FNG22

Féile Na Gréine 2022, three days of music aimed to provoke moments of joy. 19-21 August 2022.

Animated gif with the static title "Three days of" followed by a list of cycled words such as "Singing, dancing, sore feet"
Animated gif with the static title "Three days of" followed by a list of cycled words such as "Singing, dancing, sore feet"

Féile Na Gréine 2022
FNG22
19-21 August 2022

Our 2022 festival was always going to be a special one, just off the back of the removal of Covid-19 restrictions, we and everyone else in the country were primed to celebrate.

The theme for the artistic direction and visual identity of this year's festivities was Provoking Moments of Joy. The identity ran with the idea that joy could be found in the simple, the unexpected, and even the mundane parts of our lives. After asking all of our volunteers "What gives you joy" we built a number of 3D objects that would reflect these little things that give people joy (ice cream, dogs, happy accidents, etc) while remaining somewhat ambiguous.

Instead of choosing a strict colour palette, we animated complete gradients that echoed the shimmering quality of holographic foil, filtering prisms of light. To best reflect this in our printed material we sourced A3 holographic card and printed our posters using an office Xerox, while on our printed programme we applied a holographic sticker to the cover by hand.

Image of two people hanging holographic posters

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Poor Creature Treaty / Mohammad Syfkhan / Junior Brother / Post Punk Podge and the Technohippies / Midweek / Heart Shaped / Banríon / Brigid Mae Power / Brawni / Boyfrens / lastminuteman / Frog of Earth / Ev Carm / Of All Living Things / NONSLEEP / Little Hag / Girlfriend / Cáit / Natalia Beyliss / Citrus Fresh / Fixity / Vacuity / Zeropunkt / Son Zept / Emmy Shigeta / I Dreamed I Dream / Messyng / Altered Hours / Photography Exhibition

A photo of a busy street outside Treaty City brewery. In front of the image is a 3D holographic balloon dog
Blurry image of the band The Altered Hours, awash in blue stage lighting. In front of the image is a 3D image of a holographic "Head-Exploding" emoji
A photo of a group of people dancing on the street during the day. In front of the image is a 3D render of a holographic ice-cream cone
List of sponsor logos: Limerick City Council, Limerick Arts Office, Piquant, Crew Brewery, The Commercial, Mother Macs, Treaty City Brewery, Pharmacia