Interstate: the American Road Trip
Curated by Alyson Baker and Andrea Zittel with Robyn Donohue and Shaun Caley Regen


May 6, 2006
High Desert Test Sites I Joshua Tree, CA
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May 16, 2006
Mess Hall I Chicago, IL
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May 21, 2006
Socrates Sculpture Park I Long Island City, NY
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Download our Field Guide to the American Road Trip...
A 39-page guide full of maps, activities and a glossary for your next road trip; please note file size before downloading. (PDF: 16.7MB)

For Interstate: the American Road Trip, we developed a series of public programs, a customizable Interstate Road Trip Specialist Field Kit (including a copy of our Field Guide to the American Road Trip), a West to East reverse pioneer road trip, and an Interstate billboard for the entrance at Socrates Sculpture Park. All are intended to facilitate sharpened observational skills for reading 21st century roadside geographies, particularly in light of the ever-increasing standardization of the American landscape (the Interstate Highway System – begun in 1956 and characterized by consistent speeds, straightened corridors, limited access points, and repetitive models of urban development and architectural design – is emblematic).






To participate in our road trip survey, please e-mail us your responses to the following questions:

1. What is your most memorable road trip and why?
2. When do you crave a road trip?
3. What criteria do you use to plan your route/itinerary?
4. Do you prefer to travel by interstate or other roadways, and why?
5. How would you describe your relationship with your car when road tripping?
6. When en route, what is your focus and what tends to pass by peripherally or unnoticed?
7. What are your favorite ways to pass time in the car?
8. Is there something uniquely American about road tripping?