The Woodford Folk Festival 2017 welcome gate “Makassan” was built in collaboration with Amir Rabik, Cave Urban and the Woodford Folk Festival. It is a salute to the Makassan traders who formed a path between Australia and Indonesia in the past and now Amir continues this tradition by sharing his craft and expertise.

Bamboo Master Amir Rabik was born on the island of Madura in Indonesia. Chief architect of the Boom Festival 2006 and master planner of the festival site Seven Temple Rumah in Padang Bai pictured in this spread. All vegetation on site was left intact and the structure wrapped the landscape with a bamboo mesh.

Built on the ground with a simple split system the fabric was propped up and laid over a series of arches.