Desert X 2023 is open!!
Deset X is an incredible artistic collaboration with international artists who create phenomenal instalations. Every two years they make our desert their home by refelcting and cultivating new ideas and using our natural desert as part of their art piece.
Curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-Curator Diana Campbell, the exhibition will activate the desert landscape through 12 installations by artists from Europe, North America and South Asia, whose poetic and immersive works span sculpture, painting, photography, writing, architecture, design, film, music, performance and choreography, education, and environmental activism.
“Contrary to the archetype, a desert is not defined by the absence of water. The desert landscape is formed by the memory of water.”
There are so many to check out and learn more about. Here are the top 10
1. Rana Begum, No.1225 Chainlink
2. Lauren Bon, The Smallest Sea with the Largest Heart
3. Gerald Clarke, Immersion
4. Paloma Contreras Lomas, Amar a Dios en Tierra de Indios, Es Oficio Maternal
5. Torkwase Dyson, Liquid A Place
6. Mario García Torres, Searching for the Sky (While Maintaining Equilibrium)
7. Hylozoic/Desires, Namak Nazar
8. Matt Johnson, Sleeping Figure
9. Tyre Nichols, Originals
10. Tschabalala Self, Pioneer
Here few ways to check out Desert X….
Download or refresh the Desert X app to plan your visit or participate from afar.
Stop by the Desert X Hub at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club Palm Springs [701 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs] to talk to a volunteer and get tips for your journey. The Hub is open Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Docents will be at most sites today between 10 am and noon and every Saturday throughout the exhibition.
Learn more at desertx.org
