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Doug Aitken’s art train

In 2013, The Times documented part of the "Station to Station" art show. Here, DJ Dan Deacon performs at the "Station to Station" downtown L.A. event.

In 2013, The Times documented part of the “Station to Station” art show. Here, DJ Dan Deacon performs at the “Station to Station” downtown L.A. event.

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In 2013, The Times documented part of the “Station to Station” art show.

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DJ Dan Deacon.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Outgoing MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch at “Station to Station” in Los Angeles.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Patrons inside Kenneth Anger’s yurt-like structure fit with video screens.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Professional whip-cracker Chris Camp performs at the art and music event.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Swiss artist Urs Fischer’s nomadic yurt-shaped sculpture features a white interior, a soft mattress and mist from dry ice.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Flamenco dancers perform at “Station to Station.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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No Age guitarist Randy Randall, left, and drummer-vocalist Dean Allen Spunt at “Station to Station.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Guests dance while DJ Dan Deacon spins.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Doug Aitken’s roving, cross-country art show, “Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening,” arrives in Barstow on Tuesday.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Nate Cox hangs banners above the snack bar at Barstow’s Skyline Drive-In Theater.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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“Station to Station” stops in Barstow.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Crew members set up lights on at the Skyline Drive-In Theater in Barstow.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Artist Doug Aitken at his Venice, Calif., studio in June.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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“Station to Station” production coordinator Austin Meredith practices guitar in the media car of artist Doug Aitken’s traveling art project during a stop in Barstow.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Chapman and Maura Ambrose of Folk Fibers outside the makers’ yurt where artisans hand-make goods.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Laren Parker stands outside the “Station to Station” traveling art and music train in Barstow.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Olafur Eliasson creates artwork based on the train’s movement with his kinetic drawing machine.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Beck performs for a crowd of about 800, with train footage, shot by “Station to Station,” on a movie screen behind him.  (Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

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Video artist Doug Aitken films Beck while he performs.  (Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

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The choir, led by Fred Martin, prepares to go on stage and accompany Beck.   (Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

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The Levi’s yurt at the Barstow happening.  (Deborah Vankin / Los Angeles Times)

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