WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PARTICIPATION, THE OUTCOMES OF COMMUNAL EFFORT AND THE VALUE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
Our participants are a year-round community of radical thinkers, dreamers and doers. We come from all walks of life and all corners of the globe.
By pooling the collective resources and skills of this diverse group, we hope to grow and support a flourishing community dedicated to the propagation of participatory arts and culture in Brisbane, Regional Queensland and northern New South Wales.
THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITES FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY — WE STRIVE TO BE RADICALLY INCLUSIVE, IRRESPECTIVE OF ONE'S BACKGROUND AND SITUATION.
Modifyre means something different to everyone that attends.
Nevertheless, our participants show up year after year, volunteering their time, skills and energy to create this five-day event in a paddock in regional Queensland, in which anything can happen.
MODIFYRE'S ETHOS IS BUILT ON A SERIES OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES
which act as guidelines for the worldwide Burning Man Regional Network. As such, the event may be understood as a celebration of a way of life lived consistently with these principles.
Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Modifyre. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
Gifting
We encourage the spirit of unconditional gifting.
Decommodification
Our community resists the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
Radical Self-reliance
We encourage individuals to discover, exercise and rely on their inner resources.
Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual.
Communal Effort
We value creative cooperation and collaboration.
Civic Responsibility
We value civil society and care for our community spaces.
Leave No Trace
Our community respects the environment and leaves no physical trace.
Participation
Transformative change can occur only through deeply personal participation.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is the most important touchstone of our culture.