RaceTrackPlaya.net
Tyler Alexander | James Batholomew | Erin Bayes | Nick Bolland | Kris Celario | Ray Ha | Mandy Haponski | Grace Hwa
Carol Jing | Albert Lam | Austin Leach | Elsie Machuca | Carrie McLaughlin | Jennifer Stewart | Rachel Zhang
We are a group of artists who have set out to explore the unique space of Racetrack Playa. Situated in one of the most interesting remote dry lake beds in America; a place notorious for attracting tourists who enjoy looking at rocks. It is also an ideal location to study cultural notions of navigation and computation.

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Antecto
Tyler Alexander
An exploration into the necessity of 'place' in navigation.
Space Exchange
Carol Jing
Bring the racetrack playa back to the environment that we live in. See how it interact with the space we are in.
Rocky
Rachel Zhang
A narrative about the racetrack playa
Suburbigation
Grace Hwa
Suburbia as an interface for navigation and cultural computation.
anemozone
Carrie McLaughlin
A simulation created by wind speed data obtained on Racetrack Playa
You-1
Austin Leach
A look into what can be learned from our shadows.
The Perceptive Cerebrum
Raymond Ha
Calculations of a bare bones navigational team.
Pinky and the Brain
Mandy Haponski
The social process of human cognition, contrasted with robotic cognition.
Network Playa
Nick Bolland
An examination of knowledge distribution networks in Death Valley
Playaland
Elsie Machuca
Challenging existing notions of social computation
Subjective Objectivity
Kristina Celario
An exploration of the relationship between data and experience
Anasazi Racetrack Playa Rocks
Jennifer Stewart
Cultural study of Death Valley.
Hands Per Minute
Albert Lam
An investigation of units for navigation
Simulated Environment of human rocks
James Batholomew
A representation of the human cognition of earthwork.
Temporary Installation: Neon String
Erin Bayes
A site-specific performance and temporary installation focusing on navigation and cultural computation.
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