Excessive Scream, the Parisian studio behind Ibiza’s [UNVRS] superclub and the Paris 2024 Olympic closing ceremony, has constructed a unified visible system for the brand-new pageant.
Goldenvoice has revealed the primary have a look at the stage design for Head Journey, the one-time-only EDM pageant taking on Coachella’s grounds on the Empire Polo Membership in Indio.
The inaugural fest is scheduled for October 10-11 with headline performances by Calvin Harris, Skrillex and Swedish Home Mafia together with collaborative units from FISHER b2b Chris Lake and Peggy Gou b2b 4 Tet, amongst others. Its manufacturing was designed by Excessive Scream, the Parisian inventive studio based by Romain Pissenem, whose earlier work contains [UNVRS], Ushuaïa Ibiza, Hï Ibiza, the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games closing ceremony and immersive reveals at Madison Sq. Backyard and the Nice Pyramids of Giza.
The Empire Polo Membership itself turned the launching level for the design. Pissenem and his workforce conceived a sci-fi-inspired construction resembling a overseas object that has made contact with the desert, hovering over the grounds whereas integrating naturally into the encompassing panorama. The construction makes use of reflective supplies to work together with Indio’s pure parts and attracts on visible markers of the venue itself, together with the airstreams that dot the positioning throughout Coachella.
Reasonably than constructing separate techniques for screens, lighting, video and structure, Excessive Scream wove them right into a single visible expertise designed to put each attendee contained in the present. The manufacturing extends deep into the group, with lasers and lighting turning the pageant ground into what Pissenem calls a “forest of sunshine.”
“Digital music relies on get together and celebration and placing folks collectively to bounce collectively, to rejoice collectively,” Pissenem stated within the announcement video. “For us, it was extraordinarily vital to ensure wherever you’re, it’s a common expertise.”
Goldenvoice described the manufacturing as being constructed to make sure each attendee feels on the middle of the get together, whether or not they’re on the rail, misplaced within the crowd or dancing within the again. Try the corporate’s teaser beneath together with the complete lineup.
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