The final placement of theme camps and art projects on the lawn of Keanae (our playa… submit great name below) will be released shortly. This year we even have our own esplanade as we have cleared out so much brush that a raised walkway around the camp was revealed.

Chris Kasak took the preliminary Placement Map and made our very own disneyland-like map! The location of some things has already changed, and more theme camps and art has been added, but I hope you enjoy this DREAM of SOURCE as much as we did when we received it.

Click the Map for greater detail. Play “where’s waldo” and find: The Wombroom, The Colorbox, Angry Birds, The Glass House, Choice Bar, Pirates and Ninjas and much more. Share your favorite finds in the comments.

Aloha MAUI and fellow expressed artists and Visionaries of the World:
We have extended a warm welcome and invitation to you all to come share art, healing, music, food, performance and self-expression with us on a blank canvas called the Keanae Peninsula starting February 17th, 2012.

Last year the event sold out again at the gate. This year we made a decision that there would be no sales at the gate and no day passes offered. The reason for this is that the entire vibe is raised when we are all in this together for four days sharing our gifts. Something magical happens when everyone is together riding the complete arch of SOURCE from beginning with the creation, to gifting and expressing all the way through to leaving no trace at the end. The two single events at SOURCE where all action stops are the opening and closing circles. We believe that all of our experience is enhanced and completed with the full festival experience.

However, in recent weeks many voices have spoken out in person, facebook and this blog with the desire for DAY PASSES.  We’ve heard stories of parents visiting, work which won’t budge, affordability of a full pass, and simply put, a hesitancy about committing, among a number of others. Just as we hold the other core values of SOURCE, we seek to embrace the island of Maui, listen and adapt. In the spirit of inclusion, and of sharing this with everyone, we want to hear from you.

So, we put this out to the community at large: How do you feel about Day Passes to SOURCE? Please share your opinion in the comments below. We will take every comment into consideration– well expressed opinions will have more credence than simple votes.

And one final note: Full memberships are available for purchase online as well as island locations where the current price is $180. Tomorrow, February 1, the price goes to $200. The last place and time to purchase membership (which includes your ticket, the full festival pass) in person for $180 will be at the Fundraiser “Our Beats are Broken” at Casanova’s on Thursday.

Thank you, please share your thoughts on DAY PASSES below.

Your ticket price includes two amazing meals per day.

The kitchen crew has been working hard to perfect their expression– using as much local organic food as possible. Part of the mission on the Seven Years of SOURCE is that we are entirely sustainable locally. We are growing gardens currently and support local farmers.

At the SOURCE festival, we will be serving breakfast from 7am-10am and dinner from 6pm-9pm.

At dinner time, performance in the dining hall is welcome.

Lunch will not be served. Snacks will be available, however you are invited to bring lunch and snack gifts to share with eachother.

Everyone is a participant with Reuse Reduce and Recycle when it comes to meal times.

You MUST Bring your own eating utensils and drinking Vessel.

Those whom are prepared for meal times with proper tools to eat will be served first, those with out will have to come prepared when possible.

Participants are responsible for the sanitation of personal plates, bowls, cups and silverware.

It is mandatory that items for obtaining and eating food are clear well before standing in line to eat.

To keep eating wares cleanest do right after meal, wipe with napkin and then rinse, sanitize and wipe again.

The final deadline for Art Grant Requests for SOURCE Circus of Dreams is January 5th, 2012. Grants are made where we think a cash infusion will make the most difference to the project happening. We don’t intend to promote one art piece over another, however in the interest of transparency wil list the first roll out of the art grants.

Interactive LED SOURCE Logo by Jerry Isdale

Logo Fuego (metal Source logo sculpture) with Digital RGB LED tape (waterproof) and provide interactive control over the color patterns that play out. Device will also have non-interactive mode that plays preset patterns. Interactive modes can include:

* therimon style hand gestures (IR/Ultrasonic sensors)
* sound activated (music, voice, etc)
Initial setup for 2012 will provide basic platform of colored LEDs, controller and simple interaction in waterproof enclosure. System will be open source design and accessible for development of more patterns & interactions in future years. Art will stay with Source.
Ya’ll know me and Maui Makers. My resume is mostly software and defense projects with art/animation way back in time. This will be one of the first new projects in the art/maker area for public consumption. Intent is to have it operational by mid-January and have it on display at TEDxMaui Jan 22.

