Pia Camil, Lover’s Rainbow, 2019
A: Across from The Atrium at Rancho Mirage, 69930 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage // Coordinates: 33.767371, -116.448537
B: Rancho San Marcos Toros Pintos S/N Km 88 +300, Francisco Zarco, 22750 Ensenada, B.C., MEXICO // Coordinates: 32.03956, -116.6539
Pia Camil, Lover’s Rainbow
Iman Issa, Surrogates, a film about things to be used, in order of appearance, by self or others, for touching upon larger, insidious or different things, 2019
Sunnylands Center & Gardens, 37977 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage
Coordinates: 33.780354, -116.409640
Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 8:30am-4pm
Postcommodity, It Exists in Many Forms, 2019
73697-73745 Santa Rosa Way, Palm Desert
Coordinates: 33.727656, -116.378993
Hours: Open on weekends; free limited tickets available at desertx.org
Vintage rendering of the Walter White Wave House, site of Postcommodity's It Exists in Many Forms installation
Superflex, Dive-in, 2019
Cap Homme and Ralph Adams Park, 72500 Thrush Road, Palm Desert
Coordinates: 33.706510, -116.399303
Visit desertx.org for program information
Installation of Superflex's Dive-in
Cinthia Marcelle, Wormhole, 2019
C: 74-913 Highway 111, Suite 913, Indian Wells
Coordinates: 33.720399, -116.358470
Cinthia Marcelle, Wormhole, 2019
D: 45-088 Oasis Street, Indio
Coordinates: 33.720797, -116.220658
Gary Simmons, Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark, 2014–2019
43143 Jackson Street, Indio
Coordinates: 33.734986, -116.217000
Hours: Open on weekends
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Armando Lerma, Visit Us in the Shape of Clouds, 2019
Landfill Road to Polk Street, Coachella
Coordinates: 33.714416, -116.147828
Cinthia Marcelle, Wormhole, 2019
E: 1667 Sixth Street, Coachella
Coordinates: 33.679969, -116.174693
Iván Argote, A Point of View, 2019
70th Avenue & Sea View Way, Mecca
Coordinates: 33.53947, -115.92978
Iván Argote, A Point of View
Cecilia Bengolea, Mosquito Net, 2019
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Cecilia Bengolea, Mosquito Net
Nancy Baker Cahill, Margin of Error, 2019
North Shore Yacht Club, Salton Sea
Coordinates: 33.519434, -115.937109
Instructions: Walk toward the beach (left of the pond), open the 4th Wall app on your phone and tap the Desert X button. You will be directed to the drawing that appears, animated, over the sea.
Nancy Baker Cahill, Margin of Error
Steve Badgett & Chris Taylor, Terminal Lake Exploration Platform, 2019
Salton Sea State Park Recreation Area, 100225 State Park Road, Salton Sea
Coordinates: 33.503733, -115.914664
Hours: Daily, 10am – 4pm
Follow the TLEP at desertx.org
Steve Badgett & Chris Taylor, Terminal Lake Exploration Platform
Tips before you start your Desert X tour:
You can pick up this year's Desert X guide (a handy book with information about each installation and the artists, locations and more) at the following hub locations:
Palm Springs: Ace Hotel & Swim Club, 701 E Palm Canyon Dr, room 119, Palm Springs
Palm Desert: 73660 El Paseo, Palm Desert
Indio: 82713 Miles Ave, Indio
Download the free Desert X app (designed by a talented high school student from Palm Desert named Hunter Martin) to help navigate through the exhibitions.
Nancy Cahill Baker's pieces require the use of the 4th Wall app on your phone or iPad. Be sure to download the 4th Wall app while you're somewhere with WiFi connectivity (due to the app's large size you must download it using WiFi rather than your cellular data).
If you would prefer a guided experience, Desert X offers bus tours on Saturdays and Sundays -- get the details here.
Be sure to take note of the installations and performances that have set hours and specific details necessary to gain access -- you'll want to review your itinerary and the pertinent details before heading to those locations.
Some installation locations do not have exact addresses, so you will want to use the provided latitude and longitude coordinates (you can do a Google search of the coordinates and a map will pop up -- click on that to get directions).
If the location of an installation is not immediately obvious when you arrive, look for the black and white signs with an "x" on them and follow those to the sites.
Most Instagramable Installations
We’ve done the legwork and made our selections for the most Instagramable Desert X 2019 installations in the east side of the valley!
1. Eric Mack's Halter // Yards and yards of flowing Missoni fabrics blowing in the wind -- what's not to love!
2. Iván Argote's A Point of View // Climb to the top of the stairs for an epic vantage point of the Salton Sea.
3. Pia Camil's Lover's Rainbow // Get up close for a detail shot of the multi-hued rebar.
Ivan Argote, A Point of View
Pia Camil, Lover's Rainbow
Need a break?
The installations are pretty spread out, so you may need to make a few stops along the way for refreshments. A few spots to check out while touring the east valley installations include:
Koffi on Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage for coffee and pastries
IW Coffee in Indian Wells for coffee and snacks
Oasis Date Farm in Thermal for date samples and date shakes
International Banana Museum in Mecca for banana milkshakes and banana splits
Be sure to also check out our guide to the west valley Desert X 2019 installations! Happy art-hunting!
