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# East Jesus

An experimental, habitable, extensible artwork in progress

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [It's HOW HOT?!...That can't be right...Can it?...Aw, crap, it is...](https://eastjesus.org/2017/09/03/its-how-hot-that-cant-be-right-can-it-aw-crap-it-is/) - Whew, we made it! It's officially September (well, technically it was official the other day but no time for semantics right now) which means we made it through the dreaded "summer months" (Yes, the temperatures will still be in the triple digits for another month or so but we made it through the most of
- [Mammoth Erection? More like...actually, that's EXACTLY what it's like](https://eastjesus.org/2017/06/22/mammoth-erection-more-like-actually-thats-exactly-what-its-like/) - Seven years ago an event happened that was so crazy there was no way it wouldn't change my life. June Eighteen through Twenty, Two-Thousand and Ten - Mammoth Erection Fest We set out that day with little more than a poorly-formed idea of what we would find. The Rusty Reverend Flip Cassidy, our friend John Martin, and
- [Thinking back...](https://eastjesus.org/2017/05/11/thinking-back/) - I remember exactly where I was on this day, 6 years ago... I was sitting on my bed, for the month, at a house, next to a derelict vineyard, in Paso Robles. I was less than two weeks in to a month-long visit with my dad (who, incidentally, would pass away just four-and-a-half weeks later).
- [A Little Last Minute...Something...?](https://eastjesus.org/2017/04/30/a-little-last-minute-something/) - The season has officially ended; which, naturally, means we still have more things going on than we care to count. The attempted First Annual Niland First Responders Day BBQ was a rousing success. Though no one showed up, we were out there with burgers, dogs, and smiles of varying sincerity. So, as I say, we had
- [It's over? Not yet...but almost](https://eastjesus.org/2017/04/02/its-over-not-yet-but-almost/) - The end of the season is upon us; so I'll just brush this new layer of dust off my keyboard and say some things about that... The end of March brought a few things: Liz and Coco started a MASSIVE, and long overdue, renovation on the kitchen (aided by Peter's fantastic find of some granite
- [Midsummer](https://eastjesus.org/2014/07/11/midsummer/) - As the midpoint of July approaches, it becomes evident that we will, indeed, survive the summer. Caddy and I have had "Slab names" bestowed upon us -The Captain and Admiral Nelson, respectively. Humorously, I'd never really had a nickname my whole life until I got given a playa name at Burning Man a few years
- [Welcome home, snowbirds!](https://eastjesus.org/2014/10/15/welcome-home-snowbirds/) - In the last week, our population has doubled, and will nearly double again in the next month. Frank has returned home from his travels, refreshed and excited for the new season. Jake and Anna, having skipped a few winters, are back for the season. We have a new resident, Johnno, who has picked up the
- [A year at East Jesus; a message from Caddy](https://eastjesus.org/2014/10/15/a-year-at-east-jesus-a-message-from-caddy/) - I can't believe it has almost been a year since we moved out to East Jesus. It has been a crazy journey. Jenn and I were asked to be caretakers of this amazing experimental, sustainable, habitable art installation in progress soon after we moved here, and we took over in April. It
- [Staring at the event horizon](https://eastjesus.org/2014/11/24/staring-at-the-event-horizon/) - There's a palpable sensation swirling about East Jesus lately. We feel it in our bones, breathe it in and out, see it out the corners of our eyes. If you've never read Charlie's blog post about East Jesus 2.0, you realize that he had bigger, stranger dreams for the future. If you feel like reading
- [Happy Birthday, Charlie.](https://eastjesus.org/2015/01/15/happy-birthday-charlie/) - About a week has passed since what would have been Charlie Russell's 50th birthday. We celebrated in our traditionally grand East Jesus fashion with a pig roast, pie, and of course, chocolate martinis. Royce and Ed lit up the party (and the CarBQ) with fire spinning and a contraption Rube Goldberg would probably have
- [Welcome to 2017!](https://eastjesus.org/2017/02/05/welcome-to-2017/) - Welcome to 2017! We can’t believe that we are already into the second month of the New Year! We’ve been very busy here at East Jesus and have some exciting projects to share with you. First of all, we have several events and work parties upcoming. Biggest of all was the East Jesus 10th Anniversary
- [Ten Years and We're Still Here](https://eastjesus.org/2017/03/09/ten-years-and-were-still-here/) - These quiet lazy(ish) days allow me to reflect on the last couple months... After a few little bumps in the road, January passed in a haze of glory and East Jesus officially turned 10 years old. As was so fitting, the celebrations occurred on the same day as the Niland Tomato Festival and Art Car
