NoWhere (event)
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| First year: | 2004 | |
| Location: | Zaragoza Spain |
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| Month: | July | |
| Most Recent Event | ||
| Date of event: | July 2007 | |
| Participants: | 191 | |
| Website: | www.goingnowhere.org | |
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NoWhere is the name of an annual European arts festival which occurs in July near Zaragoza in North East Spain.
NoWhere is an event inspired by Burning Man and embraces its underlying principles of radical self-expression, radical self-reliance, no commerce and Leave No Trace. It is a blank slate waiting for you to draw on, providing the opportunity to be whatever you want, however you want.
Participation is the key element which makes NoWhere the inspiring event it is. Everyone is involved in some way in its creation and evolution. From set-up (erecting the main structures, building toilets and showers, décor, building art and personal projects) to clean-up (leave no trace), there are many ways to participate.
In 2005 NoWhere saw approximately 70 participants from England, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and the USA for a four day celebration of self-expression through art, costumes, music, performances and tomfoolery. Numbers doubled in 2006 to around 140 and included participants from additional countries Italy, France, Ireland and Bulgaria.
As with Burning Man, some participants organise themselves into Theme Camps offering a themed event or service to the event. 2006 camps included the Pirate Ship, Burrow Project and Hotel Palas. Art projects organised by groups or individuals are spread across the site, providing additional stimuli against the dramatic backdrop of a ruined hermitage and a sweeping view across the plains to the Pyrenees. Art projects include large and small scale sculptures, light installations and interactive art. In 2006 these included an inflatable UFO, a furry orange bouncy castle, a cage fighting ring, a giant pixelated UV face and a spinning model of the Burning Man.
Participants also provide events for each other based in the Middle of NoWhere, a central shade structure at the centre of the event. Events have included yoga, music, workshops, theatrical performances and free bars laid on by individual participants and/or groups.
There is a strong spirit of gifting at NoWhere, and it is common to find participants spontaneously offering each other food, drinks, stickers, massages, clothes and other presents without expecting anything in return. 2006 saw the launch of the NoWhere Post Office which extended the gifting to those unable to get to the event, who were able to send letters, cards and parcels to participants on site. In the same vein, participants were able to send gifts to loved ones in the Real World (also referred to as Somewhere).
Many participants communicate year-round with the NoWhere mailing list.
