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Winter Burn 2025

Aurora Mystica: Lights of Connection

January 24-26, 2025

HEARTery: Guidelines and Information

Welcome! We're delighted you're interested in displaying your 2D art at Burn2's Winter Burn!

Use this page as your reference. If you have any questions contact Huntres Catteneo. You can send a notecard inworld.

Welcome to Burn2!

Here’s what you need to know:

We follow the:
Ten Principles of Burning Man,
AND SL Terms & Conditions,
AND SL Moderate "M" Maturity Rating.

As with all Burn2 events, we follow the Decommodification Principle (as required by the Burning Man organization), so please refrain from putting out:

  • Tip jars
  • Group joiners
  • Club or event advertising
  • Commercial or promotional items
  • Landmarks or slurls to off-playa locations
  • In-chat promotion spam

We do encourage you to enhance your SL profile so you can direct people there for more information about you.

The following is an envisioning of the Winter Burn event theme.

Concept:
Inspired by the Northern Lights, this theme celebrates unity, connection, and the magic of shared experiences. Like the auroras, individual contributions blend to create a magnificent whole. The focus is on how individual creativity and energy come together to form a collective, beautiful phenomenon.

Visual Style:
Dynamic auroras created using particle effects that light up the sky in vibrant colors.

  • Ground-level holographic art installations and glowing pathways that guide participants to community-built spaces.
  • Light-emitting sculptures and interactive art pieces that respond to touch or movement, symbolizing the ripple effect of connection.

Activities:

  • Light-Painting Workshops: Guests use interactive tools to “paint” temporary light trails in shared spaces, contributing to a collaborative art piece.
  • Group Meditations Under Auroras: Participants gather in open areas to relax and connect beneath shimmering light displays.
  • Musical Performances Synced with Light Shows: Live music synced to dynamic light effects, creating a multisensory experience of sound and visuals.

Winter Burn 2025 Schedule

BUILD PERIOD: January 5-22, 2025
ART DEADLINE: SUNDAY 19 January at 11pm SLT (23.00)*
EVENT: 24-26 January
AFTERGLOW WEEK: 27 January - 01 February
THANK YOU PARTY: 02 February noon-midnight SLT
LNT DEADLINE: SUNDAY 02 February 11pm (23.00) SLT

* Please have your art in place and ready to be checked by the deadline (WEDNESDAY 22 January at 11pm SLT (23.00)) so that we have time to complete all checks and have any needed changes or adjustments completed before we open. Thanks!

** We like to ask artists to please let us leave their art in place through the week after the event closes (afterglow week), so visitors can enjoy it all when things are quieter. At the end of afterglow week, we practice "Leave No Trace" and pack everything back up. If you gave us your art to be placed, we will take care of returning it to you unless you direct otherwise.

The end of afterglow week, the "Leave No Trace" deadline, is no later than 11 PM (23.00) SLT ON SUNDAY 02 February. There will be a takedown/thank you party on the same day from noon till midnight. YOU are invited!

Winter Burn 2025: Aurora Mystica 2D Art Rules

MATURITY RATING

In keeping with the "M" (Moderate) maturity rating of Burn2's regions, adult content in 2D art is not allowed.

PANELS

  • We are seeking SL or RL photography that is in keeping with our winter theme.
  • Put your pixel dimensions (example: 512 x 512) or aspect ratio (example: 16:9) for the image into the description field on the General tab of the texture.
  • We will accept up to 4 textures per artist.
  • Permissions: full permissions preferred, but will discuss if you need different permissions.
  • IF YOU USE PBR MATERIALS: Keep in mind that many may still not be able to see PBR materials on your fabulous build. You can create “fallback” textures on your build for those not on PBR enabled viewers, while using PBR materials on the same objects. It’s more work - but there will be people who may not be able to see the new materials. It’s up to you but without fallback textures, some folks will only see white/grey coloured builds.

SCRIPTS

  • Since we are accepting textures, scripts are not allowed.

MEDIA

  • We will not allow media on prims - the HEARTery parcel will not be cut and so media will interfere with music at the stage.

LIGHTING

  • If you send your texture full perm, you can specify if you want glow on the artwork. Please, use glow sparingly. The effects of glow multiply in an area, so if few sources, strive for a maximum of 0.05; if a lot of glow sources, a total maximum of 0.02.
  • We will set lighting on the artworks for best viewing.

BOUNDARIES

  • We will accept up to 4 textures of your artwork, and depending on how many submissions we get, we will utilise the space available to display your artworks.

GOT QUESTIONS?

If you do not understand something that is stated in these guidelines, please ask.

Not sure about something you want to do on your panel? Ask us.

We love people to be better informed and feel better about what we do and why.

>CONTACTS

Creative Vision, Can I Have/Do: Wondering if your idea will fit in? Want to make a placement request, or just have a question? Ask HEARTery coordinator Huntress Catteneo or iSkye Silverweb.

If you haven't signed up to volunteer and would like to: Volunteer Registration.

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