Adventures in the Desert: Desert X 2019

Desert X 2019 was such a fun experience! Johnny and I fell in love with this biannual art exhibit in its debut year in 2017. Set in and around the desert landscapes of Palm Springs, this series of art installations casts its magic spell by taking its audience into pockets of the desert and desert-urban interface that they would likely never otherwise see. Each location the 2019 exhibit took us to, from an unused gym, to a massive water tank, to a translucent palm tree set deep down a desert path, gave us an experience unlike any other. Desert X 2019 is now closed, but the experience is planned to return in 2021, and we are already looking forward to it! Take a look below to see what our Desert X 2019 adventure was all about:

Exhibit: Dive-In by Superflex, located in Palm Desert

Exhibit: Visit Us in the Shape of Clouds by Armando Lerma, located in Coachella

Exhibit: Ghost Tree by Katie Ryan, located in Desert Hot Springs

Exhibit: Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark by Gary Simmons, located in Indio

Exhibit: Going Nowhere / Executed Variant by Julian Hoeber, located in Desert Hot Springs

Exhibit: SPECTER by Sterling Ruby, located in Whitewater

Exhibit: Jackrabbit / Cottontail / Spirits of the Desert by Cara Romero, located along Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs

Exhibit: It Exists in Many Forms by Postcommodity, located in Palm Desert

Exhibit: Lover’s Rainbow by Pia Camil, located in Rancho Mirage

Exhibit: Surrogates, a film about things to be used, in order of appearance, by self or others, for touching upon larger, insidious, or different things by Iman Issa, located at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage

Exhibit: Revolutions, an augmented reality experience by Nancy Baker Cahill, located in Whitewater