Curated by artistic director Neville Wakefield and co-curator Diana Campbell, the 2023 Desert X edition reconsiders the desert landscape, its history and future, with a curated program developed on social and environmental themes such as water/drought, abundance/scarcity, and globalism/interconnectedness. Hailing from Europe, North America and South Asia, the selected artists use art as both a device of wonder and an instrument of self-awareness to better understand our individual and collective impact. Set against the neutral hues of the vast dry flats and rock formations, with the snow-capped mountains in the distance, their poetic and immersive works respond to the global impact of climate change, to economic challenges and to the innumerable social transformations our society is confronted with, fostering, in the process, dialogue across cultures and communities.
