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.

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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

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Art Grant Application Goes Live

It's time to channel your inner creativity, dream big and create even bigger (or smaller if that's your goal)!

We're putting out the call to those of you who would like to create art for our upcoming "Through The Looking Glass" Mosaic Experiment. Need a small bit of help getting there? Read on.

Your art can take any form you can dream so long as it can be shared digitally in some manner, October 1st - 4th, 2020. We invite you to get as creative and unexpected as you can while still considering our theme.

Please share your plans through the following form and we might just be able to help you make it real.

MAKE YOUR DREAMS KNOWN HERE!

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Through The Looking Glass Virtual Art Fund Drive

Let's talk ART!

Our story is simple. We're working to raise funding to support artists who wish to contribute to our "Through The Looking Glass" virtual gathering taking place October 1st to 4th, 2020.

To help facilitate this effort, we've opened up a small GoFundMe campaign (targeting around $600) to raise money which we will quickly turn right back around to our creative community.

Please consider chipping in a few dollars. Money raised here will go directly to artists to help them create magical things for everyone to enjoy this October and tomorrow morning we will share a link which all you wonderfully creative burners can use to apply for these art grants.

VISIT OUR GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN

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EVENT UPDATE: Will We Burn In 2020?

We assured you we would have a decision on Mosaic Experiment 2020 in July and it is time to share that decision and answer some of your questions.

After much consideration and discussion by your departmental leads, Mosaic Experiment has been cancelled for 2020. We sincerely wanted to see you face-to-face, but this simply is not the time. Thinking through each of the options and watching as situations worsen across the country as they relate to covid-19, we cannot put our community at risk. We made our decision which was later cemented by the owner of the property who felt the risk and liability was too high to host our event at his location. We now join other events of our type looking toward 2021 with the hope that we can gather in person once again at that time.

For those of you who have purchased tickets, you have three options and you are free to do whatever works best for you. Mosaic Experiment, as an organization, has operating costs (storage rental, website & software fees, taxes) which persist through the year, burn or no burn. We've minimized those as much as possible but they are still a reality. What happens to your ticket now that the event is cancelled?

Option 1: Do nothing and your ticket will be refunded on 8/01/20.
Option 2: Donate this year's ticket money to help the organization pay for year-round operating costs.
Option 3: Rollover your ticket for next year. If you would like to donate or rollover your ticket, please email tickets@mosaicexperiment.com to communicate your decision.

If we do not hear from you, your ticket will be refunded on 8/01/20. Please know that you are ABSOLUTELY welcome to receive a ticket refund. If you choose to roll your ticket to next year or donate that ticket's value toward keeping our burn growing, we thank you. The choice is yours and we support whatever you decide.

Is this the last you will hear from us this year? Not even a little. We still have plans to take you "Through The Looking Glass" in a very different way October 1st-4th. Our upcoming organizational summer retreat and many of our plans may be virtual, but we are now working to build something special to share with you throughout our normal burn time. Details on that will be coming soon in August. Our community may be forced to evolve this year, but we will still find ways to share our creativity in the days ahead. Stay tuned!

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Additional detail on tickets (FAQ):
Tickets will be refunded to the email address used to purchase.

What if I sold a ticket to someone?
If you have sold your ticket to someone else, you’ll need to pass on any refund that they are due. If you purchased a ticket from someone, please follow up with that person.

Why should I donate my ticket money?
We have costs that need to be paid throughout the year - storage rental, website & software fees, taxes. If you would like to donate your ticket purchase send a message to tickets@mosaicexperiment.com.

Why should I rollover my ticket for next year? What if there is no event next year?
In the wise words of the Magic 8-ball - We cannot predict now.

I want to save my ticket for next year!
Send a message with the name on the ticket and email address to tickets@mosaicexperiment.com and let us know you wish to keep your ticket for 2021.

Mosaic Experiment 2020 Update

Greetings burners! 

Today we’re reaching out to offer an update on the status of Mosaic Experiment 2020. With all the changes we’ve seen since the start of the year, we are desperately wanting to be together and burn with each of you. You can think of us as standing at your side, art and creativity at the ready, sharing your frustration as event after event cancels. We desperately want to gather, burn and build our intentional world between the trees of Reclaim once again this year. In a perfect world, this would be all we could ask for, but it isn’t a perfect world right now.

Will our burn happen this year? We’re weighing all the possibilities and giving things a bit more time to evolve before making our final call. With our event happening in early October, we’re a bit later than most and have some room to see what happens next. Like many burns, our first concern is to focus on the health and welfare of our attendees. It may be safety third much of the time but this is not a safety third kind of moment. Mosaic Experiment will make a final decision in July and we will share that with you at that time. In the meantime we will soon release a FAQ regarding event preparation delays (registrations, early entry, etc.) and our cancellation policy (refunds, etc) so please hold your questions until we can get that out to you. We're building it now.

When you selected “Through The Looking Glass” as your theme for this year we’re betting none of you saw how much we would all be looking for our burns through a looking glass. We haven’t given up hope yet, but we will keep you informed.

Art Grant Start To Flow Today

Greetings Experimenters!

Tis I Bunny of the art grants team.

It’s that glorious time of year when the art grants start to flow. That’s right. Today marks the day that we start the 2020 art grant cycle for Mosaic Experiment! We will close this years cycle on June 30th at 11:59pm. We have $4000 to give away in grants as well as $1500 for our effigy.

Art Grants:
https://form.jotform.com/90493499626169

Effigy or large burnable:
https://form.jotform.com/90493499626169

Learn more:
FAQ | Art Grants Criteria FAQ | Mosaic Experiment Prohibited Burn Materials

If you have questions, please reach out to artgrants@mosaic.com

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Ticket Sales Are Now Live!

We're thinking about our burn family today. We at Mosaic Experiment are looking forward to watching the community build things, plan weirdness to share, create art and fully return to our lives in the months ahead.

As promised last weekend, we're opening ticket sales today and look forward to seeing you all this coming October!

GET YOUR TICKET TODAY

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