Prada in the Middle of the Desert, That's It

Marfa, this little town in West Texas where I have spent some good 5 days in a wedding, is not only known by movie buffs, but also by Art-meets-Fashion freaks.
In our way to Marfa from El Paso late at night we saw a bus stop lighten up, or so we thought. It was strange to think of it as a bus stop though, because it was literally in the middle of no where. Even stranger was to hear someone in the car mentioning, " I think that's the Prada store" ...
Incredulous we pulled over and came back to the place; he was right, it was a Prada store, a Prada window's displayed, to be exact.
We took some pictures and we even saw a bullet mark in the window; I guess we weren't the only ones to want the inside merchandise.

The day after we investigated a little more about this store, asking the locals and the people at the wedding.
They enlightened us about this art installation called Prada Marfa from Berlin-based artists Elmgreen & Dragset who chose this location between the towns of Valentine and Fort Davis in West Texas for it. The place wasn't deserted even before, as there was located the then-famous Oasis Gas Station...
I investigated a little more in internet and this GREAT interview to the artists in KultureFlash came up.

So yes, it's Prada. And not, it's not a store. It's Art. Indeed.

* nightlight picture by me
* daylight picture by source