The Cornerstones: Max

Lifting and carrying

2025

Floor

DATE

Jul 16, 2025

Every house starts with a strong cornerstone. Just like Into The Great Wide Open needs those building blocks to bring the festival to life. In The Cornerstones, we follow the people whose work is indispensable to the festival. This time with backliner Max in the gator.

Max works in backline coordination and is always on the go. A real interview wasn’t possible, as he zoomed around the entire island like a true backliner. So we’ll tell it for him. From guitars and synthesizers to special high hats, everything must be transported from the shore to the island, on stage, and then safely packed away in a case or box. Sounds simple, but it certainly isn’t.


Camera: Anaïs Saebu
Editing: Anaïs Saebu & Aniek Kroes
Photography: Louisiana van Onna
Music: The Covids - No Kids


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