Coachella 2017, added art in high definition to the carouser, music fest most widely known for its megawatt headliners and flower-crowned audience, this year had the candy-colored, sky-scraping visual delights, designed for maximum Instagram appeal.
This year’s four major installations have surpassed 2016’s in size, and they seem to be geared toward pure entertainment for Californians. While there wasn’t any overarching theme, one of the works this year, Gustavo Prado’s “Lamp Beside the Golden Door,” invites selfie-obsessed denizens to look beyond themselves.
The artist created a 35-foot towering apparatus made up of thousands of small mirrors that reflects not just the viewer, but all the people around her. Although it was later shielded from public as it caused a bit of commotion.
Below we have a selection of the best of Coachella’s art scene:
