Role: Creative Technologist
Client: Shaker Mountain, Lowres
Team: Shreya Patel, Design + Fabrication
Location: Lebanon Springs, NY
Date: September 2024
This project was an immersive installation made for the very last edition of Shaker Mountain- a 'smart house and techno in a family-and-friends setting on 250 acres of tree-topped mountain land' [Resident Advisor]
I was involved in technical direction, integration, and installation of this project, working directly with designer + lead fabricator Shreya Patel.
This project began with a question "if we could make anything for a music festival (within reason), was would we make?" Shreya imagined something that people could sit underneath and enjoy a moment of peace within a hectic festival atmosphere.
We began thinking of a large suspended flower, similar to a conch shell, where holding your ear up to it would allow you to hear the ocean- instead you would hear the distant chirps of tropical birds from a rainforest far away.
Special thanks to Andrew Giugno / Lowres, and Nikki Cohen for throwing such a legendary party in the woods!