Get your art, theme camp, sound stage or whatever else placed at What If!

Placement Application

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 30, 2026

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Placement applications for camps are CLOSED. We are only accepting applications for art placement until July 2. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or comments.

You can save your progress at anytime using the 'save and continue button', but please don't forget to submit! We can not see or retrieve partially completed 'saved' applications!!

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Art Grant Funded

Yes

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Grant ID

Placement applications for Camps & Art projects
CLOSE ON TUES JUNE 30, 2026.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Basic Info

Camp or Project Name:*

This name will be used to identify your camp or art project in the (WWW) What Where When publication, on the site map, etc. [max 50 characters]

Applying as:*

Art Project

Theme Camp

Sound Camp

Contact Info

*** If we attempt to contact you and receive no response within 72 hours, your application may be jeopardized. We will attempt to contact both the primary and the secondary contacts by all means possible. We highly recommend providing a secondary contact in case we cannot reach the primary. ***

Primary Contact Name:*

First Last

Primary Contact Email:*

You will be the main point of contact with the production team. Any questions should come only from you or your co-lead.

Primary Contact Phone:*

Secondary (Co Lead) Contact Name:

First Last

This person will only be contacted if the main contact isn't available. (Do not re-enter the Primary Contact info)

Secondary Contact Email:

Secondary Contact Phone:

Project Details

Are you a returning? Or a new?*

Short Description:*

Please provide a concise description of your camp or project. This is the description that will appear in the WWW (What, Where, When) guide to entice participants to come check it out! [max 150 characters]

Live Street Front, Length (feet)

Your Live Street Front is the length of public space measured along the main street at the front of your camp, that welcomes in participants. What length of Live Street Front (in linear feet) will you fill with public space accessible to participants?

Long Description:*

This is so we can get a clear picture of who you are and what you plan to offer! Please provide us with details about your vibe, your space, and the events you will offer. The more details you give us, the better we can place you! [max 1200 characters]

Total Footprint:*

Width x Length x Height (In feet). Including any space you need for camping and RVs Provide the unit of measure for total footprint in FEET. (Camps... PLEASE DO NOT SAY "SAME AS LAST YEAR" OR SIMILAR.)

Camp Frontage (Camps Only):*

Please describe the size and shape of your camp frontage. Your "frontage" is the public activity space facing the road that participants are invited into. Details about the size and shape of this help us place you! Please describe if you use a structure that has a particular shape (eg, 24sq m could be a rectangle or a dome!) If your set up is flexible, describe this as well.

Size and Number of Camping Vehicles (Camps Only):*

Please note that vehicles used for transportation must be parked in the parking lot. Only vehicles in which people will be sleeping may be located inside your camp. If any of your camp members are intending to sleep in cars, RVs, or camper vans, it may affect your placement.

Camp or Project Layout Diagram:

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, gif, png, tif, psd, ai, eps, pdf, doc, docx, rtf, Max. file size: 29 MB, Max. files: 5.

Please upload any additional documents (photos, drawings, renderings, schematics, etc.) showing your camp or project layout with requested dimensions. You are most likely to receive optimal placement for your project if we have a good map of your intended layout. If you don't have any drawings or renderings of your space layout, you are now encouraged to take five minutes to draw us a diagram of your layout (with approximate measurements), take a photo with your phone, and upload it.

Website:

If your camp or project has a website, please list it here. And/or supporting documents in the next section

Team Information

Do your key team leaders have previous What If experience?*

Summarize your previous experience*

Enter "N/A" if no experience

Total Members:*

Please enter a number from 1 to 200.

Please provide an approximate number of camp or project members.

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Do you wish to apply for Steward Tickets for your key team members?

What If is pleased to support camps and art by allocating discounted tickets to incentive early participation and help our team better plan for the event.

