The orgasmatree is a playful, interactive and immersive installation creating a place for shelter, meeting and breaking down barriers of social constraints which we have been commissioned to design and build for Secret Garden Party Festival. This man-made 'tree' acts as a platform for relationships and friendships to start with the lure of having many head massagers hanging from it's branches known commonly as 'Orgasmatrons'. It offers a magical canopied space that can be used to escape the hustle and bustle of festival life. It will be discovered on your day and night time adventures round the gardens, in the day the space can be used for reflection, socialising or catching a quick nap. While at night the installation will act as a social hub to be used for pure enjoyment and constructing life long memories.
This was a winning proposal for Secret Garden Party Festival 2014 and so I project managed the design and build for the festival. The success of this installation lead to the company SubPac asking for the creation of an updated version of the Orgasmatree to showcase their product at the festivals Dimensions & Outlook in Croatia. In their own words;
'SubPac is a patent-pending tactile audio technology – it transfers low frequencies directly to your body and provides you with a new physical dimension to the music experience.'
(http://thesubpac.com/)
The product which is usually worn by strapping around the body like a small backpack, syncs and vibrates up the spine of the user to the low frequencies of the music being played. They were specially built into the base of the tree and had their corresponding headphones nearby, thus creating a distinctive audio-touch sensory experience at a festival without damaging ones ears. Myself and a team personally designed and built the entire installation a few days before the festivals began.