Desert X Podcast
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Desert X Podcast
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 to large-scale sculptures and virtual installations. And...
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Sterling Ruby's fluorescent orange monolith
"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 il...
Iván Argote's point of view
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...
Gary Simmons recaptures memories
"Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark" is a stack of speakers constructed out of salvaged wood from post-Katrina New Orleans. Performers rearrange th...
Kathleen Ryan constructs a Ghost Palm on a fault line
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-si...
Cristóbal Martínez of Postcommodity on listening to desert architecture
Postcommodity challenges enthusiasts of midcentury modern homes in the Coachella Valley to look at these houses through new eyes. The indigenous art c...
Nancy Baker Cahill's ephemeral sculptures
Nancy Baker Cahill reinvents land art with two augmented reality artworks -- “Margin of Error” at the Salton Sea, and “Revolutions” over a wind farm n...
John Gerrard on "Western Flag" and our shared petro-history
On this Desert X 2019 podcast episode, the Irish artist John Gerrard discusses the ideas behind Western Flag (Spindletop, Texas) 2017, 2017-2019, loca...
Rasmus Nielsen of Superflex on "fish-friendly architecture"
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 i...
Introducing the Desert X Podcast
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...