Hannah Ray Kennedy, Scenic & Spatial Design Portfolio

01 · Pangea, Enigma

Enigma

Cape Town, South Africa

Role: Concept design, creative direction, and project management for a large-scale immersive stage and village, collaboration on canopy concept design, DJ booth, signage, and detail decor built from concept through installation.

Rusted tower facade with found-object shelving and a salvaged elevator panel

Sherbet-toned canopy folds catching daylight over the dance floor

Purple-lit canopy interior beneath a mirrored disco ceiling

DJ set beneath the sunburst timber roof at dusk

Hand-carved Are You Listening signage post against open sky

Vintage magazine and synth poster flatlay, backstage decor

Hand-carved Mutha of Punk signage detail

Netting and lantern detail glowing at dusk

Fun of House shrine wall with framed portrait and moss

Pagoda silhouette in fog and stage lighting at night

Crowd gathered beneath green-lit canopy at night

DJ set beneath the sunburst timber roof, black and white

Teal petal canopy structure with crowd gathered below in daylight

Punky Pink trailer facade with hand-painted signage

Collaged portraits and ephemera pinned to a trailer ceiling

Rusted tower with porthole windows and spotlights at dusk

Inside the moss-covered DJ booth structure, crowd gathered around

Shelf still life with framed photographs and dominoes

Additional photography by Kyle Kingsley and Diary of Ross.

02 · Kunda Valley

Kunda Valley

Cape Town, South Africa

Role: Decor & creative installation, spatial design. Draped textiles, decor and furnishing conceived to turn a bare canvas yurt into a warm, ceremonial gathering space that tells a story.

Chandelier and mirror-shard installation hanging beneath the yurt's oculus

Communal gathering beneath the Kunda Times wall during a sound bath

The Time Traveller's Inn, hand-painted signage detail

DJ set among candlelight and turntables at dusk

Vintage reel-to-reel and record shelf detail, Zorba the Greek on vinyl

Detail of hanging mirror shards and crystal beads catching the light

DJ set at the synth corner, Korg Prologue lit beneath the canopy

Additional photography by Skyla Haley.

03 · Palapa, Fusion

Fusion

Germany

Role: Scenic painter, for Wanderzirkus Collective. A raised scenic facade designed to emulate a favela from another universe, weathered surfaces, signage, and graphic detail painted to sell a lived-in, back-alley world.

Panorama of the raised Fusion structure lit up at dusk

Painted alley facade with neon signage and awning

Full row of painted shanty facades under stage lighting

Weathered fan and pipework scenic detail

Balcony facade with painted signage and graffiti detail

04 · Sandlantis

Sandlantis

Germany

Role: Scenic painter, for Wanderzirkus Collective. A sunken, nautical-steampunk village of portholes and glowing detail work, scenic painted to carry the weathered textures of salt, rust, and age.

Lantern-lit facade of the Sandlantis village at night

Village square with red-lit water tower structure and fog

Corner building with porthole windows glowing at night

Balcony facade detail with neon trim and fog

Archway and tiled facade lit by warm spotlight and haze

Wide view of the Sandlantis village at night

05 · Kunye, TGTHR Stage

TGTHR Stage

Pretoria, South Africa

Role: Lead installer, for Senses Design Studio. A sheer, tonal fabric canopy installed over the TGTHR stage at Kunye festival, rigged to catch the dusk light across the dance floor and create an immersive, held world within the forest.

Tonal canopy panels catching the setting sun

Canopy detail woven through the tree line

DJ set beneath the canopy at dusk, TGTHR stage

Second DJ set beneath the canopy at dusk

06 · Vinyl Digs

Vinyl Digs

Role: Live wheatpaste murals painted during the event, in collaboration with illustrations by Sakkie.

Fresh wheatpaste poster going up beside the ladder, mid-install

Two wheatpaste DJ characters mid-motion on a pink brick wall, illustration by Sakkie

Solo wheatpaste figure smoking atop a record crate, close-up detail

Portrait beside the wheatpaste Atlas-with-a-disco-ball mural

Diving DJ character wheatpaste piece beside a ladder

07 · Wheatpaste Murals

Wheatpaste Murals

Role: Personal lino print and wheatpaste work, made across different walls, cities, and years.

Frame by Frame Animation

Born from a continual desire to breathe new life into old pieces and to experiment with multimedia work. The original piece was a frame by frame animation before it found a second life pasted onto a wall in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Watch animation on Instagram ↗

Standing beside the frame by frame animation piece pasted on a graffitied wall

Pasting the frame by frame animation piece to the wall

Poetry Piece

A collection of film photographs taken over the years, layered with an original poem. Born from the desire to create for creation's sake, merging a love for the written word with visual beauty. Wheatpaste works are transient, they don't live forever, and that impermanence mirrors the impermanence of every phase of life and its constant pull toward change. But for a moment, it holds the ephemeral still.

The Mother Mural

Born from an early fascination with devotional art across every belief system. What began as a lino print grew into a multimedia mural woven through with candles and chains, a public altar built into an overgrown building in Montenegro.

Full view of the Mother Mary altar piece lit by candles among ivy and roses

Close-up of the Mother Mary lino print detail

The Mother Mary mural set into an ivy-covered wall

Chain and dried rose detail beside the altar

Full altar piece lit by candles and surrounded by flowers

This Is Bat Country

Growing up reading and studying Hunter S. Thompson, drawn to his renegade ways, the outlet of street art and wheatpaste murals felt synonymous with the thrill of reading his works. This lino print portrait pulls from his Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas era, and is now living out its days in the mountains above Palma de Mallorca.

This Is Bat Country wheatpaste piece set into a graffiti-covered archway

Pasting the Bat Country lino print detail onto the wall

Polaroid photographs of the Bat Country piece and its install

08 · Stop Motion Animation

Stop Motion Animation

Role: Over 900 images stitched together frame by frame, inspired by a National Geographic article and layered with sound design for depth.