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Cloud Girl Neon for All Day I Dream Festival

A 15-foot hand-fabricated neon sculpture built as the signature art installation for the inaugural All Day I Dream Festival at Woodward Reservoir. It drew festival-goers up the hill, and organizers waited to switch it on before the music began. Neon Flamingo, in collaboration with artist Kristine Kim, designed and fabricated Cloud Girl, a 15-foot-tall neon sculpture built as the signature art installation for the inaugural All Day I Dream Festival, held May 12–15, 2022 at Woodward Reservoir in Oakdale, California. The three-day event, headlined by Little Dragon, drew festival-goers from across the state to the reservoir's hillside grounds, and Cloud Girl was the piece that greeted them.

A Beacon Visible From the Festival's Edge

Standing 15 feet tall on a hill above the grounds, Cloud Girl worked as a landmark. Lit at full scale, the sculpture was visible from well past the festival's boundary and pulled guests up toward the center of the grounds. It was the first and largest piece of art anyone met on arrival.

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The installation's presence became so central to the festival's identity that organizers made it the opening cue for the entire event: the music didn't start until Cloud Girl was lit. A 15-foot neon sculpture became, quite literally, the festival's ignition point.

From Blueprint to Hilltop: Full-Scope Project Management

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Neon Flamingo was brought in after organizers already had a design in hand, and managed the project from blueprint to install:

Fabricator sourcing: identified and vetted a fabrication partner capable of executing the piece at scale, within the festival's budget
Long-distance transport: coordinated the safe transport of a 15-foot sculpture up the California coast to the festival site at Woodward Reservoir
On-site installation: used a scissor lift to install the piece at height, on uneven hillside terrain, ahead of the festival's opening

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A piece this size had to arrive intact, land precisely on a hillside, and be ready to perform as the festival's opening signal. Fabrication, logistics and install at that scale ask for project management as much as craftsmanship.

Why This Project Matters

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Cloud Girl shows what the studio can handle well past storefronts and studio commissions: sourcing and managing outside fabrication partners, moving oversized art across the state, and installing at height on a hard festival deadline. Treated as large-format public art, neon can anchor an entire event.

We are actively looking for more music festival and large-scale outdoor art installations. If you are producing an event that needs a signature light piece, something guests walk toward and photograph all weekend, this is the kind of project we want to build next.

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Client: All Day I Dream Festival (Woodward Reservoir, Oakdale, CA)
Collaborator: Kristine Kim
Dimensions: 15 feet tall
Scope: Fabrication sourcing, transport logistics, on-site installation
Festival lineup included: Little Dragon, Ry X, Guy Gerber, and others

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