Cover Songs
Using lyrics from rock songs drawn onto blankets as signs, Iauch hitches rides toward the physical and emotional spaces these lyrics imagine, such as “the land of truth” lyric from Neil Young’s Thrashers (1979). He talks to those who pick him up–about music, feeling trapped, and the day-to-day activities that ground romantic desire.
**Friday, October 18, 2013, performances at 11:00-11:45 am and 1:00–1:45 pm
Lava Falls, El Malpais National Monument (at the south end of El Malpais National Monument)***
Directions: Take I-40 Exit 89. Head south on Hwy 117. You will pass the El Malpais (BLM) Ranger Station (stop by and pick up a map if it’s open!) Continue driving south for about an hour (but we suggest allowing more time to stop and check out the park’s other sites!) –past the Sandstone Bluffs Overlook, La Ventana Natural Arch, and the Narrows Picnic Area. Park in the lot for the Lava Falls area.
*subject to change due to potential park closures
IMPORTANT SITE UPDATE 10/16/13: Directions: take I-40 exit 89, and drive south on Highway 117 for 20 miles. Turn left on South Narrows Road, and drive to the far end of the parking lot. Performances at 11AM and 1PM.
OCTOBER 12, 2013 - OCTOBER 19, 2013
High Desert Test Sites hits the road for a full week of experimental art and exploration, from Joshua Tree to Albuquerque!
HDTS 2013, the ninth program in a series of free ranging and ever evolving contemporary art events, expands our range and depth to take in everything from Joshua Tree, California to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Roughly 60 new projects will take place over an entire week, during which artists and audience alike will traverse over 700 miles of desert roads to check out the new work and explore the hidden gems and diverse desert communities along this spectacular stretch of the Southwest.
Project sites include: Amboy Crater, Arcosanti, Area 66 (Yucca), Art Queen (Joshua Tree), Bluewater Lake State Park, El Malpais National Monument, El Rancho Hotel (Gallup), Giant Rock (Landers), Hill Top Motel (Kingman), Magdalena Ridge Observatory (Socorro), Mill Restaurant (Crown King), Montessa Park (Albuquerque), Palms Restaurant and Saloon (Wonder Valley), Petrified Forest National Park, Octopus Car Wash (Albuquerque), Pink Post Office Projects (Wonder Valley), Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque), Warehouse 1-10 (Magdalena), in addition to our regular HDTS sites.
The week’s festivities include a Saturday night opening dinner (first-come-first-served) at The Palms in Wonder Valley October 12, with musical performances by The Sibleys and The Renderers.
A zine-style publication, designed by Brad Hudson Thomas, with original texts by James Trainor and Eden Solas, will accompany the event.
