Forma World

The gatherings were intentionally intimate. They were designed not just as performances to be consumed, but as shared spaces for curiosity, listening, and 4th-wall-breaking story craft. Music served as both anchor and invitation, creating openings for the kinds of conversations that require us to slow down, to listen more carefully, and to acknowledge what we might not yet have language for.

Forma was as much about documentation as it was experience.

Through music photojournalism and written reflections, we created a living archive that allowed us to trace how ideas move through bodies, through sound, and through the rooms we gathered in. We wanted to show that culture doesn't just happen on stages or in galleries; it happens in the margins, in the quiet moments between songs, in the ways we look at each other when someone says something true, and in how the experiences carry on through us long after the events were over.

Forma ran from 2019 to early 2020 in Knoxville, Tennessee, a city often overlooked in conversations about cultural innovation. We chose Knoxville because we believed that meaningful culture doesn't only emerge from coastal capitals, but from anywhere people are willing to gather with intention, curiosity, and care.