Light and Fire Displays At The Electric Daisy Carnival
- Author: JT Editor
- Posted on: Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Filed under: light, fireworks, edc, kelis, fourth of july
First off, we hope you had a relaxing, fun, carefree Fourth of July.
In honor of the holiday, here's a video by Kelis. (Note: It is no coincidence it is called "Fourth of July.") No better way to wind down and get pumped for the week.
Second, here's some fireworks to reminisce about. 40,000 shells courtesy of Macy's. (NYC):
Lastly, speaking of lights and fireworks, for anyone who digs art and fuels up on strong sensorial experiences, the Electric Day Carnival that took place in LA June 25th and 26th was a spectacle to admire. The electronic rave-like music festival whose impressive electronic music selection and eccentric rave fashion at EDC we posted about last week, boasted fireworks and explosives, flame torches, baloons, confetti, side-show acts, gymnasts, trampolines, stilted-men, strobe lights, and irradescents. So much so, at times EDC at times seemed to rival Cirque De Soleil and/or some cities' fourth of July displays! The festival is definitely breaking boundraries on a production front; we figured the following photos were a good way to close out a mighty fine weekend of fire, lights and wonderment.
For two days, the Los Angeles Coliseum is transformed into a surreal parallel universe dominated by fire, laser and lights...
Just take a look at the electric beauty of these stages:
All around the venue, guests are treated to a full-blown amusement park... It's a carnival afterall!
Can you imagine riding this wild machine to the sound of a techno DJ set?
After drinking from an Alien bottle?!!
But these fools were loving it!!!
Up to 200 performers (acrobats, stiltwalkers, fire eaters, etc) are just there to entertain, walking around among the crowd...
Kids getting greative on the live painting wall at night, lit up by black lights!
Commission work by a really talented graffiti artist:
We counted twelve mind-blowing art installations.
Our favorite: the fired-up sculpture garden featuring lots of daisies, some humans. 18 larger than life sculptures total.
At night, when the temperature dropped, let's just say that this is the only place we wanted to be at!
Although we have nothing against human heat!!!
Below is a pic of the flying lotus girls at night. Made of stainless steel, copper, aluminum, bronze, resin, fire and light, the installation depics the anatomy of two communicating human neurons.
Photography by Vivianne Lapointe and Faith-Ann Young
