Finally... The 2022 Video Collage Has Been Completed.

Not long after we all returned to Defaultia following our event in 2022, we asked you in the community to submit some of your photos and videos from OFF AND ON AGAIN to be used in a video collage.

It's been quite awhile but you know how rough decomp can be, especially with winter soon following. We're happy to finally be able to present to you a collage of our first in-person event in 3 years, told from your perspectives.

We can't wait for all that Mosaic 2023 will bring.

NBT Update!

Thanks to generous donations over the past two weeks, 20 additional Need-Based Ticket requests have been FUNDED!

Requesters:

Please check your email!

Notifications have been sent with either your updated place in line or details on how to receive your ticket. If your request was met, you must claim your ticket by 9/13 at 11:59pm.

If for any reason you no longer need the funding, please let us know ASAP so we can move the offer along to the next request in line.

Check your spam and search “Mosaic Experiment NBT."

Email NBT@mosaicexperiment.com if you cannot find an update.

Donors:

There are currently a few outstanding requests totalling approximately $350.
Donations can be sent to NBT@mosaicexperiment.com on PayPal.

If we receive more funding than the remaining need, funds will be held for next year's NBT program.

What happens when I make a consent report?

All reports move through the process outlined in the flowchart below.

Each situation is unique, and therefore the “next steps” section of the process is determined on a case-by-case basis.  Next steps may include simply listening to both sides and documenting, mediation, requesting extra efforts (such as taking a consent class), providing resources, working with the theme camp where the incident occurred, and/or advising the Event Leads in cases where ejection/banning is recommended.  

The goal of this process is to create an opportunity for the community to respond and hold each other accountable when there are breakdowns in consent. Our intention is to avoid public shaming or punishment - instead, interventions will be aimed towards education and improved understanding among all involved. We are not professional mediators. We are burners helping burners be radically excellent to one another.

For a more information on the response process or to file an online report, check out the Consent Team contact page of our website.

What is the Consent Team?

The Consent Team is made up of two main parts: the Education Auxiliary and the Response Team.  

The Education Auxiliary is a new branch of the consent team that will work year round to create a culture of consent at Mosaic Experiment.  On-site they work with greeters to enhance consent education as participants arrive, organize and run the consent workshop(s), and distribute consent literature and swag.  Off-site they use social media to engage the community in consent conversations and communicate important information regarding the consent team.

The Response Team collects information about consent incidents, maintains confidential records of all reports, and responds appropriately to each reported incident. The Response Team takes reports from anyone, at any time through the Mosaic website. You can make a report online here. 

During the event there is always a member of the Response Team "on call" and team members will also be available for casual conversations about consent. If you are in need of help from the Response Team you can ask a ranger or anyone with a radio to contact the “on call” team member for you.  You may also submit a written report to the consent report drop box located at the first aid station, which will be checked twice daily. 

Need-Based Ticket Program UPDATE!

In an attempt to meet as many requests as possible without leaving anyone scrambling at the last minute to get their ticket, the NBT program will STOP accepting requests after this Friday, August 26th, at 11:59pm. All requesters will be notified if their request was able to be met by Wednesday, September 14th. Any remaining unmet requests will be issued a ticket code and have an opportunity to purchase a full price ticket before ticket sales end on Wednesday September 21st.. 

To make a request, please fill out the Need Based Ticket Requests & Donations Form.

Requesters:  KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR EMAIL!

You should have recently received a program update letting you know your placement in line.  You will receive regular updates over the next three weeks, and you will be notified via email if funding becomes available for your request. 

If you can't find the email, search "Mosaic Experiment NBT" and look in your spam.  If you still can't find it, email NBT@mosaicexperiment.com.  

If your request cannot be met, you will be notified by Wednesday, September 14th and have an opportunity to purchase a full price ticket before ticket sales end on Wednesday, September 21st. DO NOT purchase a ticket without this code, even if it looks like tickets are going to sell out.  Your ticket will be accounted for with this code

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If you purchase a regular ticket before the program closes, it will be assumed you no longer need the requested funding to secure a ticket and your request will be removed from the queue. 

