The rocky desert has long been a foil for ‘extreme versions of architecture’ – as Wakefield puts it – from Donald Judd’s interventions in Marfa, Texas, to the modernist homes of Palm Springs itself. ‘To see what it does to communities and how it draws different people in.’ Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Those days California welcome Desert X Art Festival where the experts demonstrate modern design solutions. ‘What excites me about this project is it’s an opportunity to see how art behaves outside of institutional walls,’ says Wakefield. Mirror-cover mirage house Desert X Art Festival. Courtesy of the artist and Desert Xĭesert X installation view of Will Boone, ‘Monument’, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Desert Xĭesert X installation view of Tavares Strachan, ‘I AM’, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Desert Xĭesert X installation view of Sherin Guirguis, ‘One I Call’, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Desert Xĭesert X installation view of Robb Pruitt, ‘Flea Market’, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Desert Xĭesert X installation view of Jeffrey Gibson, ‘Alive!’, 2017. Courtesy the artist and Desert Xĭesert X performance still of Lita Albuquerque, ‘hEARTH’, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Desert Xĭesert X installation view of Doug Aitken, ‘Mirage’, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Desert Xĭesert X installation view of Claudia Comte, ‘Curves and Zigzags’, 2017. Desert X installation view of Glenn Kaino, ‘Hollow Earth’, 2017.
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