ESCAPE VELOCITY

Poetic Kinetics, known for their large-scale interactive kinetic art, introduced “Escape Velocity” to Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 11-20, 2014. The 36’ tall x 57’ long x 40’ wide mobile Astronaut amazed fans and performers during the festival, hovering over concertgoers, interacting with them as they passed by.

Radio-controlled animatronics gave it the ability to articulate life-like gestures, such as peace and thumbs up signs. Video projection mapping allowed participants to have their face projected into the helmet visor as well as have their name appear on the suit’s nametag. It was such a hit Kid Cudi and Big Boi of OutKast requested its presence at their performances.

Escape Velocity was Jenner's first collaboration with Poetic Kinetics, joining their marketing team to manage the astronaut's social media channels.