Peter Coffin’s Studio Playlist

View of Peter Coffin’s “Untitled (Music for Plants)� at his exhibition LIVING at Red Bull Studios New York. Credit: Greg Mionske / Red Bull Content Pool. Photo: Greg Mionske/Greg Mionske / Red Bull Content Pool

For an artist whose practice is predicated on the somewhat subversive, it’s no surprise that Peter Coffin would stack a playlist with Miles Davis and Kraftwerk and Tonto’s Expanding Headband. Like his selections, Coffins’s works evoke many a mood—whether with his outdoor Cloud installations or oversize taxidermy animal sculptures or slow-motion videos. For those times when you don’t know where you want to go but want the journey to inspire you, listen up.

Terry Riley, “In the Summer�

Miles Davis, “Little Church�

Toots Thielemans, “Love Theme From ‘The Getaway’ Yesterday & Today�

Kraftwerk, “Ananas Symphonie (pineapple symphony)�

David Crosby, “Laughing�

Tonto’s Expanding Headband, “Riversong�

Lifetones, “Good Side�

Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin, “Naima�

Grace Jones, “The Fashion Show�

Was (not Was), “Wheel Me Out