we blast off to unexplored worlds through the Trick Worm Hole. | music | Trick Worm Hole |
| Saturday | 4:00:00 PM | Udderly RiDiscolous Cow Disco! | Post-MoooooOOP Parade bovine-themed disco | music | Titty City |
2022 Mutant Vehicles
| Name | Description | Artist/Camp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callioplaya | Callioplaya is Calliope Circus Wagon with an operational air-driven calliope. | Camp Hot Meat Baby |
| Grizz Trimule MKIII | Lets go for an old school burner spin on the most comfy couch on the easter slope. | RockStar |
| Snail Bar | We are converting a 50cc scooter into a giant steel snail, with a slimy paint job and a bar in the shell. We will crawl around and serve slimy green cocktails to the people. | Slime Dogs |
| Tugboat Mickey and the S.S. Fuck Yer Burn | Eat Shark Coochie (charcuterie) and embark on this p diddy style land yacht comprised of landshark attacks on a tugboat towing a peddle boat. | CCL |
2022 Theme Camps
| Theme Camp | Description | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acrobatica Galactica | Fly and Base at the Circus of Outer Space | ||
| ApoCalypso NOW! | ApoCalypso reimagines the apocalypse as a new era where Love has vanquished Fear and all are invited to be their most creative selves! | ||
| Bass Station | Launch off to Bass Station | ||
| BSP BaseCamp | A signal to the skies, our pyramid lights the Dancefloor as our massive sound system resonates the valley! Join the us for a sound experience like no other! BSP BaseCamp! | ||
| Bush Doof: Bass Jungle | We gonna party like animals in our Bass Jungle. Come shake your tails with us! | |
| Butterfly Disco Lounge | The most colorful, coolest, sparkyliest, shiniest, glowiest, tripiest lounge you've ever seen! | |
| Camp Chaotic Love "CCL" | Providing Burner Chaos to Participants. | |
| Camp Count the Stars (CCTS) | Oh you think you can do it? pshhh | ||
| Camp dick pics | Take home a vacation pic of your genitals | ||
| Camp Name TBD | TBD .... what does it mean? | ||
| Camp of Questionable Character | Hang out spot with Kraken fruit bites on offer. | ||
| Camp Pangea | In a time of such great division Camp Pangea seeks to provide a place where people may unifiy, speak freely, and express themselves without the fear of judgment while being surrounded by a constantly shifting sensory experience. | |
| Camp Sugar | The sweetest little regional camp. | ||
| Campalicious | Stop by anytime for warm welcomes and good conversations! Tasty treats will be served around 2pm. | |
| Deities of Deliciousness | Join the Deities on journey of deliciousness, that will delight every sense. | |
| DPW (not affiliated with the Apogaea Department of Public Works) | Think you know? You don’t. | ||
| Electric Vehicle Charging Station | Finally–somewhere for all your 144v electric vehicle charging needs. | |
| Flash Burger | The best 1950's diner at Apo. | |
| Friends of the Floor | Join Friends of the floor for House Music, Karaoke, Yoga and more! | https://www.facebook.com/friendsofthefloor.music |
| G.A.F. Station | Give an F get an F | ||
| glampCAMP | home to the tower of redundancy tower: voted best sunrise/sunset view at apo since 2017 | |
| Going Back to Camp Camp | We’re all Going Back to Camp Camp | ||
| Grand Mayhem | “Mayhem… a state of rowdy disorder, elevated through sound, lights, and a community committed to creation of experience.” | |
| Grape Sluts | We like wine, ambiance, cheeseboards and we only play full albums - Grape Sluts | ||
| Green Light District & Woop Woop | Fabulous forest family friendly frolicking featuring a fully formed fantastic flying fixture. | |
| Happy Tap | Your one-stop shop for exploration, play, and late night dance parties! | |
| Hot Meat Baby! | Get your Hot Meat right here! | ||
