PT. & PT.
“Pt&Pt (Foggy Day) was an outdoor installation made for the High Desert Test Site in Joshua Tree, CA in 2011. I built a canopy structure (10’ x 20’), wrapped with transparent plastic food wrap. I filled inside the canopy with fog, which was generated by a fog machine. In doing so, the half-transparent structure built on the open desert visually “cropped” the landscape. I picked the specific location: sand, rocks, and vegetation such as yuccas and cacti were carefully composed by the canopy frame. The canopy actually functioned as a theater/stage/set for my performance. Visitors could view the entire process of me performing and filming inside the foggy canopy. The props/objects in the canopy were sculptural work installed amid the natural habitation. In the end, the documentation of the performance became a video piece, titled Pt&Pt (Foggy Day).”
— Naotaka Hiro
OCTOBER 15, 2011 - OCTOBER 16, 2011
High Desert Test Sites returns this fall for a weekend of new experimental art, architecture, and design projects sited in the Southern California high desert communities of Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Wonder Valley, Yucca Valley, and 29 Palms. HDTS 2011, curated by the McCarthy Family, Robert Stone, and Brooks Hudson Thomas, will feature new works by an exciting group of emerging and established artists, architects, and designers.
The weekendʼs festivities will include a dinner (first-come-first-served) and performances by E-Rock, Lisa Schonberg, Tara Jane ONeil, and Tyler Held with Von Tundra, The Sibleys, and Jamuel Saxon at the Palms Restaurant and Saloon in Wonder Valley.
A zine-style publication, designed by David Dodge, with original contributions by the Llano del Rio Collective, will accompany the event.
HDTS 2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All sites will be open for viewing Saturday and Sunday 10 AM - 5PM*
Saturday, October 15, 2011
8 AM - 1 PM
Dawn Kasper, Nomadic Studio Practice Experiment: The Swap Meet, Sky Village Swap Meet
2 PM - 3 PM
Shari Elf, The World Famous Crochet Museum Presents: Gospel Revival, Art Queen
3 PM - 3:30 PM
Dawn Kasper, Nomadic Studio Practice Experiment: The Palms, The Palms
4 PM - 6 PM
Tyler Matthew Oyer, Hello, Dolly!, Iron Age Road
6 PM - 10 PM
Dinner (first-come-first-served) and performances by E*Rock, Lisa Schonberg, Tara Jane ONeil, and Tyler Held with Von Tundra, The Sibleys, and Jamuel Saxon, The Palms
Sunday, October 16, 2011
1 PM - 1:30 PM
bodycity, BODY DESERT: END TRAILS, Coyote Dry Lake
*The Sky Valley Swap Meet is open Saturday and Sunday 6 AM - 2 PM. The Palms opens at 3 PM.
