Woodford Folk Festival Fire Event
Posted: Friday,6th January, 2012 Filed under: festival, moving image, website | Tags: 2012, 640X480, amphi, amphitheatre, candles, closing ceremony, conversion, festival, Fire Event, fireworks, hand held, lanterns, moving image, night, nikon, nikon coolpix, Nikon P5100, P5100, point and shoot, QFF, Queensland, stage, top of the hill, tube channel, video, video camera, viewpoint, website, WFF, woodford, Woodford Folk Festival, www youtube, you tube Leave a commentI set up a you tube channel (kassandramovingimage) to start uploading media that is moving image hence the name of the channel. I have opted for the expression moving image for those times when the media is not technically a video.
The first ever moving image that I have uploaded to you tube is from the Woodford Folk Festival Fire Event. As the description says I took this video because it is a very unique viewpoint as the 80-180k or so people watching are sitting up on top of the hill where they cannot actually see the stage or performers but they can see pretty lights, feel the atmosphere and watch the fireworks or the fire (2011/12 there was no actual fire at the fire event).
Video taken on Nikon P5100 640x480px
1 January 2012
Gold Coast Big Day Out 2011 – sign design
Posted: Friday,11th March, 2011 Filed under: festival, graphic design, photography, typography | Tags: big day out, compile, festival, graphic design, in situ, original, painting, photography, sign, touch up, typography Leave a commentI worked at the Gold Coast Big Day Out – making signs.
To start my job I did inventory:
Inventory of signs at Gold Coast Big Day Out
The biggest job was 10 new signs that said “Surf the ocean not the crowd” below is a visual of how this job was done:
Big Day Out Surf the Ocean not the crowd
I worked on some other signs too:
Other signs made at Gold Coast Big Day Out 2011
While I was at the festival I tried to hunt down the signs that I made – I walked through a different entrance to the ones that I made signs for and as we were locked in I unfortunately did not get to take photographs of all my signs in situ. I did however find these three in situ:
Signs in situ at Gold Coast Big Day Out 2011
I had a great time working with the set up crew and it was great to see this festival come together over the three days that I worked on the set up.
The Dreaming
Posted: Friday,2nd July, 2010 Filed under: festival, photography, typography | Tags: #990066, compile, creating, documenting work, festival, original, painting, photography, QFF, sign making, The Dreaming, typography, water marked Leave a commentThe Dreaming was amazing. (The Dreaming is “Australia’s international indigenous festival”. It is held at Woodfordia by the Queensland Folk Federation – the same people who organise Woodford Folk Festival and The Planting.) This year The Dreaming was the 11-14th of June (in the middle of winter which is a change from the summer festivals).
I have already mentioned that I was making signs for The Dreaming festival.
Being a part of the set up crew for a festival is amazing. The “family” atmosphere is much more profound. It was amazing seeing how everyone in the set up crew had their small job to do over the week and by the end of the week there is a festival site ready to go and then the patrons arrive and it is festival time. Being a part of that inspired awe. It was most enjoyable getting fed three meals a day for a week – in exchange for our hard work (apart from most of the set up crew are not morning people and breakfast at 6:30-7:30am is a little too early for us).
So in the “signology” department – the department who make the signs – we um, make signs. Different departments ask for a sign and we do the lettering and paint them. As boring as it is painting between the lines it is still such a great feeling painting all day every day for a week with other like-minded people (sitting near a gas heater was a bonus – you see the heater is for the paint to dry). We all had a blast – it hardly seemed like work at all. I did enjoy myself but I find the Visual Arts (VisArts) department more creatively stimulating. I am still glad that I got to experience Signology.
Below are two types of signs that are created – general/traffic signs and (very large – 6 to 8 foot long) venue signs. In the images I have explained what I did for the signs – I ended up just doing lettering on some signs and other people (namely Jen) painted the letters. There are other signs where I was allowed to be a little creative (with glitter as well) and others where I had full creative freedom to make what I wanted.
The Dreaming: General/Traffic signs
The Dreaming - Venue signs
Something that was instilled in me at university was documenting my work as I went. I understand the merit of this – those first few steps in creating something will be lost forever if you do not document them. The image below is some photographs taken while I was creating the signs.
The Dreaming - Working images
Overall the experience inspired awe. There was an amazing atmosphere around the festival that I have never experienced before and you must experience it for yourself. The opening ceremony was amazing – I felt so privileged to watch so many indigenous groups perform for us. The other experience I have not had at either Woodford Folk Festival or The Planting festival was – I spent more time with my new friends at camp sites than I did in the festival. It was go great to catch up with everyone I have met at the other festivals. My shameful moment was running around to all the galleries as they were shutting – I made two of the gallery’s signs and didn’t look at the art over the four days – better late then never I guess. The last night, as per the tradition, I donned my red frock and went for a pub crawl, albeit alone, it was still a fun tradition to be a part of.
Until next Dreaming…
Kassandra Designs 