SOURCE Radio Station by Ben, Carey, Trevor, Tobin, Markus, John

This project may be granted further depending on fundraising in the next couple of weeks and remaining art grant budget.

BSOS LP FM and Live Streaming Internet Radio

Goooooood Mooooorning BSOS! This year for Source we propose to have an LP FM radio station. We will build a radio booth and public lounge that will be part of Camp Exotica. The soundbooth will be a live action area where different radio personalities, show hosts and DJs can share their talents, all of which will be broadcasted as far as legal limits allow.. Ehem… This will provide radio access to those driving into Keanae, at the park n ride areas, while riding on the shuttle as well as throughout the entire camp. The signal will also be picked up by a local receiver and streamed live on the interweb, sharing our broadcast with the world in real time.

There’s more….This will also be an internet based radio station before and after Source, which we intend to have on the air by January 1st. We are seeking talent ASAP. (See bottom for call to action.)

We will be encouraging people to bring transistor radios to tune in to music, shows, PSA’s and Source announcements.

Foot Print and Camp: We have applied for a camp space that is close to a power source and neither next to either a very loud music camp or a quiet zone. The lounge area will be broadcasting the live shows from within the studio. The vibe will reflect the energetic of the on air personalities. This will sometimes be talk shows and other times energetic music. There may be dancing. Our ideal spot request is at the end of the drive way towards the water – sort of past where the microrave was, but close to the water and facing in to the circle – hoping to draw power from the cabin. Second choice would be almost directly opposite of that across the circle where we can draw power from the Medical Bunker – however – the Camp Exotica would be ideal place to lounge at the edge of the sea!!

We need 2-20 amp circuits only a for a small sound system, some lights and radio equipment.
An additional circuit located up at the cafeteria for our antenna and a wireless router will be required. We may need to mount this on the roof.

SEEKING ON AIR TALENT
BSOS LP FM Radio seeks DJs and on-air shows that, paradoxically, represent the spirit of the Source community by playing what you typically don’t hear everywhere else at Source, in the DJ booths and dance tents.
We are looking for all types of music: unique, thought- provoking, silly, sexy, from lands faraway, etc. We are also seeking shows – like talk shows, psychic networks, dating show, sex talk, walk-in self-help, radio theatre, news or anything clever you can come up with.
We will be also accepting submissions of completed shows for the BSOS website and live streaming podcast that should start later this month.

There are a few protocols that everyone must follow:
Shows can be from 1-2 hours
You must be available to do PSA’s for Source. (We encourage an open studio policy for sharing updates on festival activities.)
You must be able to fill your shift responsibly and respectfully.
If you’re interested in joining our on-air team, please submit a description or sample of your show.
Prerecorded sets are also strongly encouraged and will begin receiving airplay prior to the festival. Audio accepted in mp3 format. Contact us with any questions below:
(email: louderthantelevision@gmail.com )

The team of BSOS @Camp Exotica all have a passion and expertise in the field of music and broadcasting.
Ben Yashon. – Audiovisual professional,Director/KAKU-FM, Musician, Pirate radio aficionado
Cudra Clover – Radio show host and Podcaster, DJ, Musician, Pirate radio aficionado
Trevor Arnholt. – Audiovisual professional, Musician,Pirate radio aficionado
Tobin Lindel. – Audiovisual professional, Musician, DJ, Pirate radio aficionado
Marcus Kuenzel . – Web developer, IT professional, Musician, Pirate radio aficionado
John Bruce – Engineer/ MANAO radio, Pirate radio aficionado

TOP SECRET: Puppets by Anthony Simmons and Maya Disanto

$100 Granted
Anthony received an art grant for Source 3. My diorama of an ahupua’a turned out well and it was a good representation of the old Hawaiian community lay out. For Source Four he did a video collage on dancing that can be seen on his youtube channel. Maya received an art grant previously to face paint at the gate.

Yoda Dome by Scott Provonsha&lt

Scott Provonsha has been a long term SOURCE artist inventing the Vader Dome and generating the SOURCE power grid. His ventures into the interactive world of sound are inspiring. The Yoda Dome Is an Audio Visual Experience using Sound waves Produced By a computer Controlled By an xbox Kinect to form patterns On a Sand Board. A person can enter the dome and take complete control of an audio tone. Raise its pitch change its oscillation- and control the volume by movements of their body. That tone will also be passed threw a 4′x4′ sand box which will form different patterns as the tone changes.

