HDTS 2013

We made our annual trek to check up on our Trail Registry during the kickoff weekend for High Desert Test Sites 2013. HDTS 2013 extends from Joshua Tree to Albuquerque New Mexico this year, with lots of exciting work across the Southeast.

Trail Registry One Year Later

Our Trail Registry at High Desert Test Sites is holding up well, one year later.  If you are ever in Pioneertown, check it out. Directions to the project site are available here.

Scout Regalia at HDTS: Trail Registry

Rendering of Trail Registry

Trail Registry at HDTS, Pioneertown

Introducing Trail Registry, our project for HDTS 2011 at High Desert Test Sites. We hope you can join us on October 15-16 in Joshua Tree, CA as we debut this long-term installation in Pioneertown!

Trail Registry is inspired by the registries found at trailheads. We created this registry to help delineate the entrance to the HDTS Pioneertown site. The registry encourages people to leave and/or take a memento tied to the enameled aluminum rods, similar to the way people leave rocks in a pile at the top of a mountain or leave artifacts near trailheads. We hope that this creates a sense of exploration and personal narrative of both the site and the area as a whole. Trail Registry is inspired by totem poles and nudie suits, with representations of the variety of flora and fauna of the high desert. The registry is made of Doug Fir that has been CNC milled to create the form, and includes an aluminum strip between the "front" and "back" of the two vertical totems, creating a juxtaposition between new and old materials.