Monday, June 30, 2025

Spectra

In 2018, U.K.–based design studio NEWSUBSTANCE unveiled Spectra: a round, 75-foot-tall rainbow tower with an interior spiral ramp as an art installation at Coachella. The site-specific piece, became a resident of the festival grounds and was featured again in 2019 and will return in the years to come. 

In 2018, Ryan (Pavlov) and I took a tour of the Spectra as it made it’s debut on the grounds. The cool thing about this piece is it is interactive with the fans. You walk inside and all the way up and around the ramp to the top of the structure. As you walk you are bathed in different color light from the windows and at the top you are rewarded with sweeping views across the whole festival.

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Amy Harris is a writer and photographer who has been traveling for 20 years and flown over 2 million miles to visit over 80 countries on 6 continents. She is a freelance photographer for Invision by Associated Press, AP Images and Rex/Shutterstock. Her work can be seen in various publications and websites including: Rolling Stone, AP Images, National Geographic Books, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Forbes.com, Lonely Planet Travel Guides, JetStar magazine, and Delta Sky Magazine.

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