Not so secret garden party part 3

Ok so this is my last post about this festival now!
The had a whole range of entertainment at the party including a paint throwing sub-party where people bought bags of powder paint and were able to throw them and cover people in gorgeous paints, this is very similar to the Indian festival of 'Holi". 


By far my favourite section was the adult toys section! This isn't as rude as it first sounds it was pure and innocent fun. They set up adult sized playgrounds which made you remember your childhood innocence and you couldn't help but get carried away and become as free and easy as a child. I loved this section of the festival as it was just amazing to watch everybody's transformation and seeing people have fun by improvising and using their imaginations. 
The quote in the image below summarises this for me. 

Image Nick Caro.   King Stag with tribal twist.

The theme really fitted in with my research and I was fascinated with the realisation on how we prepare our children for adult life as soon as we can and then as soon as we become adults with responsibilities we want to escape them all and become children again. We love nothing more than to dress up and swing around in playgrounds! We don't get to do this in the real world as society would think we were a bit strange so this weekend enables those wishes so we can become like children once again. 

 Everybody just let themselves go and didn't think about the stress of reality. I would totally recommend this festival to anyone who wants to just get away from it all for a weekend. You can be anyone you want to be and everyone is so open minded, anything goes its incredible! Just leave all of your sensible and rationale self at home as you wont need it for this weekend.

Not so secret garden party part 2

This festival was so amazing that I thought I would spread it out over a couple of posts to keep your attention! 

Everyone dressed up as their animal alter-ego inspired by "Where the Wild Things Are" and it was really interesting to walk around and observe everybody in their costumes as you could see peoples personalities by what they were dressed up as.

 Fancy dress is fascinating like that, for example when you go out and its fancy dress you can pretty much predict which one of your friends will be the most outrageous and which one will be the most boring! At the festival you had every type of costume and personality. There were alot of the alpha males dressed as stags (a couple even had a clash of antlers) and then the naughty deviant latex bunnies and then the shy mice contrasted with the minxy minnie mice! 

Danny North

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This image sums up the weekend for me you can see all the animal alter egos. The king stags there and so is the minnie mouse minx!

I love the way this image is styled and would like to use it in my work for a shoot at the end of this project. I almost get the feel of a rabbit caught in headlights when I look at it with the outline and bright light. Maybe thats what it looks like to be a rabbit caught in headlights?!

Not so secret garden party part 1

I went to the Secret Garden Party this summer it was pretty much my highlight of the summer. Its my favourite festival of the entire year as its just so unique and majestic,  to sum it up in four words is a garden-party-gone-crazy! 

Its set in the 10 acre grounds of a Georgian Manor and it includes a river and a lake which you can do whatever you like in! It's one of the most beautiful and magical festivals in all the land, its ethos is all about creativity, colour and mystery. Its a escape from reality, with surprises and new experiences everywhere you look!

Images courtersy Danny North
Latex Bunnies and Horned Hairy Goats!

This year the theme was "Where The Wild Things Are" and everyone went full out with it! The costumes were amazing there was every type of creature and beast you could imagine from latex clad bunnies to hairy, horned goat-esque men! 

I love the two images at the top of this post as they show just how far everyone took the dressing up, it was amazing to walk around and see all these different characters. 

I love the look of the latex and the feel of it, its very tactile. I would like to use it at some point but I think I want to go for more organic textures like knit and fur with this project. 

This quote on the image is from "Where the Wild Things Are" and i think it reflects the attitude of the festival. Basically its a safe place for adults to be what they want to be for just one weekend and its all about being happy and not letting in any sadness or your adult stresses! The festival is the sadness shield and it will keep out all the sadness.

Ill post some more info about the festival later so check back to se some more amazing pics from the weekend!