Waking Life is the synthesis of the creative juices of all its participants. It’s this communal aspect that gives its uniqueness and diversified flavour. Hop on board, take the ride, cos we’re always looking for committed crew members. You can build strange installations, offer out-of-the-ordinary workshops, join the eco or caretaking squads depending on whether soil or wellbeing is your kink of choice, or lend a hand to one of the teams that make all of this weirdness possible.
Get Involved
Volunteer
Building, decorating, greeting, caretaking. Too much to sum up. If you’d like to be a helping hand before, during, or after the festival, you can register to volunteer (applications for 2024 are closed). If you’d like to volunteer throughout the year, drop us an email.
Eco
Waking Life is rooted in its natural habitat, the trees, the lake, and all the non-human lifeforms that have been inhabiting this area long before we arrived. It is imperative that we act as respectful stewards of our surroundings, and leave things in a better condition than when we arrived.
Art installations
There’s plenty of room by the lake and woods that we’re able to use as a beautiful backdrop for all sorts of art installations. Submit your project here. (applications for 2024 are closed)
Performance art
Our festival grounds and Casa Marmelada (the stone house by the lake) are a safe haven for the weird and unexpected. From meditative fishing trips to goofy puppetry, erotic restaurants to challenging gravity: we provide the playground, it’s yours to play with. (applications for 2024 are closed)
Apuro
The space for reflection, contemplation, dialogue, learning, feeling, evolving. Here we shift perspectives, flirt with boundaries, tickle taboos, and play with the unknown. If you’re interested in participating with a talk, a performance, an idea for a debate or a workshop, fill out the form and remember – the weirder, edgier and non-vanilla the better! (applications for 2024 are closed)
Creative camps
Creative camps are thematic bairros that add refreshing, weird & funky participatory spaces in the living areas of the festival. Spice up your camp and bring out your wildest fantasies. (applications for 2024 are closed)
Cinema
From dusk till dawn you will find our cinema or ‘Moonscreen’ gently radiating image and sound deep into the night. We are looking for documentaries, A/V performances, animated short to full-length films and more. Are you a collective, video archive, film festival or individual film maker? Reach out and let’s hit the screen. (applications for 2024 are closed)
Food shops
If you would like to contribute to Waking Life by providing tasty food or drinks, fill out our vendor application form. (applications for 2024 are closed)