High Desert Test Sites (HDTS), an expansive art project that extended between Joshua Tree, Calif., and Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 12-19, featured several eclectic works, including Self Storage by artist Lars Fisk. The display, featuring a depiction of a generic self-storage building hiding a real Volkswagen camper inside, was a commentary on rampant consumerism and the proliferation of self-storage facilities across the nation, according to the shows organizers.
October 22, 2013
High Desert Test Sites (HDTS), an expansive art project that extended between Joshua Tree, Calif., and Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 12-19, featured several eclectic works, including Self Storage by artist Lars Fisk. The display, featuring a depiction of a generic self-storage building hiding a real Volkswagen camper inside, was a commentary on rampant consumerism and the proliferation of self-storage facilities across the nation, according to the shows organizers.
As a direct result of our maxed-out consumerism, row after row of identical storage units with their prefabricated, roll-up doors have been cropping up all across the country, and a great new industry is booming, organizers said in the HDTS description of the exhibit. Self Storage is a pop-up architectural folly that, when deployed in any empty lot, masks an ordinary Volkswagen camper as just another self-storage building; discrete minimalist housing for otherwise private property.
Art displays were set up in remote sites, using the stark desert Southwest as a backdrop. Many of the 60 exhibits were commentaries on modern-day issues, according to the source. This was the 10th year organizers have held the event, which drew visitors from around the world.
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High Desert Test Sites: Self Storage
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