Mathias Gullbrandson — From Event Production to Year Round Movement

The major festival in the Nordic burner community has since 2010 been The Borderland, that has grown from 12 co-creators into 2500 co-creators 2018. The Borderland is a playground between realities and dreams, where we co-create prototypes of our dreams. The Borderland idea has grown with inspiration from both Burning Man and Live Action Role Playing games, where the event Futuredrome (2002) was an important first merge. Burning dinners, smaller festivals such as After Glow and The Garden of Burning Delights, permanent spaces such as Noden and Illutron have offered the community year around activities. More and more members want to move from just building dream prototype into building something more stable for living. Recently new initiatives have been taken by community members to rent larger year around spaces, build houses, buy land and properties, and create digital platforms to support a growing year around movement. With this move arise new opportunities, but also challenges such as ownership, economy, organisation and how to apply our values and 10 principles to these new circumstances.