Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia

very original : ) and fun

That is a great piece. Very nicely done, and nice production on the video. Wish I was imprisioned at Burning Man for a week.

Really enjoyed this. The mixture of the fantasy and reality aspects was very powerful. Extremely true and bizarre at the same time. Great pod.

its good to see how people from other countries can still relate to the American Dream.. Its cool as hell!!!

an interesting piece of work. the metaphore of the state locking you out of your dreams, or dictating what is or is not allowed, very chilling, yet all to true. art tainted by omni-present militarism.

one of the best camps,
we should set up a top ten camps countdown for burning man 08, this one gets one of my top 5.

This was one of the most interesting things I saw at Burningman this year. Also one of the only things I'd actually planned to do. I had all my forms ready to go and it was pretty amazing! An officer came in half way through the interrogation process and asked it I was a robot. Heh, I hope it is back next year.

Amazing Project.
So happy to see that someone took the theme somewhere different than just on a party level.
guards, barbwire, immigration forms and all.
The American Dream and American Nightmare in one!

Absolutely brilliant....this is what burning man is all about, creativity, expression and thinking/feeling/being outside the box. So sorry I missed the burn this year.....I'll definitely be back for '09 EVOLUTION.

HELLO Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia! Greetings from the D.L.A.! (Dream Liberation Army!)

We came upon your beautiful and thought provoking art piece one night as innocent immigrants, looking for an opportunity to live our dreams. Instead, we were brought in and prosecuted! Forced to fill out every ridiculous question on your forms!

When one of our clan completed the sheet she was still denied after being brought into your interogation room!

We decided that we must take matters into out own hands! This is America! People are fighting and dying everyday to protect our Freedom and our way of life! Who are you to tell us that we cannot enter Dreamyourtopia?!

So we rallied some troops and sent a spy in to scope out the situation. She notified us when she passed through your security and then BAM! we stormed your gates!

We tried to keep collateral damage low, but you know how that goes.

I must say, we did not anticipate such heavy resistance! Your guards were strong, but our weapons managed to get us in to shout "YOU ARE FREE TO DREAM! THIS IS AMERICA! YOU DON"T HAVE TO HAVE THEIR PERMISSION!"

It is unfortunate that such violence resulted;) But let me make our message to you clear:Thank you for being good sports and giving us something so moving that it prompted us to "go to battle!"

Dadara:

Thank you for bringing this to Burning Man~! Your creativity is what makes Burning Man the amazing place that it is. Please come back next year~!