- [Dia de Los Muertos](https://eastjesus.org/2012/11/07/dia-de-los-muertos/) - Have you missed us? Have you forgotten that weekend you spent here? Have you been thinking that you really need to get away? Have you been keeping our secret? Since last we talked there have been some things happening. Big thanks to Nick and Susi for a week of creative infusion and construction. Susi envisioned
- [Better Late than Never](https://eastjesus.org/2012/12/07/better-late-than-never/) - I'll admit it, “Damn, I can be lazy!”, and not a sorry to be seen. All summer I looked forward to good weather so I could get some work done and here for a week it's been in the mid 80's and I couldn't get off the couch. Luckily there are more industrious members who
- [Out with the Old](https://eastjesus.org/2013/01/02/out-with-the-old/) - “All their life was spent not in laws, statutes, or rules, but according to their own free will and pleasure. They rose out of their beds when they thought good; they did eat, drink, labour, sleep, when they had a mind to it and were disposed for it. None did awake them, none did offer
- [Who printed this calendar?](https://eastjesus.org/2013/03/13/who-printed-this-calendar/) - Let's just pretend February didn't happen. Nothing happened and so I didn't have anything to write about, so I didn't get around to posting anything in the blog. Charlie would understand, he understood the sporadic nature of the desert. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it rains a lot. Because it does rain here, sometimes, we
- [Changes!](https://eastjesus.org/2014/01/20/changes/) - Change, change, change, that's what we're talking about today. We believe in change here at East Jesus, we embrace change daily as we take the discarded detritus that finds its' way here and transform it into something amazing. We see the positive benefits of change every time we comb through the new gardens and bring
- [Stretch and take a Deep breath](https://eastjesus.org/2013/10/14/stretch-and-take-a-deep-breath/) - Yawn. Did you know that most people, when reading the word yawn, will physically yawn. Did you just yawn? Maybe I should stop writing the word yawn. But that is what East Jesus is doing right now. After a long summer slumber the beast is shaking off the dust and stretching out its' muscles to
- [We're Still Here](https://eastjesus.org/2013/08/08/were-still-here/) - There is an all too brief time in the morning where the desert is a perfect place. The nighttime noises of insects, generators, and barking dogs have stopped, while the birds and neighbors haven't started their clamor. The sun has just started it's charge across the sky by peaking over
- [Portrait from a Piano Bench in the Desert of East Jesus circa 2011](https://eastjesus.org/2013/05/04/portrait-from-a-piano-bench-in-the-desert-of-east-jesus-circa-2011/) - This is where the road begins or, rightly, this is where it ends. That mostly depends on how you see roads. The desert harbors calloused oceans of trash, rubbish rolling in tides of wind. The dust collects the scenery, the scenery collects the eye, and the conscience collects the mind together forming a debt to
- [Feeling Infected](https://eastjesus.org/2013/04/14/feeling-infected/) - Let's talk about emotions. The physiology or origins of emotions in particular. I probably shouldn't have eaten that 420 chocolate bar before delving into this train of thought but it's been rolling around in my head for a week or two so we'll proceed. Why? The great question that has driven mankind
- [Fingerprints](https://eastjesus.org/2014/05/05/fingerprints/) - I promised to write this a well over a year ago. I am a decent writer and I think it comes from being a decent bullshitter (you know, convincing people you actually know what you are talking about when you don’t) which is a great skill for job interviews and cover letters but not useful
- [Art Progress 2014](https://eastjesus.org/2014/03/31/art-progress-2014/) - Dam, this one's tough. So much to convey in words on a page, little squiggles of emotionless darkness against blank whiteness, adhering to confusing forms and rules of structure and spelling, to try and paint pictures in your mind that will evoke sights, sounds, smells, tastes and above all that, to stimulate your imagination. From
- [Learning Curves](https://eastjesus.org/2014/06/11/learning-curves/) - As Frank stepped away, Caddy and I have had to step up. Honestly, of all the curator's duties I'm less than secure about being able to fulfill, this is the most intimidating. Frank's writing is a hard act to follow. We've got a beefy, five-person summer crew; Ken, Sue, Dreamcatcher, Caddy, and I. I'm incredibly
- [Orphan in the Afterlife, Live at East Jesus, 1/21/2012: a Review](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/22/orphan-in-the-afterlife-at-east-jesus-1222012-a-review/) - My god, really? They come into the desert late, the last minute of the eleventh hour and all, but you know how musicians are and I never heard of these guys but with a name like Orphan in the Afterlife I am damn well expecting leather-straining Norwegians with too many fücking ümlaüts in their fücking
