PITCH MUSIC FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN THE GRAMPIANS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. ITS A WELL CURATED ELECTRONIC MUSIC EVENT WITH A POLISHED MINIMAL AESTHETIC.
ITS ONE OF ITS KIND HERE IN AUSTRALIA AND REMINDS ME MORE OF EVENTS IN BERLIN OR AMSTERDAM WITH PAIRED BACK SIMPLE AND CLEAN ART DIRECTION RATHER THEN THE USUAL FESTIVAL IN THE OUTBACKS OF AUSTRALIA. GREAT MUSIC LINE-UP OF WORLD WIDE KNOWN MUSICIANS AD DJS PLAYING A LARGE RANGE OF ELECTRONIC AND TECHNO MUSIC COMBINED WITH IMMERSIVE ART INSTALLATIONS AND DIGITAL ART.
IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM AND AN HONOUR TO ACTIVATE THE FESTIVAL WITH MY STRAND INSTALLATION. BASED ON THE BRIEF TO COOL PEOPLE DOWN WITH WATER MIST INCLUDED IN THE 8 METER INSTALLATION. BUILT USING RAW STEEL PIPE WITH WATER JETS ON THE INSIDE RINGS. THE RINGS WERE 8METER AND 5METER DIAMETER AND AROUND THEM WAS RECYCLED PVC STRIPS (BUTCHER CURTAINS) ACTING AS A TEMPORARY LAYER OF PRIVACY. THE INSTALLATION ALSO HAD A GLOWING MIST BALL IN THE MIDDLE. DAYTIME IT WAS A LARGE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION FOR PLAYFUL ENGAGEMENT AND AT NIGHT TIME IT BECAME A SOFT AMBIENT SAFE SPACE TO DANCE IN OR THROUGH. UNEXPECTED MOMENTS WAS OFFERED UP WITH THE LARGE DIGITAL SCREENS IN THE BACKGROUND WHICH REFLECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ONTO THE PVC CLEAR STRIPS AND CREATED A OCEAN LIKE LANDSCAPE.
