Stefanie Schneider - Treasure (29 palms, CA)

Treasure (29 palms, CA) - 2007

20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 6364b.
Not mounted.

29 PALMS, CA explores and chronicles the dreams and fantasies of a group of drifters in a Southern Californian trailer community. The world depicted combines the notions of reality and fantasy and examines their resonance within the desert landscape and a transient culture. The narrative is constructed through the interpretation of real-life communications as the characters in the story try to make sense of these events. The characters are the exaggerated alter egos of the actors who play them and the story is, in part, a biography and social commentary on ambition, identity, and the eternal pursuit of something just out of reach.