KID A MNESIA
Radiohead Expansion Into Physical Space
Radiohead will present Motion Picture House, a large scale audiovisual installation built around KID A MNESIA, a film constructed from the visual material developed during the recording of Kid A and Amnesiac.
NEW YORK CITY | TMN Editorial
The project brings together artwork by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood, combined with a soundtrack derived from original multitrack recordings from that period. The installation also includes galleries presenting large format works from the same era.
KID A MNESIA was first introduced in digital form through an interactive exhibition developed with Epic Games. That version translated the material into a virtual environment. Motion Picture House presents the project in a physical setting, closer to its original intention.
The installation is designed as a continuous audiovisual experience. A custom six point surround sound system has been developed for the space, with the music remixed specifically for this format. The structure follows a loose narrative described by Yorke as a scenario in which a figure moves through a deteriorating museum composed of fragments, images, and spaces connected to the albums.
The first presentation will take place within a newly built underground structure at Coachella, designed specifically for the project. The space extends across approximately 17,000 square feet, with high ceilings and controlled acoustics intended to support the audiovisual format.
Following its debut, Motion Picture House will travel to a limited number of cities, including a run in Brooklyn in May.
Originally released in 2000 and 2001, Kid A and Amnesiac marked a shift in Radiohead’s approach to composition and production, moving away from conventional rock structures toward electronic textures, fragmented arrangements, and non linear forms. The visual language developed alongside those records has remained closely tied to how that period is understood.
This installation revisits that material by placing it in a spatial context, where sound, image, and movement are experienced simultaneously rather than sequentially.
Learn more about dates and venues for the installation here.
