Not just a standy - it's installation art!

JBJ's run is the perfect opportunity to capture attention for Mad Forest, so up went our standy last night. Jon (Lim) came up with the idea of dead branches framing the piece, turning it into an installation art piece of sorts. The image is also in line with the visual branding that Ghaz came up with for our poster. Not to mention the attention that a large, woody display would attract at Drama Centre!

The initial concept:
Where did we get the branches and twigs? Suffice to say, the Vladu family was seen in the vicinity of Race Course Road scavenging among the trees...

Set-up begins in Drama Centre at the ripe hour of almost midnight.

We cut dozens of pictures of the Romanian revolution, 'weathered' them and started sticking them up on branches.

The pictures go up.

The dictator is dead.

The finishing touches...
It took loads of tweaking and readjusting to get a visually comfortable balance. And a lot of hands to pick up the numerous little twigs and leaves that flaked off onto the floor.

Finally, after hours of hard work (and fiddling with the annoying Drama Centre lights), it's done! We love how the red of the "Mad Forest" in the poster stands out against the dead wood and monochrome of the whole display. Doesn't it look fantastic?