Hemakshi Devi
Closing night at the central bamboo bar, the lit festival gateway glowing behind it
Big Bang festival logomark

Big Bang

Client
BFR Sound Systems, Monkey Shoulder & WorldwideFM
Category
Spaces
Year
2024

Spatial Design

  • Site Planning
  • Stage Design
  • Bamboo Construction
  • Sponsor Activation
Big Bang 2024 festival poster detail — the full programme of workshops, music and sponsors around the Nanadisa village site

Big Bang is a two-day music and culture festival held in Nanadisa, the oldest Dimasa village in Assam's Dima Hasao district, under the theme 'Village is the Future.' I planned the full festival site for its three sponsors _ a circular bar for Monkey Shoulder, a stage for local bands, a DJ booth for BFR Sound Systems and a community food court _ built almost entirely in whole bamboo, so the ground plan sat inside the village rather than over it.

Hand-drawn site plan for Big Bang 2024, laying out the bar, stages, food area, gateway and pathways across the Nanadisa village grounds
Design sketch of the central bamboo bar installation, with a mirror-ball fountain at its base
Design sketch of the bamboo 'Big Bang' festival gateway, woven lattice panel with the Nanadisa village name
Design sketch of the bamboo main stage backdrop
Design sketch of the bamboo secondary stage, fan-lit bamboo frame over a round deck
The bamboo 'Big Bang' festival gate at the entrance to the grounds in Nanadisa, Assam, by daylight
The bamboo festival gateway lit red at night, with dancers passing beneath it
The built central bamboo bar installation at dusk, thatched roof over a woven bamboo counter
The central bamboo bar installation lit at night, string lights strung from its bamboo frame
Musicians performing at night on the bamboo-built main stage, lit 'Big Bang 2024' backdrop behind them
A performer on the bamboo main stage, lit in purple stage light
Musicians performing at night on the bamboo-built main stage
The woven bamboo BFR sound-system booth on the festival grounds by day
The BFR sound-system booth lit at night, the Studio Monkey Shoulder sign glowing beside the decks
DJs and musicians performing at the BFR sound-system booth beneath the lit lion-crest sign
The BFR sound-system booth at Big Bang 2024, Nanadisa
The BFR sound-system booth at Big Bang 2024, Nanadisa
A woven bamboo installation with straw effigies hanging from its roofline, by day
The woven bamboo installation lit at night
A woven bamboo structure on the festival grounds ahead of Big Bang 2024
Big Bang 2024 festival grounds in Nanadisa, Assam
Big Bang 2024 festival grounds in Nanadisa, Assam
Big Bang 2024 festival grounds in Nanadisa, Assam
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