Highdeserttestsites.com Website Review

High  Desert Test Sites , cofounded and directed by Andrea Zittel, is a nonprofit  arts organization based in Joshua Tree, California. Started in 2002 by a loosely knit group of collaborators (Andrea Zittel, Andy Stillpas*, John Connelly, Shaun Regen and Lisa Anne Auerbach), HDTS has since hosted the work of more than 450 artists, 11 expansive site-specific programs, and 25 solo projects. As a conceptual entity  HDTS is dedicated to “learning  from what we are not” and the belief that intimately engaging with our high desert  community can  offer new insights and perspectives,  often challenging art to take on new areas of relevancy.  To challenge traditional conventions of ownership, property, and patronage. Most projects will ultimately belong to no one and are intended to melt back into the landscape as new ones emerge. To insert art directly into a life, a landscape, or a community where it will sink or swim based on a set of criteria beyond that of art To encourage art that remains in the context for which it was created - work will be born, live, and die in the same spot. To initiate an organism in its own right-one that is bigger and richer than the vision of any single artist, architect, designer, or curator. To create a center outside of any preexisting centers. We are inspired by individuals and groups working outside of existing cultural capitals, who are able to make intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant work in whatever location they happen to be in. To find common ground between contemporary art and localized art issues. To contribute to a community in which art can truly make a difference. HDTS exists in a series of communities that edge one of the largest suburban sprawls in the nation. Many of the artists who settle in this area are from larger cities, but want to live in a place where they can shape the development of their own community. For the time being, there is still a feeling in the air that if we join together we can