here some impressions form the los angeles art show.
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joshua tree national park
We had visited the joshua tree national park and i wondered where this bilical name came from. Wikipedia has an answer:
„The name Joshua tree was given by a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century. The tree’s unique shape reminded them of a Biblical story in which Joshua reaches his hands up to the sky in prayer.“
„Yucca brevifolia is a plant species belonging to the genus Yucca. It is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names: Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca.[2][3][4][5]
This monocotyledonous tree is native to southwestern North America in the states of California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, where it is confined mostly to the Mojave Desert between 400 and 1,800 m (1,300 and 5,900 ft) elevation. It thrives in the open grasslands of Queen Valley and Lost Horse Valley in Joshua Tree National Park“
batteries
Although it was foreseeable it´s also the realities are on such a journey: the cabins batteries were down and had to be replaced. Here are even chinese manufactored batteries in inch measuremens and they didt fit into our metric, european battery compartment. Our friend andrew atwood (atwood european) managed remedy, welded an expansion on the compartment and helped to connect the new, heavy and with 500 ah hopefully adequately sized batteries. Of course, the binding posts wre not identical as well!
lake pleasant / 2
at first glance it looks like relaxing, in reality it´s organizing and preparing my first co_works exhibition in america (of which i’ll soon report more) and what at first glance looks like a waterway is in reality the increase of the water level (due to havy rainfalls) of lake pleasant reservoir near phoenix .
back in phoenix
the best way to experience how long 10 hours could bei s a long distance flight. What a nice welcome by andrew who picked us up at the airport and took us to our home: the atego. He had taken care about it during the 3 ½. months while we were back home in germany, Thank you Andrew !!!
Now i have to organize the upcoming exhibition at the tieken gallery and we enjoyed the open air office at lake pleasant.
tailfin
We just returned to phoenix and now we plan our 3rd. the 3rd stage of our trip tfrom nova scotia / canada to patagonia / argentina.
In september last year, I had announced that the restauration of andrew atwood´s “tailfin” is completed and that I had photographed this oldtimer for the “mercedes benz star aagazine of america”. The publication has now taken place and here you can see the images:
co_works: emilio martinez
Soon we fly back to phoenix and I have to prepare the first co_works exhibition in america. Today emilio martinez sent his contribution via mail which digitally conbined it with my photo. Exciting. Soon, the original artwork will be shown at the Tieken Gallery in phoenix, arizona. I can´t wait and keep you posted.