Fine Art Circus Animal Banner Print by Ben Christ

Granted: Cost of printing banner for entrance at Festival, 6′x 2′.
Ben Christ has been a long time SOURCEr, having assisted Andrew Jones and Phaedra with the creation of Phadroid in the early years of SOURCE. His own art has evolved from his mentor’s work in ways that we are lucky to experience. This image was painted digitally from scratch, meaning no other images were “photoshopped” into the work. It is a raw original piece and we look forward to seeing this piece blown up as a fine art entrance piece for the festival.

Bellum OS by Casey Scalf

Using a projector and multiple cameras, people can intuitively navigate content, engage reactive audio & visuals, and do so in a collaborative manner with people next to them, or oceans away – All of this on virtually any surface.
The modes for interaction include sound, touch, motion/gesture, integration with many popular smart phones and touch pads, as well as object detection.
Multiple modes of interaction, combined with synaesthetic experiences in a collaborative sense are key to the rich communication and sharing of ideas.
This will affect people in a positive way by introducing/progressing ways of natural interaction with technology that are absent in the traditional mouse/keyboard paradigm. In essence, freeing people from the norm of mouse and button by taking the material away from “flatland” and into the physical space.
Casey is a photographer, painter, Video Mapper, Vj, graphic designer, and programmer with training both formal and experimental in these areas.

He has created multiple aspects of the whole experience before, but in unconnected form.
Included is a link that shows some of the early testing, it has progressed much more.

Shattered Beams by Chris Patrick

Projection mapped scene, either from foam board triangles or possible on features of the architecture in the gym (on the wall and possibly ceiling, or with pieces hanging from the ceiling). Leverage the white walls and rafters and the basketball hoop might be up so we could possibly mount some projectors up there.

For ‘Shattered Beams’, we play with the notion of fractured images creating new beauty that escapes the traditional modalities. A ‘normal’ rectangle projection shape is seen showing imagery of peaceful dreamy scenes (possibly with audio depending on what other exhibits are going on). This would be the ‘idle’ state. There will be a certain area with motion detection that will ‘awaken’ the piece causing it to shatter up into the sky, still playing connected imagery but now in triangle foamboard shapes bursting up the wall (or possibly hanging from wires from the ceiling). From there, the levels of interactivity can go deeper – we have the option to assume controls of various effects playing throughout the entire scene using the Kinect and gestural control, or we can play with various interface devices like a wii fit board or perhaps my friend’s brainwave reading device.

Chris is a working developer for Rio Salado College in Phoenix, Arizona by day and by night he runs an impressive audio visual group called Voidmine. I have created and shown several interactive and projection mapped pieces in various settings (mostly installations for rave type events). I made a kinect piece called ‘LightBody’ that was featured on several kinect hacking blogs such as KinectHacks.com (http://www.kinecthacks.com/kinect-lightbody/). He was also a consultant on the Colorbox.

Video Resume of projection mapping pieces:
Hanging panels at different depths:
Augmented Sculpture Sample:
Box Mapping
Dual projector scene:

The AION by Michael Gaio

The AION EVA project is an interactive art-tech installation designed to allow people to explore archetypal meaning and transpersonal identification in both conceptual and tangible ways. Using special archeo-astrological software in coordination with a light / sound sculpture that is based on fundamental cosmological geometry, AION : EVA is an engaging and stimulating participatory experience into the wonders of the cosmos and psyche. ‘Think outside the box–and FEEL inside the cuboctahedron!’”

The Ticket by Craig Eckert

Craig’s installation is essentially a bed. However, it reveals the essence of our festival in two ways. For over ten years, his installation at Burning Man has had entirely magical and unintended consequences. Further, his piece essentially captures the image we have chosen for the ticket. A bed upon which to dream.

This is the FIFTH year of the Festival. We have news on Art Grants, Theme Camps, Music, the Healing Arts, Franklins, Performance, Theatre, Culinary Arts, and new Slides and Video. Please come Wednesday night to find out why SOURCE is so much more than just the best party of the year on Maui.

