Desert X

Desert X
"Mirage" by Doug Aitken is one of the many pieces of art on display for Desert X
Genre Contemporary Art, Site-Specific Art
Dates February 25 - April 30, 2017
Location(s) Google (23 April 2017). "Desert X" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Years active 2017 -
Founded by Susan Davis
Steven Biller
Neville Wakefield [1]
Website http://www.desertx.org/

Desert X is a site-specific, contemporary art exhibition that was built in the Coachella Valley from February 25 - April 30, 2017. It was formed by Desert Biennial, a 501(C) charitable organization founded in 2015. The exhibit is meant to bring attention to the valley's environment through the display the works of emerging artists. Themes include climate change, immigration, tourism, gaming and native American culture. [2] [3] [4] Works include a camouflaged house covered in mirrors, an autonomous vehicle known as the "ShyBot" that is programmed to avoid people as well as an underground bunker where there is kitsch sculpture of John F. Kennedy.[5]

“ShyBot” Lost and Found. In February 2017 the robot’s creator, an Italian artist “Norma Jeane” lost contact with ShyBot. All communication was lost, and some thought the art robot was “bot-napped”. [6] In July 2018, an off-roader from the Coachella Valley found ShyBot and through a QR code on the body was able to contact ‘Desert X’, and facilitate her return. [7]

‘DESERT X’ RETURNS FEBRUARY 9 – APRIL 21, 2019. The ‘Desert X’ Board of Directors announced October 9, 2017 [8] that its highly anticipated second edition will open February 9, 2019 through the end of April 2019 with an expanded curatorial and executive leadership team. Returning Artistic Director Neville Wakefield is joined by Director of Education & Public Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Amanda Hunt and Los Angeles-based independent writer and curator Matthew Schum as co-curators. Jenny Gil, appointed as Executive Director, was most recently with Faena Art, Miami, and in her new position is charged with overseeing the exhibition's administration and management to ensure the long-term stability of the organization.

Posted on the ‘DESERT X’ Facebook page Saturday, January 20, 2018.[9] Desert X Returns: “A site-specific contemporary art exhibition in the Coachella Valley, February 9 – April 21, 2019.”

Participating artists

"Mirage" by Doug Aitken consists of a house fully covered on the inside and out with mirrors
Philip K. Smith III's "Circle of Land and Sky" consists of 300 reflective pilings that are placed in a large circle at 10 degree angles
"Hollow Earth" by Glenn Kaino is an illuminated, glass covered hole that creates the illusion of a tunnel descending deep into the Earth
"Curves and Zigzags" by Claudia Comte
A spectator having fun at "Curves and Zigzags" by Claudia Comte

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How Desert X concept of making art accessible became a reality". desertsun.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Massive Desert X art exhibit debuts in Palm Springs area". Desertsun.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Desert X 2017". Desertx.org. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  4. ↑ "International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X'". latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  5. ↑ "'Desert X' Treats Arid Space as a Rich Canvas". newyorktimes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  6. ↑ "Things Go Awry at 'Desert X,' as Shy Bot Disappears". newyorktimes.com. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  7. ↑ "After a year-long journey in the California desert, Desert X's art rover Shybot is found". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  8. ↑ "Desert X announces second edition to open February 9, 2019". DesertX.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  9. ↑ "Desert X Facebook Page". facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  10. ↑ http://pks3.com/
  11. ↑ http://www.claudiacomte.ch/
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