Did you see the incredible Spider Stage at Ultra Miami or Glastonbury?
The company that produced the stage is called Arcadia Spectacular. The spider, which is 65 foot tall and weights 50 tons.
It is made of recycled parts of army helicopters and plains. Arcadia Spectacular are transforming the military machinery and industrial components into positive spheres, which serve for joy and entertainment and that’s another great thing about them.
The Spider is not the only product of their imagination and technical thought. There’s also the Bug – a smaller “stage” and a few other projects the company built during the ten years of their existence.
The Spider has traveled to Thailand and then to the USA and it took four shipping containers and 48 days to get it to LA.
Watch and read the 8 facts about the Spider Stage at Glastonbury
Photos of the Spider from Ultra Maiami and Glastonbury
This is how the Spider Stage was shipped to Thailand. Photo courtesy of Arcadia Spectacular.
Initial plans to buy the Spider an economy ticket with some extra legroom, perch him behind a newspaper and hope for the best were scuppered within seconds of our arrival at the airport. An ill fated attempt to flirt with a decidedly offish metal detector led to our heartbroken arachnid bursting out onto the tarmac, drinking a petrol tanker dry and passing out on the runway singing I Will Survive.
Wrapping him in brown paper and strolling up to the counter in the post office to inquire about parcels to Thailand also unraveled fairly swiftly as Bristol and the surrounding counties ran out of first class stamps and the sedative we’d stuck in his propane began to wear off.
Foiled again – there was only one thing for it - Bring on the containers.... Bring on the cranes….
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