Lost, Target, Home, Always, Swing Station

“Lost”, October 22, 2004
I drove from LAX to Yucca Valley. I got lost somewhere in the Mojave Desert driving without a map and following the most desolated dirt roads that I came upon. I slept in my car and had a dream.

“Target”, October 23, 2004
I picked up a bunch of shopping bags from a Target store. I went to Andy’s Gamma Gulch Site in Yucca Valley and wrapped up a Joshua Tree in Target bags. The target tree stayed there for the duration of HDTS 4.

“Home”, October 23, 2004
While driving from high to the low desert between Yucca Valley and Wonder Valley I noticed a lot of abandoned houses and cars along the road. I stopped to take a closer look at these modern ruins. One of them was of particular interest to me. I placed my video camera on a tripod at a significant distance from the house and let it roll. I climbed on the skeleton of a roof and crawled in all direction like an ant in an ant hill.

“Always”, October 24, 2004
I went to see a performance at Coyote Dry Lake. While waiting for the performers to begin their act, I took a couple of water bottles from my car and wrote the word Always on the ground. Always remained visible for about 30 seconds before vanishing in the dry land.

“Swing Station”, October 24, 2004
While driving on the Iron Age Road toward Site # 13 I was listening to a swing station on the radio. I stopped the car, opened all doors, turned up the volume, and started dancing in front of my video camera slowly fading away into the horizon.