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How many Steward Tickets are you requesting?*

How many Steward Tickets do you require to ensure your *minimum* setup and operations team have tickets to the event. *Note that What If has limited Steward Tickets earmarked, and you may not receive the requested total. To best support all projects, we request that you limit your Directed Tickets requests to the minimum requirement for your project to build and operate*

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What are the role(s) of the key team members requiring Steward Tickets?*

What If has a limited number of total Steward Tickets, and it is possible that total requests exceed the overall allotment. The information in this field will allow us to add perspective to the requests and allot these limited tickets appropriately across the entire event. Note that we do not require the names of the key team, nor a list of specific individual roles. Functional team sizes will suffice (eg. Four setup and teardown crew, two venue management and six performers during shows, etc). *Note that we will observe your operations onsite, and mismatches between your Directed Ticket allotment, and your operational team in the field, will be noted and may affect future placement and ticket allotment decisions*

Planned Arrival: Date*

What day will your earliest team members arrive on site to set up your camp or project? Please note that the event opens to all participants Thursday, July 23.

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Do you require Early Arrival passes?

Answer "yes" if you plan to arrive and set up your project prior to What If Opening on Thursday, July 31..

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Early Arrival Entry Name #1:

First Last

Each camp or project allows up to 2 early entry passes. Please list your first early entry person (the name must match the registered ticket name for that person).

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Early Arrival Phone #1:

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Early Arrival Name #2:

First Last

List your second early entry person (the name must match the registered ticket name for that person).

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Early Arrival Phone #2:

Planned Departure Date:

On which date will you be breaking down your camp or project? All participants must leave no later than Monday, July 27 at 5 pm (Required to allow our Leave No Trace team to manage cleanup).

Detailed Placement Information

Do you share resources with another project which require you to be placed together in some arrangement?*

This could include shared power, shared performance area, or other plans requiring physical co-location or adjacency.

Describe the shared resources and collocation-requirements*

Describe the specific co-location requirements, including all the other involved projects and shared resources. *There is no guarantee you will be co-located as requested. Co-location requests will only be considered if all involved projects make the same request*

Location Requests (other than shared resources):*

Enter all detailed location requests or constraints here (eg. "Want to be in the forest" or "want to be away from late night sound camps", etc). If you share resources with another project and detailed this above, you do not need to repeat the information here. Provide detailed context for your request, so we can assess criticality. *We do not guarantee we can accommodate any request for a specific location, and we will not be receiving requests for revised placement once the detailed placement is assigned, so this field is your opportunity to detail any needs you have*

Required Project Plans

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Does your camp or art project require power?*

Power - Select the option that best describes your requirements:

Your camp or art does not use power (other than small personal devices).

You will be providing your own power.

You have applied for power through the Grants process

Our goal is to provide power to art and sound stages placed in areas we can service. Due to the difficulty distributing power to all areas of the venue, camps will be required to provide their own power unless EXPLICITLY notified.

Power Plan:*

Please describe your power plan by detailing the equipment, safety procedures, hours of operation, and the general size of your power requirements using the following criteria: SMALL <200 Watts (e.g. Art with LED strips, Chill spaces with fairy lights, Small Bluetooth speakers); MEDIUM 200-500 Watts (e.g. Production accent lighting, Art with multimedia/motors/fans, Consumer electronics); LARGE 500-3,000 Watts (e.g. PA speakers, Electric heater, Electric kettle, Blender, Freezer); X-LARGE 3,000+ Watts (e.g. Sound stages, Using multiple above examples, Specialized electrical equipment) Generator use can impact placement and safety. Please refer to the survival guide for generator best practices. We hope to reduce the number of generators in camps by facilitating resource sharing. Please let us know if you are willing to share your power infrastructure with others.

Leave No Trace Plan:*

Please describe, in detail, your Leave No Trace (LNT) plan. Who is responsible for the overall execution of the plan, what day/time do you plan to do your final MOOP sweep, what tools will you be bringing, and who will be onsite for tear down and able to sign off on LNT with our LNT team?

Waste Management:*

Who will remove the garbage, recycling, organics, grey water, and other waste from your assigned placement area and dispose of them responsibly during and after the event? If your camp or project generates waste or collects large audiences, what containers will you bring for waste management like bins, bags, or boxes? Bonus Question: How can MOOP cleaning be part of your project's culture and involve Burners at your parties, or in your art?

Leave No Trace Contact:*

First Last

Please provide the name of the person who will be onsite for teardown and will check in with the LNT team before departing.

