‘Beneath the Depths’ is a walkabout art piece that is upcycled from tent material from music festivals. The wearable art piece explores a performance 100 years into the future, for a festival focused on sustainability. Ciara imagines a world where genetically modified plats provide natural lighting and clean air. Characters that coexist with humans, costumes that reflect bioluminescence and sustainable values. The design is inspired by coral and made from discarded tent fabric that ties in with the festival culture, highlighting the reuse and eco-conscious design in future performance.

Ciara’s practice grows out of a fascination with festival spaces: their unpredictability, chaos, and the thrill of never knowing what you will encounter next. Ciara makes wearable costumes that belong within that high-energy, ever-shifting world, using integrated lighting, UV-reactive details, and reclaimed materials such as old festival tents to create pieces that feel alive in their surroundings. A lot of the thinking around the works comes from imagining festival worlds and future environments, where costume is not just an object, but part of the spectacle. Ciara draw inspiration from natural systems like bioluminescence, as well as symbolic and spiritual creatures, then rework those ideas into something more energetic, immersive, and visually overstimulating.