Party Crashing

Every year, a weekend festival for 1000 people takes place at the bend of a river in Northern California. A music stage on the beach plays throughout the day, and guests of the festival bring dozens of large pool toys, flotation devices, and other watercraft. In 2017, a group of roughly 15 travelers, including two uniformed cabin crew, arrived at the festival from upriver via emergency escape slide from a Boeing 737.

Upon docking the slide on a barge built for the occasion, the flight crew on board opened a rolling suitcase containing a full cocktail service. Menus were provided on laminated safety cards that had been modified for the event, and emergency life vests and oxygen masks were distributed to a number of festival participants as the crash survivors slowly integrated into the event.

I created the branding and graphic design treatment, designed the crew costumes, wrote the bar list, the safety announcements, and the pre-event emails, and performed as one of the flight attendants. I also procured the slide, life vests, and oxygen masks from a commercial aircraft dismantler.