- [Summer is Over.](https://eastjesus.org/2012/10/09/summer-is-over/) - October is here and finally the temperatures are going down to manageable levels. No longer does the mercury try to escape the thermometer by day, no longer does the sunset presage the accumulation of humidity. There's a comfort in knowing the worst of the heat is over, there is a satisfaction that comes with surviving
- [And So It Begins](https://eastjesus.org/2012/09/12/and-so-it-begins/) - Two nights ago we had one of those big storms, walls of sand and sound and wind, that make you turtle up inside whatever shelter you can find and hope that nothing too irreplaceable gets carried away by whatever wild and hungering desert god demands sacrifice. We also had JessyLou of Louography come down for
- [The Usual Chit](https://eastjesus.org/2012/09/03/the-usual-chit/) - It's Labor Day Weekend and I'm bored so my mind was a bit sluggish when I checked the site mail and found this: From: Anna Angio Subject: Desert Rat Message Body: I have decided to rat on some of you and I have some pictures to share with law enforcement. Whoa, what's this? For those
- ["Once again I have failed to die quietly in the night."](https://eastjesus.org/2012/07/31/once-again-i-have-failed-to-die-quietly-in-the-night/) - In his book The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles gives the best distinction between a traveler and a tourist I’ve ever come across. He defines a tourist as someone who, having had their fill of wine and song and unsafe sex, will invariably return home, while a traveler simply winds up somewhere else, not stopping until
- [The Desert Wants Me Dead](https://eastjesus.org/2012/07/22/the-desert-wants-me-dead/) - “ Out of the hottest fire comes the strongest steel” Chinese proverb We're half way thru the year and still alive. Not that the desert hasn't tried its best to crack our resolve by throwing its worst at us. By day the mercury climbs to 115F in the shade and at night lowers to 90F
- [Hummingbird](https://eastjesus.org/2012/06/25/hummingbird/) - Interesting fact. Hummingbirds are continuously hours away from starving to death, and are able to store just enough energy to survive overnight. To conserve energy while they sleep or when food is scarce, they have the ability to go into a hibernation-like state (torpor) where their metabolic rate is slowed to 1/15th of its normal
- ["Armed and Very Territorial"](https://eastjesus.org/2012/06/03/armed-and-very-territorial/) - As I write this, tourists are roaming the art garden in the hundred degree heat, in full defiance of every survival instinct that brought their progenitors out of the world's birthing pool and onto dry land. It may be that the desert was designed to be uninhabitable to more complex life, but then again so
- [Letter to Charlie](https://eastjesus.org/2012/05/12/letter-to-charlie/) - Hey, Charlie. It's been a year since you died and I've got to say that I am still pretty pissed off about it. What were you thinking? That we could handle everything without you? With you dying just before summer? Jeez, bro. You were too important to me and a lot of us to leave
- [Fire is good!](https://eastjesus.org/2012/05/10/fire-is-good/) - We have some inside jokes here at East Jesus, just like any other office or club, that only make sense when you're here. Most people wouldn't respond to the phrase “Fuck your face” with a bear hug. Most people wouldn't have a clue when you end a statement with the clarification “like the sea”
- [Bad Signal](https://eastjesus.org/2012/05/09/bad-signal/) - I haven't been writing enough. Which is not to say that I haven't been writing at all, only that the desert has given me nothing but the time and opportunity to work on my craft and I haven't been taking as much advantage of that as I should be. For this I can only plead
- [The Hits Keep Coming!](https://eastjesus.org/2012/04/30/the-hits-keep-coming/) - Another Monday dawns early in the desert. I watch the sun's rays creep over the horizon and slowly illuminate the smoking coals of last night's fire. I notice how the bottles in the wall glow and shine just like they did last night illuminated by the flames. Whether sunlight, fire or electric lights I can't
- [Things I Wanted to Say to You While You Were at East Jesus, and Things I Probably Said Instead.](https://eastjesus.org/2012/04/24/things-i-wanted-to-say-to-you-while-you-were-at-east-jesus-and-things-i-probably-said-instead/) - Good day, creatures. The triple-digit-temperatures have returned, and as the advent of this glorious poison summer inverts the otherwise indomitable laws of natural selection -- ensuring that only the very very dumbest of us remain -- I find myself thinking of all the people we've had pass through East Jesus this past season. While I'm
- [Love Apples](https://eastjesus.org/2012/04/10/love-apples/) - I had this great beginning for a story while sitting around the poker table Friday night. While we may not be the center of the universe we certainly seem to be the center of coincidence. Example = a group of campers come to see the art garden in the morning, they take the tour and
