Interstate
The American Road Trip

High Desert Test Sites
beginning 11:00 AM, Saturday, May 6, 2006

Socrates Sculpture Park
opening 2:00 – 6:00 PM, Sunday, May 21, 2006

Exhibition on view through August 13, 2006

Curated by Alyson Baker and Andrea Zittel with Robyn Donohue and Shaun Caley Regen


Interstate: The American Road Trip is a collaboration between High Desert Test Sites in the Southern California desert and Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City. It is an exhibition about cross-country travel, the process of finding a destination and negotiating the terrain along the way. Using the visual vocabulary of the highway, referencing the vernacular culture that lines the roadway from one side of the country to the other, and inspired by the American landscape, the works in the exhibition take many different forms but are all informed by a state of transition, of being between places, and by the process of transforming and changing through movement.

The High Desert Test Sites are a series of experimental art sites located along a stretch of desert communities including Pioneer Town, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, 29 Palms and Wonder Valley. These sites provide alternative space for experimental works by both emerging and established artists.

High Desert Test Sites Head Quarters is located to the right of Coyote Corner on Park Boulevard (turn right
off of Hwy 62) in the town of Joshua Tree, California for directions: www.highdeserttestsites.com

Socrates Sculpture Park is dedicated to providing artists with the opportunity to create and exhibit large-scale sculpture and multi-media installations in a unique outdoor environment that encourages interaction between artists, artworks and the public.

Socrates Sculpture Park is located on the East River along Vernon Boulevard between Broadway and 31st
Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, New York for directions: www.socratessculpturepark.org

This exhibition is made possible by contributions from: Altria Group, Inc., Aronson Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., Carnegie Corporation of New York, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, David R. and Vivien Collens, John Connelly, Constance and Fuller Cowles, Mark di Suvero, The Fifth Floor Foundation, Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, Hugh J. Freund, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Independence Community Foundation, The Peter T. Joseph Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, Gabrielle and Herbert Kayden, Jennifer McSweeney, Richard and Ronay Menschel, Ivana Mestrovic, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, The Ross Foundation, Irving Sandler, Rev. Alfred R. Shands III, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith, Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation, Andy Stillpass, Strypemonde Foundation, and The Van Lier Fund in The New York Community Trust. Exhibitions at Socrates SculpturePark aresupported, in part, by public funds from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs. Special thanks to the City of New York, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilmember Eric Gioia, and the Department of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Socrates Sculpture Park and High Desert Test Sites are grateful for the generous contributions made by Gretchen at the 29 Palms Creative Center, Ethan at Coyote Corner, Materials for the Arts, Plant Specialists and Spacetime C.C.