Of all the forms of creative expression, music is arguably the most universal. Alone or with others, in your Lincoln Nautilus® Hybrid or at a concert, while working or at play, hearing the right song—or even merely just the right chord—can help evoke memories, emotions, and full-body responses. It can help bring you closer to someone you’ve never met before and, inversely, strengthen your connection with the person who means more to you than anything else in the world.
On the final episode of Mark the Spot , multidisciplinary artist Temi Coker has a special surprise in store for his wife and creative partner, Afritina Coker, with some help from beloved Dallas music venue Revelers Hall and local jazz band Bishop Avenue Hot Six. You can hear a song years later and suddenly it takes you right back to where you were, who you were with and how you feel,” Temi says. The sound surrounds you in a way that feels intentional.” Temi starts his surprise under the guise of visiting the venue to hear some great local musicians.
Little does Afritina know, Temi is actually one of them. The Nautilus® Hybrid is perfect for their journey. Designed for music lovers, the vehicle’s Revel® Ultima 3D helps provide an encompassing audio experience with three distinct listening modes: Traditional Stereo, Audience, which replicates the experience of the best seat in the concert hall for an intimate musical experience, and On-Stage, a surround-sound experience that puts you in the middle of it all, placing individual instruments and musical elements throughout the cabin of your vehicle.
As a photographer and set designer with two children under two, Afritina’s opportunities to find time for herself have grown increasingly limited. On the day of Afritina’s surprise, the couple begins their trip to Revelers Hall. Temi has secretly been practicing to sit in with the Bishop Avenue Hot Six and perform a song—Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World”—prepared especially for her.
He grew up playing piano (add it to the Coker family’s already-overwhelming roster of creative talents) and has been quietly planning the performance in Afritina’s honor, alongside Joseph Reyes, band leader and trumpeter for Bishop Avenue Hot Six. We are honored to be a small part of that. As musicians, we’re usually playing dances, parties, and club dates, but getting to help create a memory like that was really cool,” Reyes describes.
Revelers Hall co-owner Amy Wallace Cowan describes the venue as “small, intimate, and without a formal stage, so the artists and guests are sharing space and experiences in a really unique way,” making it the perfect setting for Temi’s surprise performance. Tears in her eyes as she watches her husband perform, Afritina remarks, “I can’t believe he pulled that off.” Related Content Amber Mark’s Road to Lollapalooza Mark the Spot, Episode 2: Fashion Gigi Perez Headlines New York Fashion Week Event Presented by Rolling Stone and Gap Inc.'s Encore Membership Program Mark the Spot, Episode 1: Art Creativity—be it music, fashion, or visual art—has always been deeply intrinsic to Afritina and Temi’s relationship: They originally bonded over photography and, back in 2015, before the kids and collaborative studio, Temi first confessed to having deeper feelings for Afritina during a date at a museum. The couple’s motto is “‘Till Death Do Us Art,” a phrase they immortalized on the Coker Studio “For the Lovers” jacket.
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