Pangea

[rosssss224]

I reckon all the bits from the spider (cranes, wires, climbers, fire etc etc) will likely be re used so cant see it being much worse!

[Doug85]

8 minutes ago, bennyhana22 said:

Dare I suggest a very slight, creeping sense of entitlement as the precipitant to this...?

Ben

Some people will never know how good they have it. We are all lucky that they are trying something new. I've no doubt that it will be amazing. I bet there were people critical of when the spider first came around and look how amazing that ended up being. There will be loads who love this and in 5 years time if they decide to change it up again there will no doubt be those who worry it wont be as good again. People don't like change. the circle of life though.

 

Anything for a Lion King reference:

From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking, step into the sun

There's more to see than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done

There's far too much to take in here More to find than can ever be found

But the sun rolling high Through the sapphire sky Keeps great and small on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love Till we find our place On the path unwinding

In the Circle

The Circle of Life

[fatyeti24]

A couple of pics from 2009 from an old hard drive I've been going through.

[ravermum]

I am a total Arcadia fan. They believe wholeheartedly in what they do, give it everything, love their crew, care about the people who dance with them and try do the impossible. They are also the sweetest on social media and have replied to lots of my posts. The sort of things that they attempt take time and the more we support and encourage it, the better it will be. Artists need a big-up when they try something new ?

[Winslow Leach]

Sure, they've dismantled and reassembled a monolithic dock crane into some sort of installation based around fiery prehistoric world building, and sure they've booked some of the biggest and best DJs in the world to play it, but if there's no acrobats then I'm afraid I will be writing to the ombudsman.

[CaledonianGonzo]

See also Shangri La creating a fiery hellscape next to a stately heaven only to get met with people banging on about alleyways.

[Dave_c]

People will always find something to moan about though. I'm just happy I have a ticket.

[stuartbert two hats]

3 hours ago, t0paz said:

Arcadia in itself it a business though, not just at Glasto. They've been taking the spider all over the world and running other bits and pieces. I doubt Glasto pay them enough to dedicate teams to this for the 2 years since the last festival.

And the logistics behind buying, dismantling, moving and setting up that crane must be huge!

I fully expect there to be fire and visuals, but probably that's about it.

And music.

[zeppelin]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

See also Shangri La creating a fiery hellscape next to a stately heaven only to get met with people banging on about alleyways.

Man the alleyways were amazing though!

[Sawdusty surfer]

The Arcadia crew would have a hell of a task rehearsing for a show on a giant piece of equipment that they haven't had a chance to play with. With The Spider they were able to assemble it at Arcadia HQ and muck about with it for as long as they liked.

I suspect that next year there could be secret rehersals on the farm in the days/weeks leading up to the show to get everything right.

There's no way that the whole crane will be moved and assembled at their gaff for practice.

One of the reasons for 'no show' this year. 

Don't worry, it will still blow minds.

[fatyeti24]

2 minutes ago, zeppelin said:

Man the alleyways were amazing though!

I recently found a few pics of the alleyways, but that's perhaps for another thread.

[Dave_c]

3 minutes ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

The Arcadia crew would have a hell of a task rehearsing for a show on a giant piece of equipment that they haven't had a chance to play with. With The Spider they were able to assemble it at Arcadia HQ and muck about with it for as long as they liked.

I suspect that next year there could be secret rehersals on the farm in the days/weeks leading up to the show to get everything right.

There's no way that the whole crane will be moved and assembled at their gaff for practice.

One of the reasons for 'no show' this year. 

Don't worry, it will still blow minds.

Is the crane staying on site, or just the foundations? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

7 minutes ago, zeppelin said:

Man the alleyways were amazing though!

I don't get the alleyway obsession.  There's literally one on each side of my house and I couldn't give a fucking fiddlers.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Just now, Dave_c said:

Is the crane staying on site, or just the foundations? 

The crane will stay on the farm.

In an ideal world it will stay assembled but that is down to MDC planning dept. 

 

[gibble]

20 minutes ago, fatyeti24 said:

I recently found a few pics of the alleyways, but that's perhaps for another thread.

Please do...

[fatyeti24]

1 hour ago, gibble said:

Please do...

I'll have a look this evening. 

[jow95]

On 6/6/2019 at 3:33 PM, Sawdusty Surfer said:

The crane will stay on the farm.

In an ideal world it will stay assembled but that is down to MDC planning dept. 

 

So it won't tour then? or atleast not for the time being anyway?

[Sawdusty surfer]

13 minutes ago, jow95 said:

So it won't tour then? or atleast not for the time being anyway?

It is going to be a 'site specific installation', so no.

[jow95]

Just now, Sawdusty Surfer said:

 'site specific installation'

Must have missed that cheers, i'd be disappointed if i didn't have a ticket. Hard to not sound smug innit

[Gnomicide]

Looks like it will have something dangling off it.

[TheDayman]

Not sure if this has been mentioned here already but the guys from Arcadia did a radio interview a while back and mentioned that there will be a 5 metre wide satellite radome hanging from the crane with lots of cool stuff projected on to it...

Whats a satellite radome? This -

 

Edited June 10, 2019 by LostHorizon

[Obiginnaw]

Just seen some videos of disclosure at Parklife and seems they absolutely smashed it, I know Annie Mac is a strong rumour for that Saturday TBA slot but any chance they could do it?

[Homer]

45 minutes ago, Obiginnaw said:

Just seen some videos of disclosure at Parklife and seems they absolutely smashed it, I know Annie Mac is a strong rumour for that Saturday TBA slot but any chance they could do it?

I reckon they could do a DJ set, but they're too big to play live on Arcadia.

[MJP]

I was surprised to not see them on the lineup tbf.

They're in France on Friday 28th, but could merrily make it back for that set.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Had a flying visit from daughter #2 who is erecting WV tents.

As she left she said " Oh, by the way, I think that Arcadia are going to build an Angler Fish"