All At Once….

All At Once… is a large-scale cane and bamboo installation that unfolds like a living system: a tall central dome surrounded by a constellation of smaller interconnected structures. Covered in translucent paper and textile membranes, the work appears almost organic – something part-built, part-grown, and open for people to gently move through.

Each space has its own character. Some look back – offering encounters with stories, textures and traces of the region’s history, shaped by its geology and biodiversity. Others hint toward what might come next. Visitors travel between these “nodes” at their own pace, discovering shifts in light, sound, scale and atmosphere.

At the heart of the installation sits the Now Dome – a generous central space designed for pause, presence and contribution. Here, people are invited (not instructed) to leave small drawings, notes, thoughts or quiet gestures on the walls, building a collective record over the festival’s duration. It’s a space that holds possibility rather than prescribing meaning.

Moving outward again, the final nodes gesture toward imagined futures – speculative, fragile, playful, uncertain. They don’t answer the questions they raise; instead, they create room for curiosity about what resilience, creativity and community might look like in the years ahead.

Wheelchair accessible throughout, All At Once… is less a linear narrative and more an ecosystem to wander through – a work shaped by material, light and the imaginations of those who meet it. Visitors may leave with a sense of connection, reflection, or simply enjoyment of the structure itself. The installation asks nothing in particular of you, and offers many ways in.