Creating Coachella

Whenever I think about Coachella festival my brain seems to go into American mode and I overexcitedly ponder about how 'sick' and 'rad' it would be to be able to go.  I'm already spasming with jealousy when I think about the lucky people who'll be dancing in the desert to MY favourite bands* while I'm stuck at home thousands of miles away, angrily making a shrine to The Strokes out of fake sand and cacti.

(a home-made portrait of Julian Casablancas.  Not made out of fake sand obvs.)

Orrrr just keeping up with the coverage online.  Which I can now start as The Creators Project have teamed up with Coachella this year.  If you don't know much about the project, it started off in 2010 promoting established and up-and-coming artists who use technology to create their pieces.  In 2011 they are commissioning their own art, becoming pioneers in the field of technological creation.  They'll be doing this in a big way at Coachella, fusing music and live art together with huge interactive installations.

In view of this they've created this trailer in the prelude to Coachella, featuring a 'physical manifestation' of Spiritualized's J. Spaceman singing 'Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space', as filmed by Jonathan Glazer:

Thanks to The Creators Project I'm no longer jealous of Coachella attendees.  It's made me realise that you don't need to actually attend festivals to enjoy them.  That's like, so 2010.  It's now all about locking yourself in your bedroom at your parents' house and living virtually and vicariously through the screen of your laptop, before, during and after the event.

Right...?

*an extensive list including Angus and Julia Stone, Animal Collective, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, City and Colour, Crystal Castles, CSS, Elbow, Empire of the Sun, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Foals, High Contrast, Hurts, Interpol, Jack Beats, Jack’s Mannequin, Jimmy Eat World, Kanye West, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Mumford & Sons, Nas & Damian Marley, Ratatat, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums, The Kills, The New Pornographers, The Strokes, The Two Door Cinema Club and Yelle.


Makes me wanna cry die.