Joshua Treenial "Desert Futures"

Joshua Treenial is very pleased to announce the full schedule for this 10th anniversary exhibition of site-responsive installations and performances. Details can be found below and also at joshuatreenial.com.

Curatorial Theme

This 10th anniversary edition of Joshua Treenial is titled Desert Futures: The desert serves as an ultimate site of adaptation and reinvention, where flora, fauna, and humans have evolved to thrive in an often-harsh environment. As global climatic conditions change and become more volatile, solutions developed in the desert have wider applications. Traditional cultures have crafted ways of life suited to the desert’s resource challenges, inspiring thinkers to imagine and reimagine possibilities. In contemporary society, alternative energy, space exploration, innovative artistic practices, and alternative lifestyles have all emerged from the desert landscape. Joshua Treenial 2025 explores the inspiration, complexities, and contradictions inherent in our Desert Futures.

Joshua Treenial was co-founded by KJ Baysa and Bernard Leibov and is produced by BoxoPROJECTS, an artist residency and programming initiative serving the California desert region for over a decade.

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week one

Fri Nov 7

9am-3pm // Yucca Valley Material Lab – Area Zero Workshop 4pm-8pm // DESERTRADE – Luke Basulto and Aidan Koch Lecture

Sat Nov 8

2pm-7pm // Joshua Treenial Opening @BoxoPROJECTS
5.30pm // Perry Hoberman Fault/Fold/Fragment Projection performance @ BoxoPROJECTS 9am-3pm // Yucca Valley Material Lab – Area Zero Workshop

Sun Nov 9

11am-6pm // Joshua Treenial Exhibition Hours @BoxoPROJECTS

9am-3pm // Yucca Valley Material Lab – Area Zero Workshop
2pm-4pm // Yucca Valley Material Lab – Area Zero Public Performance 2:30pm-4:30pm // JT Lab – OPOWELLAPOLLO Performance
7pm-8pm // Aaron + Case Sheppard – Holy Mountain, Starman! Performance

week two

Fri Nov 14

4pm-6pm // Compound YV – Ecosomatic Lanscapes Performance and Reception

Sat Nov 15

11am-6pm // Joshua Treenial Exhibition Hours @BoxoPROJECTS

9am-5pm // Bezerk Productions – Hieroglyphs and the Insanity Principle Workshop 9am-4pm // Yucca Valley Material Lab – Mycomaterial Workshop w/ Sam Shoemaker 1pm-3pm // High Desert Test Sites – Everything Change Reading Circle
4pm-6pm // Yucca Valley Material Lab – Mycomaterial Public Reception w/ Sam Shoemaker 5pm and 6pm // Harmonic 486 Performance at the Integratron

Sun Nov 16

11am-6pm // Joshua Treenial Exhibition Hours @BoxoPROJECTS

9am-4pm // Bezerk Productions – Hieroglyphs and the Insanity Principle Workshop 10am-3pm // Compound YV – Beyond Plein Sight Workshop
2pm-5pm // Goat Gallery – The Lazarus Effect Opening
3pm-7pm // Harrison House – Connecting Earth and Sky Exhibition & Talk
4pm-6pm // Bezerk Productions – Hieroglyphs and the Insanity Principle Public Performance