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This website is an archive of HDTS projects from 2002-2022.

High Desert Test Sites has hosted the work of more than 460 artists, 12 expansive site-specific programs, and 25 solo projects over the span of more than 20 years.

From the Archive

mojave-sanctuary1-600x-q100 — Mojave Desert Sanctuary by Gary J. George

Kip's Desert Book Club

gray — California Riding and Hiking Trail

Joshua Tree

gray — Indigenous Culture in the Area

Desert Ecosystems and Plants

gray — A Gift is a Letting Go

Katie Bachler

windsandstars630-1-600x-q100 — Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Kip's Desert Book Club

image-600x-q100 — Ephedra / Tutut

HDTK

image-600x-q100 — Leo Calice

Gerhard Treml
EDEN'S EDGE, 9 SHORTS ON THE CALIFORNIAN DESERT

Projects

Christy Gast

Left Mitten / The Great Denudation

HDTS 4 (2004)

gray — Part 3–The Desert Tortoise, Large-Scale Solar, and Future Plans for the Mojave Desert

Katherine Ball

gray — Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere, The

Desert Research Library

20151010-144922-600x-q100 — Charlie Macquarie
Library of Approximate Location: 39’06’59.11”N 110’06’43.32”W

HDTS: Epicenter (2015)

imgp4827-copy-600x-q100 — Alice Könitz
Meeting With the Sage

HDTS CB08 (2008)

To Dance on Sands by Marta Becket

Kip's Desert Book Club