The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry
The Living Temple is a major retrospective centered around Swedish visual artist, designer, and multimedia creator Moki Cherry (1943–2009).
I had the great honor to piece together and design the prospectus and exhibition checklist that was the showed to prospective galleries, museums, and curatorial teams.
Information & Credits
Graphic Designer
Rachel Rosenfeld & Lydia Somani
Photography
Bob Sweeny & Ryan Collerd
Curator
Artwork
Mark Christman, Neneh & Naima Cherry
Venue
Moki Cherry, Courtesy of the Moki Cherry Estate
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Moki Cherry began her decades-long career as a practicing artist in the mid-1960s, living and working between Sweden and New York until her death in 2009. Moki’s collaborations with her partner, legendary composer Don Cherry, turned ordinary spaces into joyful happenings—art that moved, sang, and celebrated life as a creative act. Beginning in the 1960s, and continuing for nearly two decades, their alliance entwined music, theater, performance, and art in experimental ways, forging hybrid audiovisual spectacles brimming with life and social consciousness.
The visual language was also deeply inspired by Immanuel's graphic scores, a method of composition that I didn't even know could exist until I encountered his work. It transforms the act of making music into an experience of pure play and experimentation, allowing composition to become a multitude art forms in one. Shapes and patterns swirl and dance between the staves of the page, creating a visual rhythm that feels just as expressive as the music itself. That sense of curiosity, movement, and joyful exploration became the foundation of my design approach.
