The three frequently share ideas, notes, and drawings with the Yeezy team, which are then worked over under the direction of West himself. Over the course of our conversations, Kanye refers to West Lake Ranch as a “Yeezy campus” and “a paradigm shift for humanity.” He is focused on developing a new architectural language with input from the legendary American light-and-space artist James Turrell, the Belgian interior design wizard Axel Vervoordt, and the Italian architect Claudio Silvestrin. But more than that, Kanye West is developing his boldest endeavors yet-and this is his test site.īy the time you read this, whatever state the plans were in when I was on the ranch in January has surely morphed. So: Is it a ranch where he will raise the sheep that will produce the wool for Yeezy clothing, as has been reported? Yes, sure, that’s a tiny part of it. “And definitely Christ altered my ego.” The choir, the rebirth, the multi-thousand-acre land grabs, the move to Wyoming, the new Jesus-centric rap album, the return to Fashion Week in Paris… Where is it all coming from? And what does it all add up to? By a combination of instinct and design, West’s projects are always moving targets, but what became clear as we spent time together is that, in many ways, they are all linked to what is going on here in Cody. “I definitely think there’s an alter ego,” West tells me. Which is exactly what makes him so fascinating right now. In fact, since West has become publicly active again after the prolonged quiet period that followed his 2016 hospitalization at UCLA Medical Center for what was deemed a “psychiatric emergency” (a moment of adversity that, like an infamous car crash early in his career, West conceptualizes as pivotal), the correlation between all of his wide-ranging endeavors has been mysterious.

The exact nature of the project they are toiling over is ever evolving.

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