Souvenir Collab
Inspired by the iconic car air freshener, Barbee and Suplee create a sensory experience using the car as site. Their piece takes place in the vehicles of HDTS 2013 participants as they traverse the desert landscape. Composed of objects collected from a variety of locations along the route, the resulting sculptures will be an amalgamation curated by the viewer, a souvenir of their experience.
Souvenir Pick-Up Sites include:
Gold Dinosaurs, Joshua Tree California (north side of Hwy 62 & Neptune Avenue–1.4 miles east of the HDTS HQ)
Wonder Valley Weigh Station, Wonder Valley, California (on Amboy Road, near the Palms in Wonder Valley)
The Palms Restaurant, Wonder Valley, California (83131 Amboy Road, Wonder Valley)
Hill Top Motel, lobby, Kingman, Arizona (1901 E Andy Devine Avenue, Kingman)
Don’s Yard Sale, Cleator, Arizona (across from Cleator Bar, walk up the driveway, yard sale is on the porch–don’t worry about the dog)
Arcosanti, airport model alcove, Arcosanti, Arizona (in the alcove housing the airport model on the lower southeast face of the facility)
El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico (1000 E 66, Gallup)
Mana Mart/Burial Grounds, Los Lunas, New Mexico (242 El Cerro Mission Rd, Los Lunas)
Octopus Car Wash/Tradewinds Sign Rally, Albuquerque, New Mexico (5308 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque)
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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.
