Where The Heck is Yucca Fountain?

Where The Heck is Yucca Fountain? totally transformed the UWYO Gallery over three weeks during the summer of 2025. What began as an 650 square foot white-walled gallery was converted into a desert-scape and life-sized desert shanty/workshop by artists Andrew Bablo and Helen Popinchalk.  

The build-out included installing a sub-floor, metal roof, an entire building façade and interior walls, workbenches, counters, windows, lighting and a soundscape equipped with vibrating floors and blinking lights!

Outside the shanty, visitors could explore the Nevada desert at twilight. Three tons of “squeegee” gravel, tumble weeds, a fire pit, a mysterious telephone booth, a bomb shelter hatch and fencing enticed visitors to investigate the mysteries of Yucca Fountain. 

We look forward to bringing this installation to other galleries and museums around the country.  Each full build out will be uniquely tailored to the available space. The installation was on-view for about a year.