If you no longer need funding or require a lesser amount than initially requested, please respond to the update email you received or email us at NBT@mosaicexperiment.com so we can update or list accordingly.  

Donors:  We need your help!

If you have the means and would like to make a donation to the program, donations can be sent to NBT@mosaicexperiment.com on PayPal.  Current requests range from $40 to the full price of a ticket, but any amount can be utilized!

If you would like to donate an entire ticket or would like to provide more information regarding your intended donation, please fill out the Need Based Ticket Requests & Donations Form and keep an eye on your email! A program facilitator will reach out shortly with further details.

For more information check out the Need-Based Ticket Program page on our website.

Questions? Email NBT@mosaicexperiment.com

Mobility Motor Company

Hey y'all! It's Ester, one of the LNT leads at Mosaic Experiment. We're working on putting together a mobility shuttle for the first time and I, like a dumb ass, volunteered to coordinate it. Very Kateri has agreed to co-lead this effort with me.

We're still at the very beginning and we'll be putting together protocols, press releases, contingency plans, schedules, and lists of all the things as they are developed. We want to build something that will last, so we welcome your engagement, experience and enthusiasm.

If you're willing to join forces with us on the project, let me know. I have a bunch of questions, and I assume some of you do too. Let's start the conversations in the comments!

If you want to volunteer to be a driver, signups and more details should be available in the next week or so.

Ester, ymffgm and Very Kateri

mobility@mosaicexperiment.com

Out of the Mud - Episode Seven: Be Here Now

In this special edition of Out of the Mud, everyman and Corvus demonstrate the principle of Immediacy by recording the episode at the MOrg Summer Retreat.

We hear from the better half of the LLC, Dirtgoddess, on our need for both a Scribe to help our leads keep track of all the important decisions they make during the year, and the opening of the position of Ticketing Lead, one of the most important jobs within the MOrg to make sure you can all attend.

We also get a visit from our TACO (Transportation Authority & Car Oversight) AKA Parking Leads, Showman & Salil, who are looking for tributes, er... volunteers to step up and fill their seats in the golf carts as they detail their plans to step down as TACO Supreme after our event this year.

As we get nearer to the event, it appears the Out of the Mud Studio is quickly reaching some kind of critical mass and is threatening to collapse around our hosts.

Despite this peril, they push on and remind you in the community that for our event to be successful, we need you to volunteer!

For DPW fill out the Dedicated Possum Watchers Volunteer Signup Sheet

For all other Volunteer Signups: click here to volunteer!

Can't decide what department to volunteer for? Click here for a description of each department and their volunteer positions.

ONE BURNER, ONE SHIFT!

A Conversation on Consent

Let's talk about Consent! Part of being radically inclusive is creating a culture of consent at Mosaic.

What does that mean? In short it means, ask first. Keep in mind that other people are full human beings with their own boundaries, histories, and desires when you want to connect with them, and ask them if the interaction you have in mind sounds good to them.

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We can make sure we are doing it well by using the Four C's:

We CARE. We care about each other's well being and about our own and recognize that every human being is the authority on what works best to make themselves safe and happy. 

We COMMUNICATE. We ask directly and clearly for what we want. We invite collaboration and input from others to understand their desires and limits. We keep the communication going throughout the interaction and look for nonverbal communication also.

We show CAUTION. We wait to make sure a hug or a gift or our presence is welcome before we proceed and pay attention to context. We stay flexible and aware of changes in our interactions and check in if we sense that something might have changed.

We practice CONSENT. We ask if we can give someone a hug, take a picture, or slap their butt. We let people know about what exactly is in the cookie we are sharing. We look for an enthusiastic yes and respect no as the final answer. We look out for ways that someone's yes might be compromised by being altered or by social pressure and power dynamics.

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These things are nuanced and take work, but the payout is massive. When you are confident that everyone is on the same page, you can relax and enjoy the interaction a lot more.

