A speakeasy nestled in the forest of the PHISH Mondegreen Festival, the Cerealist Bowl was conceived and curated by TRIADIC. Inspired by the Surrealist movement and celebrating its 100th anniversary (1924), the space featured unusual installations, peculiar happenings, interactive performances, a hidden sake bar, and more. Open pre- and post-show each day, the venue invited audiences to explore the bizarre and wonderful, both by day and night. A standout highlight included interventions by renowned US performance artist Machine Dazzle.
The Heliograph— An octagon, a spaceship, a viewing tower, a beacon of hope, a structure of strangeness, whatever you want and need it to be. Heliograph takes inspiration from 1950s retro-futuristic architecture and graphic design, and was conceived & designed by TRIADIC, the festival’s art directors, in collaboration with Theatre Projects, Liquid PXL, Moment Factory and Event Revolution.
The Heliograph also functioned as a dynamic performance space, hosting late-night DJ sets by notable artists such as Questlove, Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn (performing as Made of Oak), and the Flying Mojito Brothers.
Olivier Grossetête is a French artist who is known for his monumental constructions made entirely out of cardboard and tape. His projects are always participative, beginning with a local multi-day workshop to prepare the boxes - which he uses as ‘building blocks’, followed by a communal onsite construction of a monument. The artist is inspired by local architecture, and in the case of Mondegreen, Grossetête took inspiration from Baltimore City Hall to create this unique site specific work. ‘City Hall’ is made up of 1,850 boxes, stands over 80 feet high, and weighs nearly 2 tons.
An inauguration took place once the structure was built on the first day of the festival. The final stage of the piece was a group tear-down and ‘demolition’ of the structure, which Mondegreeners were invited to witness and partake in on Sunday. Since 2000, Grossetête had built his Participative Monumental Constructions in over 300 public arenas across five continents with thousands of participants.