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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. ELECTRIC CASTLE (visual elements for music festival) in Romania, Balkans by ATELIER MASSNovember 5th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ATELIER MASS Until so far, with its 4 editions, from 2013 to this year’s edition, Electric Castle music festival in Bonțida, Romania set itself apart from the usual staging of a music festival. Combining striking visual elements, mass entertainment, and a Gothic setting – the ruin of a 15th century Banffy Castle – the event turned more into a complex sensorial and spatial experience, a celebration of contemporary art in its different forms: from music to architecture, design, and installation.  Interactive installation, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS
 Main entrance during the day, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS The main challenge of such sort of intervention is to create easy-to-build, affordable and low-tech structures adapted to the large scale of the site. They convert the empty property of the Castle for a matter of 4 days into a realm of sound, white geometries, passageways and visual safaris.  Main entrance during night, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Cube pavilion, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS We tried to establish a tradition, to ritualize the experience with a few pavilions that have become familiar for the visitors and that for sure will feature as stable and recognizable elements at the future editions as well. Most important is The Cube, the over-sized signal-installation in the center of the main courtyard, around which the rest of the festival revolves. Second, is the smoke labyrinth with its psychedelic and playful dimension – a game of hide-and-seek in a space with vague limits. Next are The Mill and the Booha College container structure – the alternative scenes of the festival. Smaller scale experiences are offered also in the remains of the former palace gardens, shaded spots for relaxation, crossings, and geometric shapes within the foliage.  Cube pavilion, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Cube pavilion, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS For the 2017 edition, we let the visitors have a say in the ever-changing atmosphere of the festival. By sending a message to the organizers, they could change the message on the interactive installation. The words varied from encouragement to party to famous sayings like \”winter is coming\”. The whole setting is an invitation to exploration, several paths and different ways of perception of the old Banffy estate. All interventions stand apart from the historical material, keeping in parallel and not in competition with it. In this sense, the festival does not consume its site, rather activates it by a temporary (re)set into light.  Booha college container structure, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Booha college container structure, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Booha college container structure, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Booha college container structure, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Lounge, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Smoke pavilion, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Smoke pavilion, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Smoke pavilion, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Pavilion, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  The mill (concert zone), Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Hideout, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Installation detail, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Hideout, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS  Hideout, Image Courtesy © atelier MASS
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