Pink Post Office Projects
Pink Post Office Projects (PPOP) was founded in 2007 by designer and entrepreneur couple Margot and Philip Ittleson. They found this abandoned property on Amboy Road in Wonder Valley and took on the extensive job of cleaning up the 100-acre junkyard and styling it as a NYC loft.
It took over 2 years of intensive labor and love to make a magical creative space in which to showcase their talents and that of other friends. The architect Donald Wexler designed the original building, and is now offered as an artist residency.
Projects include the Chakra Healing Tunnel (inspired by the philosophies of Anodea Judith, a Chakra expert, created in hopes of cleansing the body of a cancer diagnosis), the exterior Pyramids (healing and guest housing built using the proportions of Giza), and Found Object Chandeliers.
Saturday, October 12, 2013, 12–6PM
Sunday, October 13, 2013, 12–3PM
Pink Post Office Projects
78201 Amboy Rd, Wonder Valley
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.
