Effigy and Temple Submissions Open

Do you know how much we appreciate artists in our burn community? You should because each and every one of you are or can be an artist at Mosaic Experiment! Want to build something insanely outrageous? Beautiful? Interactive? Weird, odd, and charming? We want to hear your concepts for our 2021 Effigy and Temple!

This year we have allotted $1000 each, 1k for effigy and 1k for temple, to support your projects. What is the most important thing to know? We are on a TIGHT TIMELINE so we are opening the gates for proposals today and closing them on July 23rd anticipating announcing our selections by July 28th. Due to the shortened timeline, we will not be reaching out to artists to ask clarifying questions about their art. We will gladly answer any questions you have BEFORE the deadline, but please ensure your plans are complete upon submission. Incomplete submissions will be grounds for disqualification.

Before you start your preparations, visit mosaicexperiment.com/artgrants paying particular attention to the resources on that page (especially the prohibited burn materials). We invite you to dig deep, find that idea you know is there and bring it to life!

It all starts by filling out your application here.

It's Time To Come Home!

We are thrilled to announce it’s time to come home!

Mosaic Experiment will be IN PERSON for September 16th-19th, 2021. We are so excited to join you as we return to the razor grass of Reclaim to burn together once again. We’ve missed you and appreciate the understanding you’ve shown as we worked out how to build and keep our burn safe for all who can attend.

With this update, we’re unleashing the big announcements rapid fire below. We will return to each point (and others not mentioned here) in separate updates to explain and make sure you have everything you need as we build this burn together over the next few weeks.

For the 2021 Mosaic Experiment:
- Our theme will be “Off And On Again”
- Attendees will be required to provide proof of COVID vaccination
- The minimum age to attend this year’s burn will be 12 years or older
- Tickets will go on sale later this week and are once again set at $90
- Tickets will be capped at 450 attendees
- We are adding a temple this year
- Art grants will be awarded for effigy / temple

We know you have a lot of questions, especially as they relate to timelines, cut off dates, the ticketing process, theme camp registration, volunteer initiatives and so much more. We will begin rolling out a series of updates starting tomorrow addressing every aspect of this year’s Experiment so there is much more to come.

That said, the countdown to gate reopening has officially begun!

Mosaic Event Dates Finalized

We are thrilled to share the dates for our 2021 Mosaic Experiment. Mark your calendar now for September 16-19th, 2021.

We have not yet made the call regarding in person versus virtual so stay tuned for many, many more updates as the days count down to our burn!

2021 Community Event Survey

With Burning Man's recent news release that they'll be waiting until 2022 before possibly gathering in Black Rock City again, we've been asked the same question by quite a few of you.

Will Mosaic Experiment be in person this year, and if so, what types of precautions will we be taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19?

Well, the answer to that is simple.

We don't yet know.

Regardless of whether we'll be burning at Reclaim or gathering once again around our "looking glasses" in the digital world via Discord, Mosaic Experiment 2021 WILL be happening.

However, there are a lot of factors in play surrounding public health and our Civic Responsibility to the community that we are following before we make a decision. The number of people fully vaccinated in the US is currently around 32%, and while this is encouraging, we still have a ways to go before we reach an acceptable level for herd immunity.

What we would like to know from you, our community, is what we can do to make you feel safer if we are able to burn in person this fall. We've created a short survey to let us know where you are all at with this:

https://form.jotform.com/210967013107044

We'll be tallying up the results over the next couple weeks or so to help us determine what sort of precautions need to be present if we return Home this year and as soon as we know for sure, you'll know.

In the meantime, if you haven't already done so, join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/ZfuEGHQ, and stay tuned for some off-season Mosaic Experiment digital events!

A Date Change For Mosaic Experiment

If everyone would please get out their schedules, we need to make a change! Don't worry, we brought enough whiteout for everyone.

A few weeks back we were excited to share the 2021 dates for Mosaic Experiment. Whether we gather in person or virtually, we wanted you to have those dates. Sadly, due to an unforeseen conflict which arouse, our dates are going to change. We will return to announce those new dates by the end of this month (or sooner if Burning Man makes a final decision regarding this year).

Please know we appreciate your understanding. The world remains in flux but we will keeping you informed with each step forward we take.

Suggest a Theme for Mosaic Experiment 2021

We’re inviting you to suggest a theme for this year's Experiment!

We want to hear your theme ideas for Mosaic Experiment 2021. Please visit our form linked below where you can share your ideas. We're excited to see your creativity and, if selected, watch as your idea comes alive for all to enjoy later this year.

We will review all submissions and pick a smaller mix to share with the broader community letting you decide how we burn in a few months.

