Radiohead film installation toured

Coachella turned part of Saturday, April 11, into a Radiohead field trip, opening the band’s “Motion Picture House: Kid A Mnesia” inside the festival’s new underground Bunker. (presstelegram.com) The installation premiered on Friday, April 10, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, and Coachella ticket holders could enter across both festival weekends. The film runs 75 minutes inside a purpose-built 17,000-square-foot space beneath the grounds. (variety.com) Radiohead is not performing in the Bunker. The project is a film and gallery built from artwork Thom Yorke and longtime collaborator Stanley Donwood made during the sessions for “Kid A” and “Amnesiac,” with audio remixed from the original multitracks. (billboard.com) That setup pushed Coachella’s art program closer to a standalone attraction. The festival scheduled five screenings a day in the air-conditioned venue, separate from the main concert stages. (desertsun.com) The project also revives an idea Radiohead first released in digital form in 2021. “Kid A Mnesia” began as a virtual exhibition on the Epic Games Store and PlayStation 5 after in-person plans were derailed during the COVID-19 pandemic. (variety.com) This time, Goldenvoice built a physical home for it. Reports from the festival described a grass-covered mound above the subterranean hall, with fans climbing the top for photos before heading down into the screening space. (presstelegram.com) The Coachella stop is only the first leg. After Indio, the installation is scheduled for Brooklyn from May 6 to May 31, Chicago from July 30 to August 23, Mexico City from October 27 to November 15, and San Francisco from January 14 to February 7, 2027. (billboard.com) So the Bunker was not a surprise guest set or a secret side stage. It was a 75-minute Radiohead museum piece dropped into the middle of Coachella, with more dates already on the calendar after the desert. (variety.com)