We would like to invite you to the Dreams platform design & development brainstorming on Saturday 23 (or Sunday 24) February (location to be determined). Spots are limited, so please sign up soon (link at the bottom)

What is the dreams platform?

It is a platform where Kiez Burners who want to contribute to the event with an art or infrastructure project could apply with the community for a grant (aka “money”). On the dreams platform, everyone can post a picture, title, and description of their proposal, while answering some key questions. Ticket holders subsequently can vote which dreams they want to give money to with their ticket money. Our goal for this platform would not be limited to art grants, but also to function as a budget decision tool for more structural topics, such as gate, welfare or rangers.

Examples from Borderland:
- Big art project: http://dreams.theborderland.se/dreams/288
- Small art project: http://dreams.theborderland.se/dreams/392
- Small infrastructure project: http://dreams.theborderland.se/dreams/393
- Big infrastructure project (see Kiez Burn rangers/wonderers): http://dreams.theborderland.se/dreams/426
- A Midburn dream: https://dreams.midburn.org/dreams/373

why do we do this?

• Because dreams are fun
• The dreams platform is a powerful way to engage the wider community with the artists and art on the event.
• Empowering the community to decide on where ticket revenue goes to.
• Increase transparency in art grant distribution
• Unburdening central organization from decision making to focus on enabling the community to self-organize.

who should attend this design&development brainstorming

Of course, we will all vote on dreams, but who gets to shape and form this new platform?

Planning:

• Developers who want to contribute
• Dreamers with ambitions for an art or infrastructure grant
• everyone who has some experience in art and infrastructure grants would be super welcome to help shape how Kiez Burn will shape the dreams platform.
• Anyone who does not have experience but would love to play a more active role this year in art & infrastructure grants (Dream guides)
• Anyone who has a role in the central organization that would interact with art grants (power, finances, Kieze,...)

Dream guidance

after we roll out the dreams platform, the adventure has just started. We need people to help the dreamers find their way on the platform, in our organization, answering many different questions. You could help artists connect with power, water or site planning, and co-create the event by enabling everyone to find their unique spot at the burn.

Key questions we want to address on Saturday 23 or Sunday 24 February (10:00-17:00)

• agree on the needed tech requirements for the dreams platform for 2019 and path towards it
• how would finance link in
• how will we ask all the questions we have asked art grants last year within this dreams setting
• what kind of grants do we allow? (food, drinks,...)
• how do we prioritize or flag infrastructure dreams
• how do we correct for the bias towards small art grants and enable bigger art grants to collect the needed money
• how many votes does anyone get and how can ppl distribute their votes (can someone give all their votes to their own project?). How much money is one vote? (if at all)
• what is the supportive organizational framework (dream guides)
• what is the timeline (until when can ppl submit dreams, until when is voting, when do we let artists know they are funded)
• how do we check if the project actually happened?
• As a lead of for example water or power, how do I know which projects need water/power and how do I get in touch with the artists?
• Borderland uses something that is called "dream guides", who are people who help projects and artists through the dreams system. What do we do?

Sign up for the dreams platform design & development brainstorming

*Please sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/dkPQmdRxIMkdNjlx1 *

Interesting links

• Borderland dreams discussions: https://talk.theborderland.se/g/iHdbkqPD/dreams
• The Kiez Burn tech squad lives here: https://talk.kiezburn.org/d/svZtxNSX/tools