Adobe Oasis by Ronald Rael 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
For the past 150 years, traditional craft techniques in wood, stone, earth, and textiles have faced neglect, resulting in the loss of invaluable ancestral knowledge. Architect, artist, and activist Ronald Rael champions the revival and reimagining of these methods by integrating contemporary technologies, presenting them as sustainable and innovative solutions for the future. Rooted in Colorado’s San Luis Valley—a historic borderland between the U.S. and Mexico before 1848—Rael draws inspiration from Indigenous and earthen construction practices.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations
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Adobe Oasis by Ronald Rael 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
For the past 150 years, traditional craft techniques in wood, stone, earth, and textiles have faced neglect, resulting in the loss of invaluable ancestral knowledge. Architect, artist, and activist Ronald Rael champions the revival and reimagining of these methods by integrating contemporary technologies, presenting them as sustainable and innovative solutions for the future. Rooted in Colorado’s San Luis Valley—a historic borderland between the U.S. and Mexico before 1848—Rael draws inspiration from Indigenous and earthen construction practices.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
Adobe Oasis by Ronald Rael 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
For the past 150 years, traditional craft techniques in wood, stone, earth, and textiles have faced neglect, resulting in the loss of invaluable ancestral knowledge. Architect, artist, and activist Ronald Rael champions the revival and reimagining of these methods by integrating contemporary technologies, presenting them as sustainable and innovative solutions for the future. Rooted in Colorado’s San Luis Valley—a historic borderland between the U.S. and Mexico before 1848—Rael draws inspiration from Indigenous and earthen construction practices.
Adobe Oasis by Ronald Rael 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
For the past 150 years, traditional craft techniques in wood, stone, earth, and textiles have faced neglect, resulting in the loss of invaluable ancestral knowledge. Architect, artist, and activist Ronald Rael champions the revival and reimagining of these methods by integrating contemporary technologies, presenting them as sustainable and innovative solutions for the future. Rooted in Colorado’s San Luis Valley—a historic borderland between the U.S. and Mexico before 1848—Rael draws inspiration from Indigenous and earthen construction practices.
Adobe Oasis by Ronald Rael 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
For the past 150 years, traditional craft techniques in wood, stone, earth, and textiles have faced neglect, resulting in the loss of invaluable ancestral knowledge. Architect, artist, and activist Ronald Rael champions the revival and reimagining of these methods by integrating contemporary technologies, presenting them as sustainable and innovative solutions for the future. Rooted in Colorado’s San Luis Valley—a historic borderland between the U.S. and Mexico before 1848—Rael draws inspiration from Indigenous and earthen construction practices.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
‘Cockeyed’ Map Shows Both Glamour and Margins of 1930s Hollywood Via Atlas Obscura
[Shared]The humming of 1930s Hollywood street life almost bursts off the page—this is the age of the talkies, after all.
A vignette straddling Beverly and Vine sets the scene: A slightly cockeyed map of that slightly cockeyed community, Hollywood, executed by that slightly cockeyed topographer … John Groth. Chicago native Groth (1908–1988) was a cartoonist who became art director of Esquire in his 20s. He would go on to have a brilliant career as a war artist for the Chicago Sun. In 1944, he rode the first Allied jeep into newly liberated Paris. If he’d been any closer to the front, “he would have had to have sat in the Kraut’s lap,” joked Ernest Hemingway.
Adobe Oasis by Ronald Rael, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
For the past 150 years, traditional craft techniques in wood, stone, earth, and textiles have faced neglect, resulting in the loss of invaluable ancestral knowledge. Architect, artist, and activist Ronald Rael champions the revival and reimagining of these methods by integrating contemporary technologies, presenting them as sustainable and innovative solutions for the future. Rooted in Colorado’s San Luis Valley—a historic borderland between the U.S. and Mexico before 1848—Rael draws inspiration from Indigenous and earthen construction practices.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
10 Classic California Road Trips to Drive in Your Lifetime via Afar
[Shared]California is, hands down, one of the best places in the world for a road trip. It’s the third largest state in the USA, and its 164,000 square miles are packed with varied terrain highlighted by some 66 scenic byways. Along the 865 miles of coast, road-trippers will meander by remote beaches and sheer cliff vistas as well as lively urban beach communities, such as Santa Monica and Venice in Los Angeles or laid-back La Jolla in San Diego. Inland, rocky desert landscapes give way to rolling farmlands, and two-lane highways carve through quiet groves of towering sequoias before climbing into the high, rugged peaks of the 352 mountain ranges.
Unsui (Mirror) by Sanford Biggers, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Sanford Biggers is a multimedia artist whose practice encompasses painting, sculpture, video, photography, music, and performance. As an artistic intermediary, he disrupts established narratives, weaving U.S. history into broader global frameworks. By remixing cultural symbols and intervening in historical forms, he complicates collective mythologies and reimagines traditions. His work reflects personal experiences, from his early engagement with graffiti art in Los Angeles to his time living in Japan, shaping his ability to bridge disparate cultural and historical contexts.
