Echoes of Earth has always been more than just music. Set amidst nature, the festival is all about slowing down & exploring music, art, culture, and everything in between, consciously. This year, Absolut Mixers leaned into that very rhythm, becoming part of the festival’s fabric through an immersive intervention that felt nothing short of an exploration.
With inclusivity at its core, Echoes of Earth made a great fit for Absolut’s Born Colourless philosophy. As opposed to a single focal point, Absolut Mixers introduced the Absolut Blue Trail, a curated walk designed to be explored slowly, allowing visitors to engage with art at their own pace.
The trail unfolded through three large-scale installations, each interpreting blue as a colour that doesn’t exist in isolation but comes alive through balance and coexistence.
The first stop featured artist Trishala Srinivas, who drew inspiration from the Indian Roller. Drawing from the bird’s vivid blue wings and dramatic dives, the installation took shape as a 22-foot-wide sculpture built from metal, muslin and mesh, layered with repurposed plastic and electronics. Soft LED lighting and fabric paint brought it alive, making it feel like a moment frozen mid-flight.
Following this was Alt-Native’s underwater moment, inspired by the Peacock Mantis Shrimp. Stretching 18 feet in length and rising 8 feet high, the structure combined bamboo and metal with iridescent panels made from e-waste and fabric. As light shifted across its surface, the piece kept transforming and mirroring the creature’s extraordinary colour spectrum.
The trail concluded with Mechanimal’s The Gooty Machine, a kinetic sculpture that reimagined the rare blue Gooty tarantula, made using a refurbished jeep and nearly 100 kilos of scrap material. The 15-foot-wide structure moved, vibrated, and responded, blurring the boundary between object and organism.
In addition to this, Absolut Mixers also helmed the stage, inspired by the Mimic Octopus. The stage evolved with light, sound, and performance, creating a dynamic setting for some of the weekend’s standout acts.
What remained after the music faded & the crowds thinned out was a simple yet resonant takeaway that colour like culture is at its best when blended together. Absolut’s Born Colourless philosophy revealed itself at Echoes of Earth through art, movement, and collaboration, celebrating how the most compelling moments occur when ideas, people, and spaces come together.
