A narrow track down the side of a mountain opens into a dessert plateau, this is the setting for Nowhere. The surroundings themselves are enough of a reason to come here.....but in the midst of all this, a festival appears. Days are scorching hot, filled with socializing, workshops, activities, lazing around, hiking, or whatever takes your fancy. Interrupted only by the occasional sandstorm When night falls, the party…
The Historical Carnival of Ivrea is a unique Italian event that re-enacts the city’s liberation from tyranny during Medieval times: a baron who starved the city was driven out thanks to a miller’s daughter who rebelled against the “jus primae noctis” and roused the people to revolt. During the carnival battle, the people (represented by orange throwers on foot without any protection) pelt oranges at the feudal…
A constantly changing tunnel of graffiti in Lambeth, where graffiti is legal and promoted despite the fact that it is against UK law on public property.
Tower Hamlets council decided that a bonfire and a few fireworks would not suffice and so they commissioned a light, sound and pyrotechnic extravaganza at Victoria Park. It was really nice to attend a bonfire night with a theme other than guy. They did a fantastic job too, great use of light, sound, and fireworks, with larger than life puppetry thrown in for good measure.
I don't have many pictures of this as I spent most of the festival backstage hanging with the artists, but still, a fun memory..