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Caterpillar's Longing

Rolling Stone

40 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2015 Best Large-Scale Biology Lesson: Papilio Merraculous Last year, the Los Angeles art collective Poetic Kinetics brought a gigantic rolling astronaut to Coachella;…

Poetic KineticsApril 30, 2015

Caterpillar's Longing

Huffington Post

What also dazzled was Poetic Kinetics companion interactive pieces "Papilio Merraculous" a Coachella Caterpillar that included the Coachella Butterfly. These two mobiles moved across the fields that metamorphosized into trance-like…

Poetic KineticsApril 27, 2015

Caterpillar's Longing

The Sun

Coachella 2015: Giant butterfly greets fans a day early during second weekend INDIO >> With the big reveal of the giant butterfly during the first weekend of the Coachella…

Poetic KineticsApril 18, 2015

Caterpillar's Longing

Billboard

Coachella 2015 Friday Weekend 2 Recap: Alabama Shakes Delivers Standout Set, AC/DC Returns With Fireworks & More By Jeff Miller, Indio, Calif. | April 18, 2015 11:15 AM EDT…

Poetic KineticsApril 17, 2015

Caterpillar's Longing

Press Enterprise

COACHELLA 2015: Ambitious art transforms the festival The Coachella Valley Art and Music Festival welcomed multiple art installations, many of which lit up. A caterpillar that became a butterfly was…

Poetic KineticsApril 13, 2015

Caterpillar's Longing

Caterpillar’s Longing

For Immediate Release MEET ‘CATERPILLAR’S LONGING’, POETIC KINETICS’ NEWEST CREATION AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL #CoachellaCaterpillar WANTS TO KNOW “WHO R U?” April 10, 2015 - Today in…

Poetic KineticsApril 10, 2015

Escape Velocity

Rolling Stone

Best Meeting Spot: Under the Spaceman 50 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2014 The seemingly most primo location for meet-ups was under the big spaceman, designed by Poetic Kinetics…

Poetic KineticsApril 30, 2014

Escape Velocity

Hollywood Reporter

Coachella 2014: Visual Artists That Rocked the Festival by C. Molly Smith 4/23/2014 4:44pm PDT Interactivity and approachability defined the Coachella experience this year, as far as art is concerned.…

Poetic KineticsApril 23, 2014

Escape Velocity

LA Weekly

10 STUNNING COACHELLA ARTWORKS Escape Velocity by Patrick Shearn and Poetic Kinetics The immense moving astronaut sculpture certain to become the central visual touchstone of Coachella 2014 featured three different…

Poetic KineticsApril 22, 2014

Escape Velocity

NBC News

Giant Astronaut Sculpture Looms Over Coachella The "Escape Velocity" moving sculpture by artist group Poetic Kinetics looms over festival-goers on the Empire Polo Field during the first day of the…

Poetic KineticsApril 11, 2014