Rise
RISE is a work with both sculptural and situational components. A simulated artificial moon is built in the desert where it can interact with the stars and moon in the night sky. A large disk is elevated by a twenty-foot pole mounted to a wood and steel structure built on the side of the highway. The disk serves as a screen for a photographic projection of an image of the full moon. While the sun sets in the evening the projected image becomes visible just before a waning moon begins to rise in the sky to the east. Once the sky has grown completely dark the artificial moon appears to hover, suspended over the desert landscape.
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.
