The lighting, pyro and music all worked really well. There was a hint of hi-tech alien like sci-fi VJ loops also. The pictures show the Temple and surrounding fields aesthetic, we wanted the Mayan/Aztec like structure to come alive with a nice blend of historical symbols, images and custom graphics. My main job was to keep an eye on isadora, make subtle tweaks, maintain performance and spot any crucial errors, make any last minute programming changes and be on stand by incase of any crashes or errors (there were none by the way!). We all helped map the structure in a variety of roles once on site. The video mapping features that we had custom made for Lux, Helsinki had been developed to a very high standard and whilst still under a beta we were confident we could use it.Ī year passed and the gig was just around the corner, we all contributed to the video content using After Effects, Cinema 4D and a really talented student called Neville built the main Isadora patch. We looked at lots of hardware and software options but decided that Isadora was the tool for us. So you get the idea, we then had various emails, phone calls and Skype sessions, we bounced ideas around and got the ball rolling. If I had the opportunity to work at Glastonbury it would have been amazing! In my opinion it’s the best place to learn and experience things first hand. I work quite a lot with Dan, we get each others workflow and being a lecturer for many years he knows I am professional and reliable around students – not only this I love getting student involved in real world gigs. I knew this could not be done solo – this was a job for me and Dan and his place of work guildhall school of music and drama. I had never been to Glastonbury, but like many reading this, knew it was an amazing opportunity. I had to read the message about nine times over to believe it. I reply to them all but admit – I though this one was no different.Īfter the initial hello emails Ryan casually said it was a venue at Glastonbury. I won’t lie – I thought it may have been a small VJ gig or some kind of install using isadora – I get a lot of questions, emails and comments each week. He wanted something a little different and asked if we could talk more if I was interested. I got a really nice email via this very blog from a guy called Ryan asking if I was interested in a gig. I don’t know where to even begin with this one! That was Glastonbury 2014, in The Common field, at the Temple arena.
Mud, sun, rain, more rain, great music and a kick-ass projection system.
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