Woodward Reservoir by Oakdale, California. September 2015.
I went as part of the crew to set up the FairWeather floating art gallery so I got to see the festival come alive with the different teams building the separate stages and spaces. Everything was extremely visually pleasing from the massive bamboo structures to the art installations that lit up at night. New this time were art boats which ranged from simple small platforms to the Drift, a floating treehouse, to the Delorean Hovercraft. There was so much to see that I didn’t even get into taking photos of all the live paintings made during the event, the various performances, talks and workshops or the Alchemy Village area which featured permaculture and nutrition education as well as health and wellness spa services. The highlight for me was waking up unplanned on Sunday in time to catch the sunrise and finding out to my surprise Tipper was playing an unannounced sunrise DJ set.
Cameras: Sony a7ii, Panasonic FZ1000
Stages
The Hub
Big Island stage
The Spring stage
The Spring stage
The Grotto at sunset
The Grotto stage
The Grotto at sunset
The Grotto live painting zome building
Lake reflections at night of The Hub and vendors
Swimbiosis DJ stage
Swimbiosis beach party
Swimbiosis shade structure
Swimbiosis off shore water area
Furtherr stage side view
Furtherr stage rear view
Furtherr stage seating and stage
Furtherr stage amphitheater seating
Live painting at Furtherr stage
Live painting in progress at Furtherr stage
Altar inside Furtherr stage
Juke Town stage
Jive Joint
Spaces
Satya Yuga chai lounge entrance
Satya Yuga chai sign
Satya Yuga chai lounge
Satya Yuga chai lounge
Satya Yuga chai lounge
Altar in Satya Yuga
Movement Shala/Shala Annex dome
Movement Shala/Shala Annex dome
Yoga
Living Love Story and Octopus Garden in Kidzbiosis, kids area
Shrine’s Reunion Palace
Closeup of Reunion Palace
Elemental Altars – Water
Detail on Elemental Altars
Elemental Altars
Elemental Altars gateway
Elemental Altars gateway
Elemental Altars at night
Elemental Altars at night
Art gallery
Empire of Love area
Empire of Love area
Empire of Love building
Empire of Love building
Inside Empire of Love building
Inside Empire of Love
Closeup of art in Empire of Love
Empire of Love art piece
Booth in Empire of Love
Reunion Palace at night
Art Installations
Chad Gaetz’ Sunflower
The Spires by Crash Alchemy
The Spires by Crash Alchemy
Carey Thompson’s Psyport
Ram art installation
Hybycozo
Face mask art installation
Hssiss – Little Abraxas art car
Blumen Lumen
Blumen Lumen flower closed
Blumen Lumen flower open
Michael Christian’s Brainchild
Michael Christian’s Brainchild
Art Boats
FairWeather Gallery
FairWeather Gallery walls & ceiling
FairWeather Gallery roof access
FairWeather Gallery & Artemiid at sunset
Artemiid at sunset
Artemiid at sunset
Artemiid art boat by Juke Town
BoneFish art boat
Red art boat
Little house art boat
Small art boat
Delorean Hovercraft
Delorean Hovercraft
Delorean Hovercraft at sunset
Drift art boat
Drift art boat
FairWeather Gallery Setup
Installing the cloud panels
Installing ceiling
Decoding ceiling map
Sawing the ceiling panel
Swinging into the lake during festival setup
Sunrises & Sunsets
Sunset from Big Island stage
Sunset and leaf lounges
Sunset lake cruise, Drift silhouette
Sunset lake cruise, The Grotto zome silhouette
Festival build sunset
Sunday sunrise with Tipper DJ set
Sunday sunrise at Reunion Palace
Sunday sunrise at Reunion Palace
Sunday sunrise over Drift
Sunday sunrise over the lotus and buddha
Couple watching Sunday’s sunrise
Performances
Crash Alchemy performance
Crash Alchemy performance
$40k Pyramid Family Feud
Miscellaenous
Mayfly insect
Altar of toys & buddhas
Figurine at Elemental Altars
