256 Shades of Grey
Kartz Ucci died from brain cancer on October 6, 2013, six days before 256 Shades of Grey was performed for HDTS 2013 at The Palms in Wonder Valley, California. Abby Donovan and Tom Hughes carried out the piece for Kartz, as they had been working with her to help realize it.
A temporary sound and light piece, with accompanying sing-along, 256 Shades of Grey was projected into/onto/through the desert on the opening night of HDTS 2013. It was a celebration of uncertainty, midi file technology, the Grateful Dead, and above all, survival. A brief shifting of the darkness in this, the deserts of the American West. 256 Shades of Grey was made possible in part by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.
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THE PALMS (AMBOY RD)
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.