It’s “Circus of Dreams”. This Wednesday the 14th of December, we’ll be hosting our weekly meeting in Paia and opening it up to give an overview of how SOURCE works. If you are new, you can hear how to plug in and if you have been to SOURCE before or been to Burning Man, we will share what is new and different this year. All good things. All great things.

And we have 5 killer art posters to share for distribution on the island.

Details on facebook.

For 10 days, we build a space on beautiful Keanae overlooking the bay. For months and months we reach out to our community to find out how we can best serve the expression of the arts. For FOUR days, we host the greatest arts festival that we possibly can. Art includes culinary and digital, it includes performance and installation, as well as lecture symposiums and of course healing and music. Our intention is that you have the opportunity to manifest your dreams. The theme for February 2012 is “Circus of Dreams”.

Art grant requests are closed for 2012. Please check the blog to review the projects that received funding.

Soon after a meeting five years ago on Maui to launch a Burning Man Regional, the name “SOURCE” beat out the name “Imagica” by one vote. The festival was launched without any financial backing besides the first 20 tickets purchased by folks at that meeting.

Graphic design, video and other artists quickly were inpired to create media that would represent the newly buergeouning community. Chris Hudson created the SOURCE logo with it’s timeless form seemingly showing opposing elements of water and fire as one.

The first paper tickets were also created by Chris. The first year, the logo was almost completely hand drawn. The second year, some digital design elements were added to the background of night sky and clear skies.

Year three, the ticket by Gabe Mott was designed completely on a computer incorporating the same floating halating circles that showed up on the Colorbox, his interactive art installation.

Finally last year, Andrew Jones, a worldwide accomplished digital artist, created a massively detailed work incorporating a descontructing SOURCE symbol with waterfalls and rainbows.  Andrew and Phaedra also launched an art performance at SOURCE 2 called Phadroid that has since travelled the world.

So what about the ticket for SOURCE: Circus of Dreams?

Well, it looks likely that we’ll be going back to the root design elements from the first year of SOURCE. The Chicago artist, Robert Soller, known within the SOURCE community for creating classicly modeled paintings of animals playing bop, has submitted an artpiece that will certainly be used for promotional posters. And may well be used for the ticket! All hand drawn.

Submit your own ticket:

What do you think? In the interest of inclusivity and inspiration, we are opening up submissions of artwork for the SOURCE: Circus of Dreams ticket design for one month. If you have artwork you’d like to have on the paper ticket for next year, please submit it to ART@sourcemaui.com by October 15th. To access the logo, you will find a jpg and Adobe Ilustrator file here. You are allowed to change the colors.

Ticket Image Submissions:

Enjoy the detail in Soller’s work:

Update as of October 10th- We have a second submission for local Maui artist Benjamin Christ. This one is horizontal. Click the image to see it larger.

Update as of October 11th- Our third submission comes from local Maui artist Stephanie Clifton:

And now, a submission by another local artist: Arcane

This one is from artist Joni Garcia:

This image is from Jesse Noemind:

The dates for SOURCE 2012 are February 17-20.
And the theme is “Circus of Dreams”.
We invite you to create art, performance, music and yourself to embody the theme.

The theme for SOURCE 2011 was 4. It was our fourth year, and the numeric conotation and length of metaphorical (meta4) application and use in our lexicon (4) was too irresistible to resist.*

Next years theme can be anything.

4 as the theme really succeeded in emphasizing the lasting quality of our crew and our mission by ingraining the fact that we are four years old.

The mission has been stated: “To foster the growth of the arts in our community”.

SOURCE Year and Theme
2011 4
2010 Soulution
2009 The Great Expression
2008 Water and the Feminine

For inspiration and Analysis:
Burning Man Year and Theme
(prior to 1995 there was no theme)
1995 Good and Evil
1996 The Inferno
1997 Fertility
1998 Nebulous Entity
1999 Wheel of Time
2000 The Body
2001 Seven Ages
2002 The Floating World
2003 Beyond Belief
2004 The Vault of Heaven
2005 Psyche – The Conscious, Subconscious & Unconscious
2006 Hope and Fear: The Future
2007 The Green Man
2008 American Dream
2009 Evolution: A Tangled Bank
2010 Metropolis: The Life Of Cities
2011 Rites of Passage