Unsui (Mirror) features two towering sequin sculptures set against the expansive desert sky. Clouds, a recurring motif in Biggers’ work, symbolize freedom, boundlessness, and interconnection. Drawing on Biggers’ study of Buddhism, these clouds — or unsui (“clouds and water” in Japanese) — embody unencumbered movement. Shimmering in the desert light, they evoke a feeling of timelessness
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Unsui (Mirror) by Sanford Biggers, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Sanford Biggers is a multimedia artist whose practice encompasses painting, sculpture, video, photography, music, and performance. As an artistic intermediary, he disrupts established narratives, weaving U.S. history into broader global frameworks. By remixing cultural symbols and intervening in historical forms, he complicates collective mythologies and reimagines traditions. His work reflects personal experiences, from his early engagement with graffiti art in Los Angeles to his time living in Japan, shaping his ability to bridge disparate cultural and historical contexts.
Unsui (Mirror) features two towering sequin sculptures set against the expansive desert sky. Clouds, a recurring motif in Biggers’ work, symbolize freedom, boundlessness, and interconnection. Drawing on Biggers’ study of Buddhism, these clouds — or unsui (“clouds and water” in Japanese) — embody unencumbered movement. Shimmering in the desert light, they evoke a feeling of timelessness and transcendence.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
Unsui (Mirror) by Sanford Biggers, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Sanford Biggers is a multimedia artist whose practice encompasses painting, sculpture, video, photography, music, and performance. As an artistic intermediary, he disrupts established narratives, weaving U.S. history into broader global frameworks. By remixing cultural symbols and intervening in historical forms, he complicates collective mythologies and reimagines traditions. His work reflects personal experiences, from his early engagement with graffiti art in Los Angeles to his time living in Japan, shaping his ability to bridge disparate cultural and historical contexts.
Unsui (Mirror) features two towering sequin sculptures set against the expansive desert sky. Clouds, a recurring motif in Biggers’ work, symbolize freedom, boundlessness, and interconnection. Drawing on Biggers’ study of Buddhism, these clouds — or unsui (“clouds and water” in Japanese) — embody unencumbered movement. Shimmering in the desert light, they evoke a feeling of timelessness and transcendence.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
Desert View, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert View, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert Geology, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert Geology, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Vaya mierda de distopía #cyberpunk, episodio 162: la Fiscalía General de #California exhorta a aquellos que vendieron sus datos genéticos a la ‘startup’ #23andMe que ejerzan sus derechos de cancelación antes de que la empresa entre en bancarrota y los genomas que aún estén a disposición de la empresa se pongan en pública subasta como el resto de sus bienes
Californians have the right to direct the company to delete their genetic data OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to customers of 23andMe, a genetic testing and information company.
G.H.O.S.T. Ride / (Generative Habitation Operating System Technology) by Cannupa Hanska Luger, PANORAMA, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Cannupa Hanska Luger’s multidisciplinary practice blends bold visual storytelling with an Indigenous worldview, reframing our understanding of collective humanity. Born on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, the New Mexico–based artist connects materials including clay, textiles, steel and digital media to ancestral knowledge and contemporary material culture. G.H.O.S.T. Ride expands Luger’s Future Ancestral Technologies (FAT) series, which uses speculative fiction to envision sustainable, land-based futures. The series imagines Indigenous communities utilizing innovative technologies to live in attunement with land and water, challenging colonial paradigms of extraction and exploitation.
G.H.O.S.T. Ride / (Generative Habitation Operating System Technology) by Cannupa Hanska Luger, PANORAMA, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Cannupa Hanska Luger’s multidisciplinary practice blends bold visual storytelling with an Indigenous worldview, reframing our understanding of collective humanity. Born on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, the New Mexico–based artist connects materials including clay, textiles, steel and digital media to ancestral knowledge and contemporary material culture. G.H.O.S.T. Ride expands Luger’s Future Ancestral Technologies (FAT) series, which uses speculative fiction to envision sustainable, land-based futures. The series imagines Indigenous communities utilizing innovative technologies to live in attunement with land and water, challenging colonial paradigms of extraction and exploitation.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
G.H.O.S.T. Ride / (Generative Habitation Operating System Technology) by Cannupa Hanska Luger, PANORAMA, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Cannupa Hanska Luger’s multidisciplinary practice blends bold visual storytelling with an Indigenous worldview, reframing our understanding of collective humanity. Born on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, the New Mexico–based artist connects materials including clay, textiles, steel and digital media to ancestral knowledge and contemporary material culture. G.H.O.S.T. Ride expands Luger’s Future Ancestral Technologies (FAT) series, which uses speculative fiction to envision sustainable, land-based futures. The series imagines Indigenous communities utilizing innovative technologies to live in attunement with land and water, challenging colonial paradigms of extraction and exploitation.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
Desert Scene, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert Scene, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Soul Service Station by Alison Saar 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Alison Saar’s work weaves personal and cultural narratives, drawing inspiration from spiritual traditions, mythology, and African diasporic histories while uncovering the hidden potential of found materials. Central to Saar’s practice is the concept of salvage, both as a material and metaphorical act. She reclaims discarded objects—tin ceiling tiles, weathered wood, glass bottles, and cast-iron pans—imbuing them with renewed vitality and purpose. This process reflects her dedication to preserving the embedded histories and cultural memories in these items, particularly those connected to Black female identity. Saar’s transformations carry an alchemical quality, turning the mundane into the extraordinary and embodying renewal, resilience, and healing.
