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Fields Festival 2014 // Lexie Mountain Boys // site-specific performance

Born in Baltimore 2005. Human pyramids at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Tour of Europe, Opening for Matmos on the West Coast, Woodgrain Manicure Rock Opera, Sacred Vacation a CD available on Carpark Records, Wham City Round Robin Tour, Chorale in Lausanne Switzerland. Inflatable balls, pink dresses sewn into a maypole, pregnant with balloons, black candy, paper suits, golden spandex, fake beards, long ropes, general chaos.

Fields Festival // August 22-24, 2014 // Camp Ramblewood

The inaugural Fields festival was an immersive outdoor music and arts experience bringing audiences together with some of Baltimore’s most exciting creative voices in an intimate campground setting. The weekend featured dozens of musical performances on multiple stages, spanning a wide spectrum of underground, independent, and experimental sounds from Baltimore and beyond.

The more than 60 local and afar musical acts performing in Fields included Dan Deacon, Matmos, Horse Lords, Flock of Dimes (Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak), Chiffon, Nate Young (Regression, Wolf Eyes), DJ Dog Dick, Zomes, Needle Gun, Abdu Ali, Wume, Nautical Almanac, Ghost Life, Greg Ward, and Metalux.

The weekend also featured a wide range of other performances and activities, including field location and dance performances by Lexie Mountain Boys and others; comedy from Alan Resnick, Ben O'Brien and many more; live theater such as Connor Kizer‘s Chronotony and Rheingold by Annex Theater's Evan Moritz, video, sound and visual installations, performance art, poetry, yoga, and dance courtesy of performers and curators from Baltimore’s vibrant arts community.

Fields was co-directed by Amanda Schmidt (a founder of Baltimore's DIY venue Soft House) and Stewart Mostofsky (of Baltimore-based label Ehse Records).

Other curators included:
Comedy: Ben O'Brien (of Wham City Comedy)
Plays: Cricket Arrison and Lola Pierson (of Acme Corporation)
Video/film: Shana Palmer (musician and visual artist)
Sound installation: Rod Hamilton (musician)
Visual installation: Jasmine Sarp (co-editor of arts journal Acres)

Camp Ramblewood: 2564 Silver Road, Darlington, MD 21034