A wonderful place to learn more and practice this kind of communication is at the Consent 101 Workshop that the Consent Team is hosting at Mosaic on Friday Sep 30 at 2:00 pm. Look for the location and more details coming soon!

In the meantime, we can start the conversation in the digital world. Do you have any consent memes or art you love that we can share? What does consent mean to you? How has consent culture impacted your life?

Share away and help build a culture of consent at Mosaic Experiment.

2022 ART GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED!

Big thanks to all of the artists who took the time to apply for a Mosaic Art Grant this year.

The flood of applications that came in between the original deadline and the extended deadline was quite impressive. We ended up with 15 applications and 11k in requests!

After careful review, assisted by our fabulous art grant selection team, and with the cooperation of several artists who worked with us in adjusting plans to reduce their budgets, we're delighted to announce 10 art grant projects for Mosaic 2022!

~MOSAIC 2022 ART GRANTS~

$360 to Sarita and team Spamarita to build the All Cats are Beautiful Temple 

"All Cats Are Beautiful Temple is an immersive, multisensory, devotional temple in tribute to the purrtheon of cats, pusses and kittens, where we honor the majesty and subversive beauty our furry, feline deities in their eternal struggle against human and canine oppression."

$300 to SpaceCase and team a Web of Caseys to bring you Anansi's Twisted Tales

"Do you like to spin a tale? Want to play a part in the collective creation of intersecting narratives? Come weave your words and pictures into Anansi's web of stories at First Fires."

$60 to Lady Bacchus to create For Your Light

"The talent show is always an amazing display of our communities talents. This year each participant will receive a special on again and off again trophy for their efforts."

$200 to Andi "Fluffy" and team SpielBound Creations w/ Syncytium to bring you Iris Rains: A SpiderMonkey Tribute

"Journey under the large kaleidoscopic parasol with a canopy of translucent colored panels, with small, freely spinning mirrors dangling to reflect the world around; by night, it will be lit by rainbow lights and will bear a flame at the top to be seen from afar."

$250 to Liz and team Cuddlefish/Hive to create Off (With Your Head) And On Again

"Participants symbolically "behead" themselves in a French Revolution-style guillotine whose blade is a glittering, immaterial beaded curtain. Reflect on what oppresses us or holds us back from revolutionary change, and symbolically “dethrone” the “ruler” within."

$150 to Princess for their human decorating project Open Your 3rd Eye

"Come adorn yourself and explore untapped wisdom -what will you discover when you open the third eye portal?"

$330 to Jonah and the Stoop Kids to create Stoop of Threeseus

"The third first stoop! Stoops are a universal meeting place, in his explorations stoop creator Jonah has found stoops to be a communal gathering point and place for strangers and neighbors to meet. Come sit stand or lean on the stoop to experience for yourself!"

$100 to Bitch Titless of team Titless for UniTARDIS Project Improvements

"The UniTARDIS Project is pleased to announce a carriage update that will enable us to easily traverse the timespace coordinates of Mosaic Experiment 2022 (linear time). We will be bringing time travel and mobile dance parties to all participants."

$100 to Daphne and team Teatime, bringing you The Wayward Teahouse

"The Wayward Teahouse is a den of refreshment, relaxation, and whimsical conversation in a beautiful bell tent -- fall down the rabbit hole and come to our tea party!"

$180 to artist Luna Melt for the creation of We Are In Space

"A cosmic tribute to our community's resilience through the last two years' cycles of hope, joy, and grief, changing like the continual dance between the sun and the moon above us - because we are in space, no one knows what's going on, I love you."

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Congrats and gratitude to all our artists and their teams! We can't wait to see your art!

Art Grants Have Been Extended!

Did you have a project in mind but ran out of time to get your submission in?

If you missed our announcements through social media, you’ve still got a chance to get your application in!

At Grant Applications have been extended to 11:59PM on Friday, July 29th Don’t delay, get yours in today and with a little help from a grant, you can bring your art project to life at this year’s Mosaic Experiment: Off and On Again!

Visit https://www.mosaicexperiment.com/artgrants to check out the details and fill your application out here: https://form.jotform.com/90493499626169