FORM Festival: The Indie Festival of the Future
When I found out about my opportunity to volunteer at this year’s FORM festival, I wasn’t at all hesitant. The producers of FORM (Hundred Waters) put a certain level of effort into curating their audience. There is an entire application process that involves submitting an essay or an example of your art work. I wholly appreciated this because there is definitely a magnetic energy when people come together for similar intent and a purpose. This isn’t your typical festival where people show up because it’s trendy and they’ve been promised an influencer experience. FORM convinces you that the only way to genuinely connect with the music is through an immense immersion into the community Arcosanti has cultivated.
183 Likes, 1 Comments - FORM (@form) on Instagram: "Yesterday @sainthheron shared "Roll Back, Say That," a discussion amongst performing artists..."
Arcosanti is a uniquely designed space that explores communal living. In 1965, Palo Soleri and his wife developed the Cosanti Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to foster inspiration and education about the relationship between cities and the earth’s ecology. Arcosanti is the site of many frequently held cultural events.
(Photo courtesy of Arcosanti.org)
As for me, my main attraction in going was geared towards KING, Kelsey Lu, and Solange. Thanks to the musical curation of Hundred Waters and Moses Sumney, I got so much more than I expected. I’ve been introduced to Kelela’s music before but her performance made me become obsessed. She has incredible stage presence and is able to capture the audiences’ full attention from start to finish with a specific intensity. Thundercat was another musician whose music I’d heard but hadn’t fully paid attention to. But his performance at the festival converted me into a strong fan of his.
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Being that this was my first year, it was a treat to see so much Black artistry be represented and given a platform. Particularly, Black artist that don’t tend to get tons of consistent mainstream attention. Ultimately FORM is was a wonderful opportunity to detach from the excessiveness of our current reality and escape into a sonic journey.
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