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Thursday, March 18, 2021 Volume 67 | Number 29
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Desert X 2021 explores the desert as a place and idea
First art experience in the reigion now on view, free and open
In This Issue
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esert X , the recurring sitespecific, international art exhibition, has opened its third edition through May 16, at site across the Coachella Valley. Free, safe and open to all, Desert X 2021 is among the first art experiences in the region since widespread lockdowns. Curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-Curator César García-Alvarez , the exhibition will activate the desert landscape through thirteen newly-commissioned installations by a diverse roster of artists from eight countries. Artists include: Zahrah Alghamdi, Ghada Amer, Felipe Baeza, Judy Chicago, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Nicholas Galaninm, Alicja Kwade, Oscar Murillo, Christopher Myers, Eduardo Sarabia, Xaviera Simmons, Kim Stringfellow, Vivian Suter. Full descriptions and installation images of the 2021 artists’ projects are now available at desertx.org/dx/desert-x-21, and a site map, dates and hours for each project can be found at desertx.org. The exhibition explores the desert as both a place and idea, acknowledging the histories, realities and possibilities of people those who reside in the Coachella Valley and the political, social, and cultural contexts that shape their stories. Imagining the landscape as both
1. TELEVISION: Which animated series stars a precocious toddler named Stewie Griffin? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Diomede Islands located?
“The Wishing Well” 2021 by Serge Attukwei Clottey. Photo by Lance Gerber, courtesy of Desert X.
“Never Forget” 2021 by Nicholas Galanin. Photo by Lance Gerber, courtesy of Desert X.
an amalgamation of natural forms and a terrain forged by people, the 2021 edition refuses the notion of the desert as homogenous entity. Newly-commissioned works address themes of land rights and ownership, the desert as border, migration, water exploitation, social justice, racial narratives of the west, the gendered landscape and the role of women and young people and the creation of new dialogues between regional and global desert experiences. In an effort to make the exhibition and the ideas and conversations provoked by it available to the widest possible audience, Desert X 2021 will present Currents, a robust series of public and education programs inspired by the desert’s layered geological forms and the forces that shape deserts
and the immediacy of this moment. The programs will amplify the ideas and questions raised in the exhibition. Through Virtual Gatherings, Hybrid Programs, and Educational Resources, the public programming is grounded in the pasts, presents, and futures of both the Coachella Valley and communities around the globe that are shaped by shared circumstances.
on inheritance issues and counsel parents on how to raise children who aren’t spoiled by money.
• Originally scheduled to be erected in Barcelona, the Eiffel Tower was rejected because citizens thought it was an eyesore.
• Tyromancy is the practice of predicting the future with cheese. • Iguanas have three eyes: two in the normal spots and a third on top of their heads, that only perceives brightness.
• In 2016, a student left a pineapple in an art museum in Scotland. Two days later, it had been placed in a glass case as part of an exhibition.
• Banks employ therapists known as wealth psychologists who help ultra-rich clients unable to mentally cope with the guilt they feel over their immense wealth, advise
• The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.” Now you know why we call it brain freeze.
A special Desert X printed program available at the Desert X Hub at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club will contain up-to-date information on how to experience the exhibition and its public and education programs safely in compliance with CDC, State and County regulations. The map of the 2021 installations can also be found online at desertx.org and via the Desert X 2021 app.
• Alcatraz was the only prison to offer its inmates hot showers, but that had nothing to do with personal comfort. Rather, the reasoning went that if the prisoners were used to the hot showerwater, they’d be unable to cope with the frigid temps of the San Francisco Bay and hence deterred from attempting to escape. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.
3. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Former President Jimmy Carter served in which branch of the military? 4. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel featured a character named Boo Radley? 5. U.S. STATES: What animal is featured on California’s state flag? 6. HISTORY: Which U.S. state was the last to remove a ban on interracial marriage? 7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of sharks called? 8. AD SLOGANS: Which products were advertised with a slogan that called them “indescribably delicious”? 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What shape has been used in U.S. stop signs since the 1920s? 10. PSYCHOLOGY: What irrational fear is represented by the condition called alektorophobia? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6