"I love getting out of a gallery," says Sterling Ruby. His piece for Desert X, "Specter," is a ghostly rectangular shape that looks like an optical illusion. The bright orange color contrasts with the dusty chaparral and the white peaks of the

Iván Argote's point of view

Mar 15th, 2019 13m 35s

Five wood and concrete staircases make up Iván Argote's "A Point of View." It's no surprise that the security guard of the construction site asked if he could return with friends to have drinks. His installation for Desert X 2019, he says, is "

Gary Simmons recaptures memories

Mar 14th, 2019 22m 53s

"Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark" is a stack of speakers constructed out of salvaged wood from post-Katrina New Orleans. Performers rearrange the speakers and play music. Videos of the performances play on a loop, and the cigarette butts

Kathleen Ryan constructs a Ghost Palm on a fault line

Mar 2nd, 2019 16m 12s

Kathleen Ryan is a sculptor who has created an artwork for Desert X 2019 called "Ghost Palm." The transparent plastic and steel evocation of a full-size palm tree, with a skirt of acrylic rods, sits on the San Andreas at a spa in Desert Hot Spr

Cristóbal Martínez of Postcommodity on listening to desert architecture

Feb 21st, 2019 20m 48s

Postcommodity challenges enthusiasts of midcentury modern homes in the Coachella Valley to look at these houses through new eyes. The indigenous art collective, made up of Cristóbal Martínez and Kade Twist, has created a sound installation fo

Nancy Baker Cahill's ephemeral sculptures

Feb 20th, 2019 18m 3s

Nancy Baker Cahill reinvents land art with two augmented reality artworks -- “Margin of Error” at the Salton Sea, and “Revolutions” over a wind farm northwest of Palm Springs. Hear how she went about creating this "zero environmental impact art

John Gerrard on "Western Flag" and our shared petro-history

Feb 15th, 2019 25m 19s

On this Desert X 2019 podcast episode, the Irish artist John Gerrard discusses the ideas behind Western Flag (Spindletop, Texas) 2017, 2017-2019, located at the Palm Springs Visitors Center. This digital simulation depicts the site of the Lucas

Rasmus Nielsen/Superflex, "Dive-In"

Feb 15th, 2019 21m 11s

On this Desert X 2019 podcast episode, Rasmus Nielsen of the Danish artist collective Superflex talks about Dive-In, 2019, their pink coral-like art installation at Cap Homme and Ralph Adams Park in Palm Desert. It's an attempt to create "fish-

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Introducing the Desert X Podcast

Feb 5th, 2019 2m 25s

Desert X is a contemporary art exhibition framed by the mountains and desert of the Coachella Valley. On this podcast, we’ll introduce you to some of the artists of Desert X 2019. Their site-specific artworks range from murals and projections t

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