Art Installations
A playground of art awaits you that will transport you to new worlds and evoke new ways of thinking. From day to night watch the Wildlands transform as new layers unravel and the Australian bush becomes a canvas of colour, imagination and texture.
Art is what sets us apart from so many festivals - to us, the visual and experiential elements of the festival are as important as the music playing.
Play, connect, explore and immerse yourself in art.
Shahn Stewart is a descendant of the Yorta Yorta peoples and botanical sculptor based on Wurundjeri land (Melbourne). Her practice explores cultural reconnection and environmental care through sustainable botanical design. Founder of Alchemy Orange, she creates bold, textural works that merge native and introduced plant materials. Her installations highlight the storytelling power of plants and the strength of Indigenous narratives.
Lava Brain is the multidisciplinary creative project of artist Eric Fenessy, working across vision & sound. His work explores themes of fluidity, connection & self-exploration, encouraging the experiencer to look inward, outward & upward. Eric is a community & mental health advocate who believes in the power of intentional art & music to connect people and create positive change in the world.
A dazzling chorus of disco-balls sweep through the air in shifting waves of rhythm and light. Against the stillness of the bush, mirrored fragments scatter and shimmer across trees and earth, blending the mathematics of motion with the quiet poetry of nature and the music of the festival. Bring some friends, it takes collaboration to operate this installation.
Marc Pascal, has forged a career manipulating light and materials to evoke unique spatial and emotive experiences. He has been decorating famous Australian electronic music festivals for over two decades, creating Myriads of original and practical large scale festival lighting installations.
Demonstrations of his installations have literally ignited festivals, psychedelic spaces and is intuitively syncopated with musicians and DJs. These collaborations promise a full spectrum journey from euphoria to relaxation – a visual experience that not even Pascal can always predict how they might turn out. This twist of the unconventional and a firm trust in elements of surprise, draws many to the dance floors in rapture and prompts Pascal further, in his pursuit of discovery with all things light.
Pascal’s laser artistry is as spectacular as it is sensually delightful. This year at the Wildlands stage will be multiple lasers giving you ballet for the eyes! A thousand moments.
How Pascal’s own mastery of the light hijacks the viewer and invites their participation, has evolved from a lifelong investigation of the relationship between atmosphere, colour and the senses. His laser work is precise, engaging and distinctive, often developed over countless hours creating original cues, repeatedly tweaked and refined,
Managing light and light formations grew from Pascal’s extensive success as a designer, whose portfolio displays a seamless blend of art, design, spontaneity and sensuality. Pascal has always loved making things with his hands and has sustained his child-like enthusiasm since studying a Fine Arts Degree at the VCA majoring in painting and obtaining a degree in Industrial Design at RMIT. As a designer, Pascal sought to create objects for your home or space that are subtly loaded and sensual as possible, while being functional enough to enhance daily life and bring intimacy to the spaces they inhabit. His works are emotionally engaging and innovative, manufactured in small batch method remaining true to his custom-made/hand-assembled ethos.
That by light and by laser, it is happening easefully, ethereally, silently, and that this is what makes light so beautiful. For there is magic in each moment.
Rose Staff is a media visual artist and motion graphic designer. She works with moving image and live video performance in a range of settings around the world, from contemporary art installations to large-scale vibrant projections at festivals. Her projections have been shown at the Geneva Mapping Festival, Glastonbury Festival UK, White Night Melbourne and at some of Australia's largest music festivals including Splendour in the Grass Stereosonic, Rainbow Serpent, Strawberry Fields and Let Them Eat Cake. She's the winner of numerous design awards including the Adobe Top Talent 2019. Rose collaborated with NickAzidis under the name of Projection Teknik from 2016 – 2023. She was also apart of the team at Grande Experiences to deliver The Lume which was Australia's first entirely digital gallery and the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
Christian AKA 'General Zod' is a Melbourne based artist and Strawberry Fields veteran.
With a foot in each world, Zod and The Slakness Krew try to give a glimpse beyond this dimension, and open minds up to different possibilities.
They are passionate about recycling and sharing techniques & experiences.
Miles Dunne is an emerging multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans digital, sculpture, installation, and performance. Delving into the intersection of digital and physical spaces, Dunne employs sculpture, light, and sound to investigate themes shaped by their upbringing amidst rapid technological advancement. Troubled, yet fascinated, by environmental degradation, and the weaponization of everyday technologies, Dunne crafts dystopian narratives through sculpture that engage with themes of urban decay, industrialisation and a recontextualisation of the natural world.
TIME / EMIT Statement:
Possibly a probe sent from a distant planet, or a relic from an ancient civilization, Time emiT is a sentient alien technology that transcends time, and studies its surrounding environment across infinite timelines. This monolithic sculpture exhibits strange behaviour as it observes and analyses the world around it, performing an entrancing light and soundscape in the process.
Tetrik creates immersive spatial environments and experimental fabric structures. Guided by the movement of fabric, each work transforms in dialogue with light, air, and presence, inviting new perceptions of space and form.
Marrow’s Dream is an unfolding act of transformation. Rooted in the language of Butoh, performers moves through states of dissolution and renewal, drawing on the body’s ability to hold memory, tension, and release. The work does not aim to tell a story, but to open a space where images, sensations, and archetypes emerge and dissolve.
At its heart, Marrow’s Dream explores what lies beneath our skin, the hidden marrow of experience, the raw pulse of being that continues even as forms break down. Through movement, sound, and ceremony, the performers invite the audience into a shared atmosphere of uncertainty and becoming.
iLiminal Butoh Collective is an ensemble dedicated to exploring the unknown through experimental performance. Their practice weaves dance, ritual, and collaborative research into works that invite audiences to pause, witness, and step into the liminal.
Nathalia Suizu is a Melbourne based artist who strives to live and paint by the mantra follow your bliss.
A self-taught painter with a background in interior design, Nathalia’s art reflects her widely travelled spirit and takes influence from Latin American folk art, psychedelia, textile design and spiritual iconography. Naive forms, clashing patterns, textural relief and sparkling embellishments are signature to Nathalia’s visual lexicon, which she delivers in a dazzling palette of richly saturated colour. Layered with symbolism and totemic motifs, her painted narratives explore themes of mythology, mysticism, enchantment and nature.
Dancing between careful consideration and playful spontaneity, she searches for balance, resonance and meaning in each piece. Her unique paintings chart an exploration of consciousness and self-discovery and are vibrant, life affirming manifestations of wonder, beauty and joy.
Nathalia has exhibited at various Australian galleries and has lent her artistry to notable fashion, retail and lifestyle brands, including Erik Yvon, Melbourne Fashion Week, The Social Studio and Strawberry Fields Music Festival. She is currently represented by Fenton & Fenton.
VIBEFINDER is a playful jukebox that lets you tune into the festival’s music stages in real time. Instead of wandering from stage to stage, you can sample the sounds on the spot, portal into the rhythms and find your vibe before you head off to dance.