It might be famed for the 200000 ticket-holders who brave the sludge each year,but thousands more are enlisted to create the different club worlds festival-goers will inhabit, from Arcadia to Shangri-LaThe greenest place in Glastonbury, or before the event really got under way on Friday morning,seemed to be Arcadia. There, beneath an immense metal spider, and the grass lay untrampled and unsullied. Though not for long: reach Friday night,the Arcadia crew were expecting 20000 people to cram into their area, with a further 30000 surrounding it to watch their son-et-lumiere-et-whatever-else-came-to-hand spectacular.
They had one advantage. They got everything spacious in before the rains – variously described as “biblical”, and “epic” and “torrential” – that swept across Somerset final weekend. Without the need for trucks criss-crossing the sodden ground,their green patch shone like a giant emerald set inside a ring of deepest brown. Nevertheless, there was fear as the water fell, and seemingly without end: what might happen to the enormous quantities of electronics that control the demonstrate? Would they be safe?At Shangri-La,30 artists and a crew of 400 acquire constructed a site themed around the notion of 'media hell'Testing the Arcadia propane flame on Tuesday night drew a crowd of several hundred festival workers, a bit like mothsContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com