I like to be surprised in this way, so I create a lot of space for chance.”Īrt by “Black folks are the originators of all types of mainstream music today,” says musician Brandon Woody plays the trumpet in his band Upendo, which means love in Swahili. The meaning becomes clearer to me when I’ve had some distance from the reality that generated the artwork. It’s rather a feeling of something interior that spreads outward. I try not to be too goal oriented when I am making work.

Things only have value or importance because we ascribe it, so I like to play around with that, both in the materials I work with and in the content. “I draw inspiration across time and history, from the ancient to the contemporary, but I like to think that these things all exist on the same plane and have equal value. Realized across mixed media, including wire frames, 3D sculpture, print plexiglass, panel paintings and site-specific installations, Gitte’s art explores themes in multitude: icons of childhood, 90s computer games, walls, fences and dead ends, pain and joy.

My artworks are like mirrors, but ones where I can manipulate what’s being reflected at me.” -Artist (Gitte Maria Moller) Making my art is like creating companions or more well-formed versions of myself. “Like anyone else, I get lonely or insecure. Tap our story for a festival playlist featuring these Coachella artists. traveled to the US for the first time to play Coachella. expands on this moment with his mom and bandmates (his cousin and best friend). A full circle moment: dad found his first guitar lying beside a trash can.ĩ. shares his gratitude as the first Punjabi singer to ever perform at the festival.Ĩ.

With a hype squad like this, how could performance be anything but extraordinary?ħ. and share a special moment right after performing together. Singer and performer makes a historic return to Coachella.Ĥ. Trailer hangs with the UK’s ahead of her debut main-stage performance.Ģ. Here’s #10Things from the festival with a lineup so global, you won’t remember where you are anymore. 🏜️🎶🌈 Weekend one at was nothing short of amazing.

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