Wednesday 20 August 2014

Green Man Festival 2014

Yay to a dry and bright Green Man Festival 2014 in the Brecon Beacons in Wales! Pirate Technics again built the centre-piece Green Man Sculpture.

This year he wore a tribal mask, giving him a more spiritual appearance. He held in his hand an oroborus - a snake eating his own tail and the symbol of infinity.



At night he was illuminated dramatically, giving him a haunting look from across the field.


Constructed using locally sourced materials and foraged greenery people could walk through him and tie butterfly-shaped wishes inside.


He was again burnt on the Sunday with a great firework display from Two Tigers Fireworks as the last act of the festival. His mask stood out dramatically as he brought to a close one of the best UK festivals.



Here is a video of the whole finale show.


And here's a time-lapse of the build.



Friday 1 August 2014

Emerald City at Secret Garden Party 2014

The Pirates were back once again for another year in The Garden. This time we built a massive recreation of the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz in an art-deco style to co-inside with this year's theme of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", complete with DJ booth and dance floor.


The huge emerald shards, some standing 12m in height, were illuminated at night to provide a memorizing light display.


Taking a slight deviation from the tradition of the Big Burn happening on the Saturday, Pirate Technics instead closed the festival on the Sunday by burning the vast stage we built over 3 weeks to an array of dazzling stunt planes making heart-shaped trails in the sky.

The sun shone on everyone all weekend and it was a fitting close to what can only be described as a vintage year in the garden.


Check out this video if you would like to see the whole process from construction to burn!

http://youtu.be/mWnnjfk_p8Q