Unique highlights from the DJs and digital artists that performed at Glastonbury’s rave utopia.
Glastonbury Competition returned to Worthy Farm final month after an enforced three-year hiatus because of the pandemic, correctly celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a lineup that noticed Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish headlining the Pyramid Stage.
Additionally returning was one of the crucial beloved components of the Glastonbury expertise, Block9, an space conceived and artistic directed by Gideon Berger and Stephen Gallagher. Tucked away within the south-east nook of the huge competition website, Block9 is the place a number of the world’s most fun DJs and digital artists hold the social gathering going lengthy into the small hours.
Truth was given unique entry to Block9’s many levels throughout the weekend, the place we filmed performances from artists throughout the digital spectrum together with Overmono, Honey Dijon, Shygirl, DJ Paulette and extra, who performed places such because the immersive 3D encompass sound enviornment IICON and the NYC Downlow, an area impressed by New York’s early home music scene.
IICON:AV-3D
IICON was launched to Block9 in 2019 as a house for large-scale audiovisual performances. Dominated by a large, anonymised head, IICON is described as a “pseudo-religious monument to the terrifying new realities rising in our digital, post-truth age.” IICON:AV-3D is a 15-minute narrative expertise that takes place on every night time of the competition, wherein the sculptural paintings is animated by cutting-edge video mapping.
Honey Dijon
Overmono
Shygirl
Justin Strauss
DJ Paulette
Todd Edwards
LSDXOXO
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