Fleming Celebrates 2016 Nostalgia at “Flemchella”

On the night of May 16, Fleming House staged its own festival revival with “Flemchella,” a 2016/Coachella-themed Interhouse that invited students to “Blast From the Past” in the Fleming courtyard from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The announcement promised a return to something relatively precious: to flower crowns, festival fits, overexposed desert aesthetics, and whatever collective psychic residue still clings to our shared concept of 2016.

Contrary to Blacker’s celebration and reinvention of antiquity, Flemchella ordered a different ritual: the communal resurrection of a year now distant enough to feel themed, but recent enough to feel faintly incriminating.

The 2016/Coachella-inspired stage was rife with symbols from the era, including Nyan Cat, rainbow poop emojis, dabbing unicorns, and an angelic Harambe (may he rest in peace). (Photos: Damian R. Wilson)