SUGGEST YOUR 2021 THEME HERE

The Path We Forge Ahead: A Statement on Inclusion

Given the recent attempted insurrection at the Capitol, we, the organizers of Mosaic Experiment, feel it is part of our Civic Responsibility to take a stance and speak out against the actions of those involved.

This was an attack not only upon the elected officials, staffers, interns, and government employees but also an attack upon the democratic process that forms the foundation of our society. This violence was both abhorrent and inexcusable.

It has come to our attention that an individual, photographed wearing a symbol from another Burning Man Regional Network event, was arrested on multiple weapons charges in Washington D.C. the day before the attack occurred. Whether they intended to use these weapons the following day is irrelevant. What is relevant is that this reflects poorly upon the burn community as a whole and undermines our principles at their very core.

Given these events, we reaffirm our stance on the very first principle, Radical Inclusion, which states: Anyone may be a part of Mosaic Experiment. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

Being a part of this community means that all of us welcome and respect one another. While no prerequisites exist for your participation, once you come Home it’s expected that you genuinely embrace the respect for others as it has been extended to you. When you pack out, we hope that your experience has impacted you in a way that allows you to carry this respect into your default world.

“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion”

— Max De Pree

Radical Inclusion does not mean we will accept actions, words, or beliefs that are rooted in violence, hatred, or discrimination of any kind.

If you will not welcome, respect and celebrate the diversity that brings us together as a community, then you are not embracing the principle of Radical Inclusion. If you are advocating for discrimination and violence, beliefs of superiority, or casting wanton judgement and exclusion against others, then you are not cultivating the environment that we are striving to provide for everyone. We as a community, as part of our Civic Responsibility, do not tolerate and will not welcome that.

In these times of social upheaval, we are given the opportunity to step outside our boxes. This allows us to examine who we are as human beings and who we strive to be. We have the choice to allow our fears to control us or to embrace compassion and grow as a society. We have seen the damage that fear and intolerance can do, and we choose not to let this define us.

Mosaic Experiment looks forward to welcoming anyone with the courage to practice this Radical Inclusion to burn with us.

Who's Ready To Burn? Mosaic Experiment Begins!

This world hasn't offered us much opportunity to gather and burn in 2020. We decided to do something about that and created plans to try something we've never done before; a virtual burn. We've talked about it with you, we've worked diligently and we've built things we hope you'll enjoy. Now it's time to gather in a new way!

As your calendar will tell you, your wait is over. Our gate is open, our burn is underway, tickets are free and all that's missing is you, your friends, your campmates and your creativity. Whether you want to simply attend or build your own experience to share, we want your participation and radical self-expression as we burn and create new experiences over the next four days. Here are the four links you need to get started...

Gate's open! Come in and find your burners, old and new:
discord.gg/6SUs9ER

Our burn map is live to explore (Welcome to Reclaim!):
google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1nD84ilCkly2O-PRQ7snX43ClcEBunXBr&usp=sharing

Catch the latest in our WWW (WhatWhenWhere) guide which will be updated continuously:
docs.google.com/document/d/1gCCetN_ZR9rn92ejxuNbUnf6lPwBLgkBrWLFBr2taH4/edit?usp=sharing

Whether it's a camp, an event, music, art, conclave, effigy or something unexpected, tell us what you have planned:
form.jotform.com/202248310201032

Join us, explore our burn and let's see what we can create over the next few days. We may have been forced to evolve this year, but we will still find our own way to burn and have a good time doing it. It is time to step "Through The Looking Glass" and explore like never before!

What Are They Building In There?

We are roughly a month away from our virtual burn, so it is time for us to begin unveiling our plans. Whether you want to simply attend or build your own experience to share, we want your participation and radical self-expression as we burn in a new way October 1st-4th.

What are we planning? We are building a 2020 burn landing page which will take the form of a map of Reclaim with theme camps and experiences linked directly into it. We will utilize Discord for our main Mosaic hub for hanging out, but those of you creating spaces within the wider Experiment can share through any interface that best fits the experience you have planned. We’ll simply tie you into our map and detail what you are sharing to our broader community! 

We want to include art, music, interactivity, community, creativity, an inclusive environment and just about anything you can dream into virtual reality. That said, we are working on building a conclave for you to enjoy. We are hoping to share an effigy burn (be it small or large) so stay tuned. In the end, we are working to match the spirit of the burn if not the actual physicality which means we are looking to the community to join us as we build (just like we do each year in person).

To that end, we invite the more tech minded burners to join us next Tuesday evening (August 8th, 8 PM EST) for a zoom call where we will work with you to create interesting things and brain share our way to gate opening and welcoming you home.

Register To Be Part Of Mosaic Experiment

Want to be part of the Mosaic side of the Looking Glass experiment we’re building? You can now register your virtual theme camp, art installation, project or event. Follow the link, fill out the form and hit us up with any questions!

Register: https://form.jotform.com/202248310201032