Large-Scale Installation Art

The visual arts are one of the essential elements to the festival "experience". I'd like to show you a sampling of some of the art I have curated for music festivals in the past, as well as a few renderings for future projects. Large-Scale Installation Art defines the visual personality of a festival. It creates a unique skyline and is an essential dimension to the identity of the event. Wondrous Discovery...

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a group of people sitting on top of a lush green field next to a giant plant

Once again, iconic art defines a festival and ensures its personality and longevity ... from Coachella 2009. The Do Lab Oasis

people are standing in the dark with lights on them and palm trees behind them at night

Electric Alien Bamboo Bugs at Electric Run - Los Angeles - 2013 by Gerard Minakawa http://www.electricrun.com

several performers are performing on top of a carnival ride at night with fireworks in the sky

Lucent Dossier at Coachella 2009. Their placement in the center of the festival was our centerpiece. Some art hits a few senses, but within The Do Lab all senses are entertained. It has its own music, art, performance environments, architecture, and fun boys and girls with water cannons. Then night would transform the whole area with Josh's amazing lighting design.

the inside of a building with yellow and black lines

Scrambled Eggs by The Do LaB at Beyond Wonderland '12

a large metal structure sitting next to a giant red ball on top of a field

The Do LaB's "Lumi", SteamPunk Treehouse then Gerard's Bamboo Waves" - Quite the defining skyline for Coachella 2008

a very tall building with many different colored buttons on it's side and the sky in the background

"Stan" by Finley Fryer at Coachella 2004. Made of stained glass and some faux and real 12" records

many people are sitting on the grass in front of an art sculpture that looks like a giant spider

"Cleavage In Space" by Roseanna Scimecca at Coachella 2004. Obviously it's a broken chandelier and since it's broken the electrical has gone awry ... if you touch it ... you will get a little shock... bwahahaha

a tall tower with many lights on it's sides and trees in the background

Scrambled Eggs by The Do LaB at Beyond Wonderland '12

an elaborately decorated dragon is lit up at night with lights on it's sides

Sean's dragon at Coachella 2006

a car that is on its side in the grass with people looking at it from behind a chain link fence

Hand of Man by Christian Ristow at Coachella 2009. It is comprised of a 26-foot (8 meter) long hydraulically-actuated human hand and forearm which is capable of picking up and crushing cars, and a “glove” device that controls it. Any movement in the “glove” controller is accurately reproduced in the large robotic Hand.

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people are sitting on the grass with torches in their hands

Pyrocardium by False Profits installed at both Electric Daisy Carnival and Coachella 2009. The art crew would hook up a monitor to a fan's heartbeat and the fire sculpture would shoot fire accordingly in a circular fashion.

"Through the Looking Glass - Hubble" by Adam Belt -- purchased by Perry Farrell at Art Contemporary LA '13

a large metal sculpture sitting in front of a building

Water Chandelier by The Do Lab, Shira Loa and Heather Shaw (2012) , installed over the Marquee Pool at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. We came up with the concept together but woah! they fabricated and designed a beauty!

a tall tower with many lights on it's sides and people standing around in the background

Burble by Usman Haque at Phish Festival 8 at Empire Polo Fields (Coachella site). Also, here is a better video of it from when it was in London. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqH61pIPXlQ