Taffy
Name
Taffy
Type
Public Art
Location
Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Indio, CA
Date
2025
Client
Raffi Lehrer, Public Art Company
Paul Clemente, Goldenvoice
Design
Stephanie Lin
Design Contributors
Christopher Dela Pole
Structural Engineer
MOR Engineers
Lighting Design
Felix Lighting
Taffy
Type
Public Art
Location
Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Indio, CA
Date
2025
Client
Raffi Lehrer, Public Art Company
Paul Clemente, Goldenvoice
Design
Stephanie Lin
Design Contributors
Christopher Dela Pole
Structural Engineer
MOR Engineers
Lighting Design
Felix Lighting
Description
Taffy is a vibrant, large-scale installation composed of seven cloud-like towers ranging from 25 to 50 feet in height, each clad in a double-layered, scalloped mesh that creates dynamic moiré patterns. The towers’ colors, inspired by midcentury desert modernism, shift subtly with the movement of the sun and dramatically transform through lighting at night. Beneath this pastel canopy, plywood benches echoing the towers’ forms and hues invite visitors to gather, pause, and look up. Taffy serves as an immersive visual frame for the event, evoking the ephemeral beauty of desert light and air and fostering a connection with the landscape.
Taffy is a vibrant, large-scale installation composed of seven cloud-like towers ranging from 25 to 50 feet in height, each clad in a double-layered, scalloped mesh that creates dynamic moiré patterns. The towers’ colors, inspired by midcentury desert modernism, shift subtly with the movement of the sun and dramatically transform through lighting at night. Beneath this pastel canopy, plywood benches echoing the towers’ forms and hues invite visitors to gather, pause, and look up. Taffy serves as an immersive visual frame for the event, evoking the ephemeral beauty of desert light and air and fostering a connection with the landscape.
