registration deadline is this sunday

Bought your ticket? Now it's time register for all the things by AUGUST 31!

• We want to place your theme camp and art so bad at Mosaic we can taste i!
• More than just art installations and theme camps should register things.
• Mosaic needs you to register any fire at your camp, any RV you plan on camping with, any car that you NEED at your camp, and any handicap vehicle you will be using on the property.
• The only thing as sexy as registering your things is volunteering!

help us make our burn

"... Mosaic is a 100% volunteer run event. Everyone from the main organizers, to the art installations, and even the guys who check you in at the gate are volunteers! The life blood of Mosaic is volunteering..." http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/volunteer

Mosaic Newsletter Updates for July

Stuff is starting to move quickly. Tickets are selling. Grant applications are flowing in... The effigy for Mosaic Experiment 2014 : Hive Mined has been selected. There were several applications, all of which were freaking great. Ultimately, we congratulate the community for welcoming Thom Root as our effigy lead.

ART GRANT deadline has been extended to JULY 17. The DEADLINE for ART GRANT applications is now JULY 17. Finish it already; everyone knows that you need the money.

Lastly, since this is really more of a love letter than an update, I'd like to mention the land where Mosaic occurs. The site is affectionately referred to as "Reclaim." Reclaim is known to be a recovered strip mine in Rutland, Ohio. Aside from the clearing where we gather, the land is largely forest and generally undisturbed by humans... As such, burners are ideal guests and hosts. The "Pack in/Pack out" nature of our LNT (leave no trace) values ensure a minimal impact on a fragile and recovering slice of raw beauty. Ever since I first visited Reclaim at Scorched Nuts several years ago, I have learned that we share a lot in common with that land... trying with all your might to find balance and manifest beauty may sound familiar for you as well.

Speaking of... Have you registered your theme camp? If you're one of the many who have obtained a ticket this early, it's probably a good idea to get on that. We've ALL got planning to do... This thing's going to reach max population.

Oh, and fun LNT aside: I've encountered more than one festival-hippie question regarding recycling and how Mosaic Experiment handles it. Answer: We don't. YOU do!! You get two choices... Pack out what you pack in, or don't come. Watching both of their expressions change as they "got it" reminded me of a really suspenseful joke that someone once told me.

Art Grant Deadline Extended to July 17

For those of you considering bring art to Mosaic Experiment, this should be good news... The art grant application extension is largely attributed to Lakes of Fire decompression. You folks know how to bring it... Now come get some!!

Want to make some art? Need some money to do it? Afraid your vision isn’t grand enough for funding? Worried you won’t have enough to do your large, grand art vision? Fret not! We have a few ways to help your ideas become a reality! We want you and your art to shine at Mosaic, apply today!

[http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/art-grant-application/

Parking at Mosaic 2014

Fuck yer day or whatever... Parking at Mosaic Experiment 2014 : Hive Mined is something you may need to be prepared for. Your car will NOT be participating in the burn... It will be radically expressing the shit out of being parked outside of the decommodified environment. If you feel that you should be an exception to this policy, please refer to the parking portion of the survival guide to pursue arrangements accordingly. [http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/survival-guide/]

Weather permitting; All unregistered vehicles entering the event will be allotted 2[two] hours to unload and get parked. If the land is wet, vehicles may not be permitted to proceed beyond the parking area.

There will be NO ART CARS! While this is something which may be considered for future events, the land owner of reclaim has requested no motorized art infrastructure for this fall. Your art may be mobile, but your car will be chilling in the lot with everyone else's.

I hope this post both informed and entertained... If not; Fuck my day too, right?

Art Grant Applications Are Now Live

Want to make some art? Need some money to do it? Afraid your vision isn't grand enough for funding? Worried you won't have enough to do your large, grand art vision? Fret not! We have a few ways to help your ideas become a reality! We want you and your art to shine at Mosaic, apply today! [http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/art-grant-application/]

Have you registered yet for all the things?

I can't wait to see what is inspiring you this year. Whatever your art may be... Please register your installation! If our placement team knows what you're bringing, you'll find that your neighbors aren't randomized problem generation units. Having neighbors who compliment your creativity serves the whole community! Which... You DO know that's what you're helping to build by attending, right? Okay. More coffee. [http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/register-for-placement/] ALSO!! EFFIGY GRANT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS LOOMING LIKE A VERY CLOSE THING!! [http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/effigy-submissions-are-now-open/]

I'd like to open this message by pointing out that there has been a lot of coffee in my life today. Mosaic is happening eventually and the more time there is to prepare, the more time there is to prepare. [http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/survival-guide/]

Have you bought a ticket yet? Have you volunteered yet? Have you tuned these questions out yet? The end is the beginning. [http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/tickets/]

Effigy application forms are live

Any individual artist or team of artists is encouraged to submit their ideas for art that fosters the ideals of self-expression, growth, empowerment, family, and participation. Projects will be evaluated based on the application’s artistic vision and practical explanation of construction. The artistic vision, its philosophic intent and impact on others are important considerations... and Mosaic 2014 is allotting $500 toward enabling you to bring it all together. Evaluation of all applications will be done by the Mosaic Art Grant Committee and will be announced shortly after the submission deadline... That submission deadline is June 27th. Submit your application here: http://www.mosaicexperiment.com/news/effigy-applications/

2014 Theme: HIVE MINED

What if we were to assemble on a reclaimed strip mine, gather under the premise of burning man's 10 principles and operate autonomously within those guidelines. What can we create? (Spoiler alert: Harry is a wizard)

Off in the distance, the delusional ramblings of a ginger** pronouncing the availability of bees in 2014?

This is the year of the bees. Hive Mined.

Celebrate and challenge our community. Advance weirdness and creativity! Explore the bounds of rational and irrational thought! Gift empowerment to our fellows and experiment to the fullest!

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Did you know that when honey bees find desirable pollen sources, they perform a dance to others back at the hive to inform their fellows what and where that sweet pollen is so that more may help collect what all pays off as that sweet, sweet honey? (Harry Kills Voldemort)

Seriously, bees are fracking amazing! A complex community of do-ers (that are highly organized*) and contribute in ways we can't even understand yet.  Much as the worker bee operates to advance the art of the hive, a burner operates to challenge the 10 principles. And the results of both can vary wildly.

"We shall collect at ye ol' reclaimed strip mine, back to the hive to throw in our shares of the proverbial pollen, dance at each other, and create that sweet, sweet honey to hold us through the winter." ***

Mosaic 2014. We've got bees

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***non-weasley ginger

*citation needed

**hermione digs gingers

****http://www.mondomedia.com/the-boy-who-fought-bees-on-a-broom/

Mark of the Mosaic!

Mosaic's head of First Aid, Susan Masek, illustrates what happens when you leave a Mosaic sticker hanging in your car window... wait, what just happened? A MOSAIC TATTOO? Welcome to the hive mind!

Consider this: "When a force acts to move an object, we say that work was done on the object by the force." - says Cindy West from Mosaic's Public Relations department.

In other words, our burn begins when we begin to burn. There is no reason to wait for Mosaic when you can MAKE your Mosaic!