LNT Contact Phone:*

LNT Contact Email:*

Do you have any elevated structures intended for public use?*

If you have any structures, stages, or art more than 18" above the ground that are open to participants, you must ensure participant safety in a way that complies with relevant laws and standards. If you have installations that are NOT intended to support people, please ensure that you have planned how to ensure people do not access the above ground area via climbing or other means.

Adult-Only Activities (other than alcohol):*

Our project hosts all-ages activities *and* adult-only activities

Our project does not host any adult-only activities.

Does your camp or project host entertainment which is not suitable for minors (other than serving alcohol)? i.e., sexually-explicit areas/entertainment, or other activities that some may consider not suitable for minors?

Are you planning any open flame for your camp/project?*

Our project intends to have propane cooking devices

Our project would like to discuss approval for propane heating devices

Our project would like to discuss approval for propane artistic flame effects

Our project does not have any open flame

Certified propane cooking devices are the only allowable source of open flame at What If. Any other source of open flame must be explicitly authorized by our Safety Producer

Are you planning to use lasers?*

Yes

Your use of lasers must not pose any hazard to participants.

Interactivity Information

**Please Note - Pre-Approval is Required for All Activities with Amplified Sound.

Hours of Interactivity*

Sunrise to Noon

Noon to Sunset

Sunset to Midnight

Midnight to Sunrise

What time(s) of day is your project most intended to be interacted with by the participants?

Interactivity:*

Please describe your camp or project's public interactivity to engage and include participants. Include details about the physical space hosting the interactivity if applicable. [max 500 characters]

Project Drawings or Photos

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Max. file size: 29 MB.

Please upload any photos or drawings that show the design of your project and demonstrate the intended interactivity.

Do you have space and are you willing to host a workshop?*

Yes

If you are offering any workshops, could the workshops be placed in Centre Camp?*

Yes

Art in Your Camp (Camps Only):*

If you would like the art in your camp to be listed on the map or in the guide, please provide details for each art piece, in this section. (You don't need to list art here if you are applying for art placement in a separate application.) For any art projects you are installing in your camp without submitting a placement application, please describe each project in detail. Note that all art in your camp is subject to the same safety considerations as your camp. [max 250 characters]

Additional Interactivity Notes:

Please provide any additional notes, information, or requirements you think we would like to know! [max 500 characters]

Amplified Sound

If you intend to bring a PA, the size and hours of operation will influence your placement. It is imperative that you accurately respond to these questions so we can place you in a location that is compatible with the programming you want to offer. If the information you provide does not match the equipment you bring or the hours that you use it, we will politely ask you to turn off your PA out of respect to your neighbors. Please review the event sound policy in the Survival Guide for full details on hours of operation and sound levels.

Do you intend to operate a PA in your camp or art project?*

Yes

What is the approximate size of the PA you are using?*

200-1,000 Watts (Typical pair of powered PA speakers)

1,000-10,000 Watts (Multiple powered PA speakers with subwoofers)

10,000+ Watts (Multiple subwoofers, can hear it from space. A “sound camp”.)

What time of day will you operate your PA?

ONLY between noon and 10 pm (day).

Mainly between 10 pm and 6 am (night)

Anytime between noon and 6 am.

Describe Your Programming*

Please describe the programming you intend to offer that uses amplified sound. Include the days/times for the various programs.

Amplified Sound Contact:*

First Last

Please provide the name of the person who will be responsible for amplified sound. Please note that event participants are not allowed to use paid vendors during any GVIAS event including paid professional PA technicians.

Amplified Sound Contact Phone:*

Amplified Sound Contact Email:*

Additional Information

Greeter Shift

Your camp can welcome people into our event by hosting a fun group Greeter Shift. It's a big part of Burner culture and can promote your camp's events... and it's a hoot! Check this box for more information on a camp Greeter Shift

Need access to ice for your theme camp offerings to participants?*

Yes

Is there anything else you want us to know in making placement decisions?

Additional info which doesn't fit anywhere else, including praise for the volunteers!

QUESTIONS?

Please feel free to email [email protected] if you have any questions!

For Art Placement questions, email:
[email protected]
For Theme Camp/Sound Camp questions, please email:
[email protected]
For any other questions, email [email protected]

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