APOGAEA COLORADO BURNING MAN 2009 SECRET FILM

Apogaea (meaning "far from Earth") is an annual collaborative outdoor arts and music festival, held in late spring (June) on land under the umbrella of what is being called Utopia Town (http://www.UtopiaTown.com) at the Happy Ass Ranch (http://www.HappyAssRanch.com) near Lake George, Colorado. It is a Colorado regional counterpart for the Burning Man event. At an elevation of 9,300 ft., Apogaea ("Apo") establishes a temporary autonomous zone where radical self-expression, inclusiveness, bacon, and self-reliance are the hallmarks of its participants.

Like the Burning Man event, Apogaea includes art, DJ-music, live music, camps, and theme camps. Apogaea has a Creative Grants program that provides financial assistance for artists wanting to create visual art, performances or events, workshops, art vehicles, or theme camps for Apogaea; this grant cycle generally begins in January. In past years, nearly 50% of Apogaea's operating budget was given out as creative grants. In 2009 a second grant cycle (the "Bonus Round") was added to allow projects that didn't need as much time or money to complete to receive grants.

Theme camps at Apogaea have included the cowboy-themed Dome on the Range, the hillbilly-themed Smokin' Bones BBQ and Blues, the cat-themed Purrfectly Pink Pussie Palace, the Green Screen Project, and The Lair of the TWRG. Like many Burning Man-inspired events, fire art plays a large part, and includes performance art (fire dancing) as well as stationary art that incorporates propane or wood fires. Apogaea has generally had a central "effigy" that burns on the Saturday night of the event. However, all fire at Apogaea is subject to local or regional fire bans in dry or dangerous conditions; Apogaea 2006 was under such a ban and had limited propane fire art and no effigy burn. Effigies at Apogaea have included:


2004: no effigy
2005: Buddha
2006: Phoenix (not burned due to fire ban)
2007: Phoenix
2008: Squid
2009: Volcano

The Annual Optimum Life BURN AND TURN Life Transformation Retreat is held annually at this event by the Optimum Life Institute (http://www.OptimumLife.org)

Event Produced by APOGAEA
Hosted by Happy Ass Ranch
A contemporary documentary Enrique Montiel

Artists please contact Enrique Montiel to discuss any part of this not for profit and intended community service (video) by friends of the Happy Ass Ranch (host) and all of Colorado. THANK YOU!

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• APOGAEA
• COLORADO
• BURNING
• MAN
• 2009
• SECRET
• FILM
• UTOPIA
• TOWN
• OPTIMUM
• LIFE
• ENHANCEMENT
• ENRIQUE
• MONTIEL
• TRANSFORMATION