Driving Map
Driving Instructions
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Rachel Whiteread
Shack I and Shack II
Sohn family property, Pioneertown
Directions
From Hwy 62, go north on Pioneertown Rd. Drive about 7.5 miles and turn right on Pipes Canyon Rd. Drive 2.2 miles to Gamma Gulch Rd, turn left (do not drive above 20 mph). Drive .5 mile to Geronimo Rd and make a left. Drive .5 mile to marker and make a right toward next marker indicating parking.
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Dana Sherwood
Other Dessert Landscapes
Andy’s Gamma Gulch, Pioneertown
Directions
From Hwy 62, go north on Pioneertown Rd. Drive about 7.5 miles and turn right on Pipes Canyon Rd. Drive 2.2 miles to Gamma Gulch Rd, turn left (do not drive above 20 mph). Drive 1.6 miles to God’s Way Love, turn right. Drive .4 miles, see gray structure on right.
We respectfully ask that you be mindful of our human and non-human neighbors. Here’s how you can help us continue offering programming on our God’s Way Love site:
- No foot traffic to the north of God’s Way Love, this is our neighbor’s private property. Please keep on our 40 acre property south of the road.
- Park as much to one side of the road as possible and don’t block traffic. Carpool when possible. Be prepared to walk along the road to the site if parking gets crowded.
- Don’t park over plants or brush - Heat generated by cars can start brush fires.
- Don’t park in soft sand or you will get stuck.
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Erkan Özgen
HARESE
HDTS Firehouse Outpost, North Joshua Tree
65430 Winters Road, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Directions
From Hwy 62 go north on Sunburst. Follow the paved road as it turns right and then turns left and becomes Border. Drive 4.1 miles to Winters Rd, turn right. Drive 3.7 miles to Firehouse on left.
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Gerald Clarke
Earth Memory
Sunfair Dry Lakebed, Joshua Tree
34.164081, -116.217854
Directions
From Hwy 62 drive north on Sunfair Rd. Drive 2 miles to Broadway and turn right. Drive about 1 mile until you are on the lakebed, look slightly right for markers. Follow markers to site.
- This is a popular site for ATVs and dirt bikes, keep your eye out.
- People can camp on BLM land for 2 weeks at a time, so you’ll see a lot of campers and RVs set up
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Jack Pierson
The End of the World
Behind The Palms
83131 Amboy Rd, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Directions
From Hwy 62 head north on Adobe Rd in 29 Palms. Turn right on Amboy Rd and drive about 13 miles. Park in the lot of The Palms
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Paloma Varga Weisz
Foreign Body
At Wonderland Books across the street from The Palms
83131 Amboy Rd, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Directions
From Hwy 62 head north on Adobe Rd in 29 Palms. Turn right on Amboy Rd and drive about 13 miles. Park in the lot of The Palms
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Kate Lee Short
Respite
Private property, Wonder Valley
34.163472, -115.792833
Directions
From Hwy 62 head north on Adobe Rd in 29 Palms. Turn right on Amboy Rd and drive about 15 miles to Midway Rd. At this intersection there is a clearing on the south side of Amboy Rd. Park on the south side of Amboy Rd, NOT the north. Walk west along frontage road to the first turn out on the south side. Follow that dirt road 600 ft and see installation on the right.
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Alice Channer
Rockpool
Ironage Road, Wonder Valley
34.1431300, -115.6904550
Directions
From Hwy 62 head north on Adobe Rd in 29 Palms. Turn right on Amboy Rd and drive about 18 miles. Shortly after the road curves north, go right on Ironage Rd. Keep left as you pass the sign for California Supreme Salt. Drive about 3.5 miles, until you see a marker on your right.
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Dineo Seshee Bopape
Lerato le le golo (… la go hloka bo kantle)
Ironage Road, Wonder Valley
34.130778, -115.684722
Directions
From Hwy 62 head north on Adobe Rd in 29 Palms. Turn right on Amboy Rd and drive about 18 miles. Shortly after the road curves north, go right on Ironage Rd. Keep left as you pass the sign for California Supreme Salt. Drive about 4.5 miles, until you see a marker on the left.
CAUTION: DO NOT DRIVE BETWEEN OUR IRONAGE RD SITES AND HWY 62. Ironage Rd is unmaintained, and full of washboards and soft sand. There is one very sandy patch of road between our Ironage Road parcel and Hwy 62, which will be marked with warning signs. If you are experienced with sand and drive an AWD, sure, go for it at your own risk. If you get stuck, call Bailey’s Towing, Hill’s Towing or AAA.
HDTS 2022
Curated by Iwona Blazwick OBE, Director of Whitechapel Gallery, London
9 new site-specific works in Pioneertown, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Wonder Valley. Artists include Dineo Seshee Bopape, Alice Channer, Gerald Clarke, Erkan Ozgen, Jack Pierson, Dana Sherwood, Kate Lee Short, Paloma Varga Weisz, and Rachel Whiteread
April 9 — May 29, 2022
HDTS 2022 emerges from a heavy felt shift in both culture-at-large and our local desert communities. Its title The Searchers shines light on the “regenerative ruin,” a concept that follows 21st century human intervention in our desert region. As a historically nomadic environment, the desert has played host to waves of different existences—transitory settlements, sanctuaries, and living experiments. This particular desert, at the bottom of the dense Mojave, occupies a fringe space between the western apexes of Los Angeles and Las Vegas where these experiments flourish. Its uniqueness lies in the many ungoverned moments, layered visions, and transposed uses of space that comprise a landscape full of attempted solutions to the basic question of “How to live?”
HDTS 2022 also included ephemeral programs at our community partner sites including the Sky Village Swap Meet in Yucca Valley and The Palms in Wonder Valley. Documentation of these programs can be found here.
