LIFT THE LID

“LIFT THE LID” made its debut at Unison Music Festival, at the Tico Time River Resort in September 2024~
uniting my many mediums into one Curio Cabinet.
A mystery box filled with lil worlds under every lid!! The design is foldable, packable, & is expanded on / dialed over time as I plan to keep bringing this project to many more dancefloors and gatherings!

When my partner, Garren Fitzpatrick, and I saw the lineup for Unison Festival, we decided to go for it if we could find a way to be involved…
I applied to take on my first art installation of my own design & wheels were spinning as I hadn’t built it yet... It was a dream project I had in my mind for about 4 years prior. I had been collecting BABY WIPE LIDS from seasons of festivals in an attempt to repurpose them and keep some functional trash from the landfills ~ recreating into art instead. Each lid holding a different world underneath…

After an arduous building process… (easily over 100 hours) I’m relishing in what we pulled off between the 2 of us + a lil help on push days from 2 rockstar friends: Cameron Petersen & Chloe Miller.
This hands down would not come to fruition on such a short timeframe without the partnership of Garren Fitzpatrick ! His loving support, investment of time and expenses, badass packable design that met literally all my needs, construction experience, & mindfully meeting me in my panics and my elations with grace. Without the proper housing design, the whole dream of creating worlds of wonder underneath small flip-lids wouldn’t have landed. We’re so proud of what we built, & this is just the pilot flight!!! Thank you so much Unison for entrusting us with bringing this installation from Boise to bless/ be blessed by the dancefloor and its inhabitants.
We set up beneath an olive tree on the beach by mainstage, and watched it transform into a homebase for enriching connection + expansion.

Through seeds planted in 2019 when I worked on Farm Dec crew at Shambhala Music Festival, the absolute queen of a leader named Kate Tupper reached out in the winter of 2024 encouraging me to apply to bring the installation across the border and up to Canada! That experience was way too potent and significant to my life to not expand into a story that can be found here !

Excited to build upon this concept and continue activating curiosity in the community around me.