Future Front x The LINE Austin
here, we let creativity EMERGE.
ANNUALLY, Future Front takes over The LINE hotel to amplify emerging creatives living & working in austin.
Featuring independent artists and local cultural icons, consider these installations a love note to their work—and an introduction to the city we call home. Scroll & click on the images below to learn each artist’s story and support their work.
EMERGE 2025 art SHOWS
east gallery Installation: A-HA! featuring artworks by child appetite (iris kwon)
In A-HA!, Child Appetite (Iris Kwon) invites you to sit with sparks of recognition—the “a-ha” moments that emerge from curiosity and deepen over time with personal connection.
Whimsical, sharp and otherworldly, each piece tugs on familiar sensations of discovery, gently requiring a closer look to find unexpected meaning.
Using playful, layered and colorful visuals, Child Appetite’s work blends nostalgia and multiculturalism to reflect the in-between. Drawing on characters and situations from her own childhood memories, every painting is a story, teasing at emotions or interpretations that were once confusing or seemingly trivial, but now hold significant symbolism.
While her painted experiences are deeply personal, the work taps into something universal: those quiet threads of childlike curiosity that connect us all. So, do not simply pass by. Pause, engage and perhaps uncover another layer of satisfaction—a moment of A-HA!
Iris Kwon (she/her) works as an artist under the name Child Appetite because holding onto her childhood memories keeps her grounded through experiences of not fitting into any cultures. Over the past few years, she has studied and explored her memories, transforming rather dark moments into whimsical pieces using vibrant colors and humorous characterized animals. Her art is a continuous journey of turning personal history into visual narratives that invite viewers to rediscover the magic and resilience of childhood. She aims to evoke a sense of nostalgia and curiosity in strangers, believing that even though everyone’s experiences and memories are different, there is always an overlap.
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EMERGE 2025 DJs & SOUND ARTISTS
As part of EMERGE, Future Front and The LINE Austin present an annual series of monthly Swim Sessions, from June to September, featuring women and LGBTQ+ DJs and producers on the hotel’s pool deck.
dj wyldflower
Wyldflower (she/her/they), blooming in Austin but hailing from Detroit, is the founder and host of Sunday Sessions, a DJ, builder, & spiritually led wellness champion. She studied architecture, herbalism, and continues to study many other subjects. As a DJ & music fanatic, she’s heavily influenced by classic House & Soulful sounds, but her styles & interests are as expansive as her travels have been. As a human, she's a champion of anything that supports our collective liberation and believes community is an integral in that pursuit.
DJ BEAUJOLAIS
DJ Beaujolais aka Gabrielle Rose (she/they) explores how two turntables and a mixer can make our vast world feel intimate. Having worked many years in the service industry, her infectious enthusiasm for music and craft food led her to open Try Hard Coffee Roasters, Austin’s first Japanese listening bar-styled cafe, where DJs and music heads shared their personal record collections with the community. She believes that such third spaces are the most powerful conduits for expressing culture and connecting people from all walks of life, and so she forms strong relationships with restaurants, bars, DIY venues and the vibrant DJ community in Austin to create immersive experiences that drive this ethos forward. Like a fruity Beaujolais, her sets should be enjoyed in good company and preferably with dancing.
DJ HELIOS
From sound engineer turned DJ, DJ Helios (she/her) has been a prominent presence in the music and entertainment industry for the past decade. She possesses diverse talents - spinning for renowned names such as Espolòn, Corona and La Colombe in Texas, at massive corporate conferences in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, as well as gracing the decks of nightclubs in Mexico City. She has shared stages with artists like Billy Idol, captivated audiences at colossal Latin music festivals such as Besame Mucho with her electrifying performances and was an official SXSW Artist in 2024. Helios fuses beats and pulls inspiration from her Mexican roots, her love of hip hop, reggaeton, house and funky edits. She loves the universality of music and how people can celebrate community, cultura and life on the dance floor.
DJ DANA SCULLY
DJ Dana Scully (she/her) is a vinyl DJ based in Austin, TX, and the founder of the Queer Vinyl Collective, a community dedicated to uplifting queer artists and fostering inclusive music experiences. Dana’s distinctive style blends genres like disco, pop, and hip-hop, creating vibrant, immersive sets that captivate and energize diverse audiences. Through her work in the Queer Vinyl Collective, she actively cultivates opportunities for aspiring DJs, helping them refine their skills and connect with new listeners. With active residencies throughout Austin, Dana curates spaces where music, diversity, and community intersect, ensuring the local music scene remains accessible and inclusive for all.
DJ HONEYPOCKET
Brittany Greer (she/her), aka HoneyPocket, has been into co-creation and passion fusion her whole life. As a multi disciplinarian, she draws inspiration from the world around her and brings a blended mixture of skills and experience to the table - both figuratively & literally. Her musical tastes encompass this desire for blending and merging sounds together so you'll often hear a variety of genres, samples, reworks, and original tracks ranging from jazz, funk, hip hop, and latin roots to your newer sub-genres of house, future soul, and vapor twitch. She enjoys providing atmosphere in collaboration with what else is happening in a space - from cocktail lounge, to brunch, to members club meetups - she aims to enhance the vibe of what's already been curated.
knstalgia
Olivia Komahcheet (she/her) is a music producer, live performer and Emmy nominated composer whose work spans within spaces of music, visual media and immersive art experiences. Collectively intertwining a multitude of soundscapes often integrating alternative/indie, experimental art pop and indietronica, Olivia has worked with top brands including Paramount Pictures, Apple +, PBS, Instagram, Ableton, Red Bull, Walrus Audio, Sundance, Square Register and Brooks Running with original music being heard on Netflix and Shudder TV platforms. Her original music has been married to films screened at National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian, TIFF Film Festival, SXSW and is a 3 year platinum Producer on Timbaland's global music industry platform "Beatclub".
To attend a Swim Session and learn more about each DJ, get details at futurefronttexas.org/comethrough.
Since 2017, The Line Hotel Austin’s Emerge Program has amplified 175+ Future Front creatives with more than lip service.
Through strategic collaborations in the lobby, community swims on the hotel’s pool deck and support for The Front Festival, the program has generated $80,000+ in support for independent creatives and collectives.