| Hot Meat Baby! | Get you Hot Meat right here! | ||
| Intergalactic Animal Party | Where animals get spacey. | ||
| Iron-On-Maiden | Come over here and take off your clothes...I'll heat your up and send you off with something to remember. | ||
| Kidsville | family-friendly camping option | ||
| Magical Music | Electronic music DJ booth for House, Trance, Techno and everything in between. | https://soundcloud.com/lovicmano/sample-set-forest-rave-210928 |
| Mardi Gras | Let’s party like it’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans! | ||
| Maximilian | Out of place | |
| Narwhals | Narwhal sound camp | ||
| Orphan / Endorphin | We BUILD better burners | https://orphanendorphin.com/index.html | |
| Ouhlala French quarter | This year, our famous French camp "Ouh La La" got lost in the Jungle while on an expedition searching for the one and only Wild Unicorn. We'll offer you the chance to find your Apogaea lover during our French kiss competition. Then, join us for a daily frenzied dance on the rhythm of the jungle tribes. If you need more energy for vibing with us, and simply because we are French after all, we'll happily fill you with some stinky french cheese and delightful wine. Finally, a surprise for those finding the Wild Unicorn on our camp. | |
| P.L.A.H | Peace, Love, and Hugs (and sooo much more 😉 | ||
| Pink Flamingos | Loudmouth BroMos' | ||
| Pretty Pickle Camp | Cold Pickles, Warm "Pickles" | https://prettypicklecamp.p1r8.net/ |
| Radical Ripples | Casting Ripples of Sound, Sensation & Laughter | |
| Resistance and the Flow Bats | An active allyship, flow arts/skillshare, and counterculture music and support camp focused on radical inclusion and immersive art | ||
| Siberian Electric Company | Only Nuclear powered camp in all of Colorado | ||
| SK8 KAMP | Every city needs a skate park. We're the skate park for Apogaea! | https://www.facebook.com/sk8kamp |
| Skrambles**!* | Born from confusion and tempered by mild incompetence. No eggs. | ||
| Slime Dogs! | Hot dog! Slime dog! | ||
| SnoMos | Colorado mountain men brought this year’s snowpack with them, and they’ll be gifting flavored snow cones, both leaded (21+) and unleaded; and after 10 pm, our comfortable lounge has a 18+ restricted area for LGBT+ videos and sexual experimentation | |
| Space Potatoes | A place to escape the overwhelm, get comfortable, and not take things too seriously—except for potatoes, potatoes are serious business. | |
| Stay at Home Ravers [SAHR] | Stop by and see us, we're usually home. | ||
| Temporary Solutions | Fantsy cocktails or mocktails with live herbs and glowy shiny decor | ||
| TexASS | TexASS Invaders | |
| The 13th Atoll | A coffee camp - serving up coffee each Morning from 8 to 10! | |
| The Fruit Stand | Natural goodness for your belly | ||
| The My EDM Sector | Let's... go!! | https://myedm.info |
| The OG Way | Bringing the original gangster vibes your way! | ||
| The Secret World | Explore Arrietty, our flower-filled art space. | http://art.wakegraphic.com/arrietty | |
| The Vibration Bubble | The place for your ear holes! | ||
| Titty City | Everybody’s got em’, we think they’re great... Come celebrate with games, music & other titty-tivities. | http://facebook.com/TCApogaea |
| Trick Wormhole | Join us at the galaxy's premier cuddle lounge for a window seat to the universe expanding. | ||
| Udderly Delicious | Udderly Delicious Milk & Cookie Bar | |
| V.I.C.E. - Vietnamese Iced Coffee Experience | Do you love a caffeine buzz with an awesome eclectic experience? | ||
| Weirdos N 1 normal person | Sound camp, and sexual lifestyle postive | ||
| Wizards | Magic is really real, we are real Wizards. | http://www.wizardscamp.org |
| Wyrm Food | Late night food, Maybe Dragons |