Desert Faux Pas

As a resident of the high desert for the last six years Jasmine has come to know the desert well, and now regards it as an ordinary place like any other. Through conversations with people less familiar with the area she has come across the common misconception that only extraordinarily bizarre events happen in this environment. For HDTS Jasmine has constructed characters out of recycled trash to represent people interacting in a social setting in a residential backyard here in the desert. This project conveys a completely ordinary event that takes place here, but is commonplace everywhere, in an attempt to demystify the environment.