Monday, May 25, 2020

Event Drop

Breaking free of safety restraints, the Participant lunges for the nearest pack of cigarettes...



Saturday, May 23, 2020

VDF W:EEDP

Tonight at 10:51, come join Camp Tasty and EFAC for Witness: Eastern European Dance Party. Enjoy music primarily by Eastern European artists while watching members of the EFAC crew commit burning ♨️ art.



Morning at Virtual del Fuego

Saturday morning at Camp Tasty. I wake up too early as always, because it's light out. I can hear one of my campmates still moving around, and the hum of a fan, and birds conversing in sweet chirps and trills. Without putting on pants (cuz it's a burn!) I go out to see my sculpture in the morning light. Someone has added a new message overnight.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Camp Tasty at VdF

Virtual del Fuego begins Friday 5/22/20, at 6 p.m. Eastern time

The following schedule includes all events at Camp Tasty, plus events elsewhere in the virtual festival that we'll also be active in (like the Pony Burn).


All weekend (Fri. 6 p.m. -- Sun. midnight)  "How Are You REALLY?" -- Interactive sculpture on display in its own Jitsi chat space [linkage at this blog, once VdF begins]. You are invited to add your (bespoke) graffiti or make other alterations to the sculpture via text, to be implemented by Flightless as things evolve. [Unlike the traditional Temple structures, this sculpture is not burnable. It contains mixed media and is intended to be saved as a relic of our event, ideally even to be displayed at a future Actual Gathering of some kind! However, specific messages that you wish to be transitory can be added via small paper flags we will burn at the end of VdF.]

Fri. 5/22
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. -- Mocktail Hour with Fenriss and Flightless. BYO non-alcoholic drink ideas and ingredients.

12:00 -- Midnight Art -- Collaborative online painting with Diana Smiles on a single shared canvas. Link to communal canvas will be provided in the chat.

Sat. 5/23

(Ongoing / all day... Build Your Own Ponies! -- Everyone is invited to build their own burnable pony effigy, no matter how small.)

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Stitch and/or Bitch. Bring your own sewing, knitting, unexpressed grievances, TMI, or other projects. And your own coffee. We will gather to gripe, vent, overshare, and/or show off what we've been crafting. [Flightless]

1 p.m. -- Eric Likes String. Eric will demonstrate knots and ways to play with string. (Recommended: 10-15 feet of paracord, thin rope or clothesline.)

4:21 Potlook -- "Bring"/make/eat your own treats. If you give Cynthia the recipe, she will include it in a post-VdF recipe zine!

9 p.m. at the Main Stage -- The Ponies burn!

10:51 p.m. -- Witness: Eastern European Dance Party. Come back to Camp Tasty to enjoy music primarily by Eastern European artists while watching members of the EFAC crew commit burning art. [Bxiie/Filth] -- ZOOM link: https://www.zoom.us/s/91923555756

12:00 -- Midnight Art -- Collaborative online painting with Diana Smiles on a single shared canvas. Link to communal canvas will be provided in the chat.

1:00 a.m. -- 18+ Event: Camp Tasty's Kitty Kat Club Peek-A-Boo Revue -- Adults only! (video/music/slideshow)

Sun. 5/24
1 p.m. -- Pet Meet and Greet -- Bring your furry, scaly, feathered, or other critter companions to meet us!

3 p.m. -- Sharing the Outdoors. We will go for a walk "together" and share our respective gardens, yards, or other outdoor things. [Fenriss]

4 p.m. -- Death Café. Discuss end of life issues in a positive, compassionate conversation, with Death Doula and Crowned Priestess of Yemaya, Jhada.

8 p.m. -- Ghost Stories / Weird Fiction Hour. Eric will bring us his voice acting talents and read some spooky stories by EF Benson.

9:30ish p.m. -- Closing Campfire. Wind down at Camp Tasty with a virtual group hug. Transitory messages from the "How Are You REALLY?" sculpture, if any, will be burned.

VdF ends at midnight.

Mon. 5/25
Home MOOP Patrol!

Monday, May 4, 2020

V.D.F. is treatable with everyday household remedies...



VIRTUAL DEL FUEGO: A Free Virtual Burn Space

Fri. May 22, 6 PM eastern -- Sun. May 24, midnight eastern

Our beloved Diana Smiles has been making sure fabulous things happen, even if we can't all get together. Memorial Day weekend, Year of the Purell Hand Sanitizer, will be Virtual Del Fuego!

Art, music, spontaneous nonsense, collaborative craftiness, etc. -- all shared online. No tickets, no curfews, and no ticks unless you provide your own.

The Camp Tasty 4:21 potluck will be more of a potlook: bring whatever you're going to eat, and hang out with us while we eat too! Then, if desired, submit your recipe(s) to Cynthia to be compiled into a souvenir recipe booklet, sent out by actual postal mail after the event.

Saturday afternoon, there will be a Build Your Own Pony event, followed by communal (socially distanced) pony burning after it gets dark.

EFAC art will be featured, probably in the Camp Tasty portion of the online whatchamajigger. I'm building a sculpture now. It will be indirectly interactive and will change over the course of the weekend based on participants' suggestions and contributions. More details in this blog when I know more things!

VdF facebk group

Volunteer signup is now open.

Lots more info here: the Burning Pony Express.