Soul Service Station by Alison Saar 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Alison Saar’s work weaves personal and cultural narratives, drawing inspiration from spiritual traditions, mythology, and African diasporic histories while uncovering the hidden potential of found materials. Central to Saar’s practice is the concept of salvage, both as a material and metaphorical act. She reclaims discarded objects—tin ceiling tiles, weathered wood, glass bottles, and cast-iron pans—imbuing them with renewed vitality and purpose. This process reflects her dedication to preserving the embedded histories and cultural memories in these items, particularly those connected to Black female identity. Saar’s transformations carry an alchemical quality, turning the mundane into the extraordinary and embodying renewal, resilience, and healing.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
Soul Service Station by Alison Saar 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Alison Saar’s work weaves personal and cultural narratives, drawing inspiration from spiritual traditions, mythology, and African diasporic histories while uncovering the hidden potential of found materials. Central to Saar’s practice is the concept of salvage, both as a material and metaphorical act. She reclaims discarded objects—tin ceiling tiles, weathered wood, glass bottles, and cast-iron pans—imbuing them with renewed vitality and purpose. This process reflects her dedication to preserving the embedded histories and cultural memories in these items,
Soul Service Station by Alison Saar 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Alison Saar’s work weaves personal and cultural narratives, drawing inspiration from spiritual traditions, mythology, and African diasporic histories while uncovering the hidden potential of found materials. Central to Saar’s practice is the concept of salvage, both as a material and metaphorical act. She reclaims discarded objects—tin ceiling tiles, weathered wood, glass bottles, and cast-iron pans—imbuing them with renewed vitality and purpose. This process reflects her dedication to preserving the embedded histories and cultural memories in these items,
Soul Service Station by Alison Saar 2, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Alison Saar’s work weaves personal and cultural narratives, drawing inspiration from spiritual traditions, mythology, and African diasporic histories while uncovering the hidden potential of found materials. Central to Saar’s practice is the concept of salvage, both as a material and metaphorical act. She reclaims discarded objects—tin ceiling tiles, weathered wood, glass bottles, and cast-iron pans—imbuing them with renewed vitality and purpose. This process reflects her dedication to preserving the embedded histories and cultural memories in these items, particularly those connected to Black female identity. Saar’s transformations carry an alchemical quality, turning the mundane into the extraordinary and embodying renewal, resilience, and healing.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
Soul Service Station by Alison Saar, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Alison Saar’s work weaves personal and cultural narratives, drawing inspiration from spiritual traditions, mythology, and African diasporic histories while uncovering the hidden potential of found materials. Central to Saar’s practice is the concept of salvage, both as a material and metaphorical act. She reclaims discarded objects—tin ceiling tiles, weathered wood, glass bottles, and cast-iron pans—imbuing them with renewed vitality and purpose. This process reflects her dedication to preserving the embedded histories and cultural memories in these items, particularly those connected to Black female identity. Saar’s transformations carry an alchemical quality, turning the mundane into the extraordinary and embodying renewal, resilience, and healing.
Soul Service Station by Alison Saar, Desert X 2025, Coachella Valley, California
Alison Saar’s work weaves personal and cultural narratives, drawing inspiration from spiritual traditions, mythology, and African diasporic histories while uncovering the hidden potential of found materials. Central to Saar’s practice is the concept of salvage, both as a material and metaphorical act. She reclaims discarded objects—tin ceiling tiles, weathered wood, glass bottles, and cast-iron pans—imbuing them with renewed vitality and purpose. This process reflects her dedication to preserving the embedded histories and cultural memories in these items, particularly those connected to Black female identity. Saar’s transformations carry an alchemical quality, turning the mundane into the extraordinary and embodying renewal, resilience, and healing.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programs that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an accessible platform for artists from around the world to address ecological, cultural, spiritual, and other existential themes.
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaime…
