For the Swedish artist and designer Moki Cherry, there was no separation between life and work. As her motto went: “The stage as a home, and the home as a stage.”
In 1963, at the age of 20, she met the jazz musician Don Cherry, with whom she formed a decades-long domestic and creative partnership. Roving between Europe and the US, they developed a new approach to performance, taking concerts out of late-night jazz clubs and into galleries, schools and outdoor spaces. Moki, who trained as a fashion designer in Stockholm, produced album covers, costumes and tapestries that were used as environments for these events – all in her signature psychedelic style. The enterprise, which fused eastern and western cultural traditions, was branded “Organic Music Theatre”.
