British designer Es Devlin has drawn on the aesthetic of afrofuturism for The Weeknd's stage set at Coachella music festival, which features a massive cracked mask animated by projection-mapped lighting.
The 30-foot-high (nine-metre) face sculpture forms the backdrop to the Canadian singer's headline act at the 2018 edition of the annual Coachella music festival.

The set, which first took place on Friday 13 April 2018 and will play again this weekend, combines his new EP (Extended play) My Dear Melancholy with previous tracks like Pray for Me, from the recent blockbuster movie Black Panther.
The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, asked Devlin for "an afrofuturist sculpture for his performance" to follow his work on the soundtrack for the film, which features costumes and sets that reference afrofuturism ? a cultural movement that combines African culture and identity with technology and science fiction.
Devlin came to the idea of a computer modelled mask of the singer's face, detailed with striations and a massive scar, which suits her interest in making "alter egos" for performers ? like her large projections of Beyoncé during the singer's Formation world tour.
"Tesfaye had been working on the Black Panther soundtrack and he and close XO [record label] confederate Lamar Taylor envisaged Afro Futurist sculpture for his performance," Devlin told Dezeen.

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