We Build Excitement
We Build Excitement is a series of automotive performances in which heavy equipment is used to build sculptures out of Pontiac vehicles as a monument to GM’s discontinued Pontiac Motor Division. This project is ongoing, the performances taking place at a series of temporary Pontiac dealerships in California, Arizona, and Michigan. Beyond the construction and destruction of automotive monuments, the performances may include:
- Re-enactments of car accidents by accident survivors
- Re-enactments of these re-enactments of car accidents choreographed and performed by dancers
- Re-enactments of Pontiac assembly line labor by ex-Pontiac employees
- Re-enactments of the re-enactments of Pontiac assembly line labor choreographed and performed by dancers
- Re-enactments of the senate Big 3 restructuring hearings performed by car salesmen.
We Build Excitment is funded by a 2012 Creative Capital film/video grant.
Saturday–Sunday, October 12–13, 2013
Near The Palms on Amboy Rd in Wonder Valley
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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.