- [Various Reflections on Time and Flamethrowers](https://eastjesus.org/2012/03/28/various-reflections-on-time-and-flamethrowers/) - After the weekend and the long goodbyes and the rain that promised to wash everything away but never showed up, Frank and I decided we were both going to write about the party. Practicality and a sublime sense of laziness dictated that neither of us could report on everything that happened. Here's his; this is
- [Slam Your Art in My Face!](https://eastjesus.org/2012/03/27/slam-your-art-in-my-face/) - Ever have one of those Sunday mornings where you just want to enjoy your pancakes and the mild hangover buzz only to be disturbed by someone complaining about his job? One solution is to hand him an old laptop and encourage him to go shoot it. If he replies, “Good idea, but I need to
- [One Last Bottle for the Road](https://eastjesus.org/2012/03/20/one-last-bottle-for-the-road/) - Greetings and Salutations from the desert oasis called East Jesus. We can officially call it an oasis as we just finished planting two 5 foot tall palm trees beside our buried bus. Of course one of our artists has already called dibs on building a bus stop between them but that's what E.J. is all
- [Dum Spiro Spero / Flip Cassidy at East Jesus, 3/10/12](https://eastjesus.org/2012/03/11/dum-spiro-spero-flip-cassidy-at-east-jesus-31012/) - By the end of "Lord, I Seen Evil," his first song of the set, I'm fairly certain Flip Cassidy is going to die onstage (and as sad as that would be at the very least we'll get some more use out of the pits of quick lime East Jesus keeps in reserve for the agents
- [This Desert Life](https://eastjesus.org/2012/02/28/this-desert-life/) - Why is it when life imitates art, it invariably leaves all the cool shit behind that made it art in the first place? I am talking about an honest-to-god Footloose scenario in a small community in the middle of the desert that mercilessly cuts out Kevin Bacon anger-dancing over the nearest sand dune and replaces
- [East Jesus Fundraising Update Video!](https://eastjesus.org/2012/02/24/east-jesus-fundraising-update-video/) - It's finally come down to the last thirty days of our fundraising campaign on Indygogo, so we created a new video to update everyone on what we're trying to accomplish here, what the money is for, and a reminder of the benefits people will be receiving when they donate. All of this is accompanied by
- [Long Weekends make Short Weeks](https://eastjesus.org/2012/02/22/long-weekends-make-short-weeks/) - What? It's Wednesday, already? But the weekend just ended, how am I supposed to get ready for another one in just two days? I'm sore and tired and just a bit lazy and really prefer to just lounge in the hammock and watch the hummingbirds. The weekend started late for us as our guests
- [From England, With Love](https://eastjesus.org/2012/02/16/from-england-with-love/) - Last week we said goodbye to Sarah, a WWOOF'er from Sheffield, England, who found out about us on the internet, went to our site, saw what we were up to, and, somehow, said, "Yes. That. I want to do that." She sent this to us the other day from L.A. Take care, Sarah. We'll see
- [Rememberance](https://eastjesus.org/2012/02/13/rememberance/) - Another weekend, another Monday taking stock of the aftermath. Thanks to Bobby V. and Karen for the Rancho Cucamonga shower curtain and for the concrete, should add a couple more feet to the wall when the wind stops. Thanks to our other weekend guests for their contributions and for the first ever double ear piercing
- [Feb 3-5 Update](https://eastjesus.org/2012/02/08/feb-3-5-update/) - Time moves differently in the desert. Moments burst into life and last as long as the laughter holds out. Days go by in the blink of an eye or slow to a crawl and you have to be reminded of what month it is, what day. Weeks seem to be highlighted by one or two
- [Talent Show Weekend](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/30/talent-show-weekend/) - So a month into this new year and things are rolling along quite nicely. Construction, music and smiles are on the increase while drama, destruction and frowns are on the wane. More and more we hear about what an amazing space we have here, how positive the vibe is and how everyone wants to return.
- [Go out to the desert.](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/25/go-out-to-the-desert/) - Go out to the desert. There are glorious things in this world if you look in the right places, and with this as truth I am underwhelmed by the describable. I am uninterested in the ordinary. Like many others, I have pretended and tried, but under this kind of sunlight it is too
- [Writing Sucks](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/24/writing-sucks/) - Where to begin? At the beginning? Nah, too far back. Maybe begin a little after the start but not quite in the middle? Like walking into a movie that already started. Then when you watch the beginning the ending makes sense. The ending is the best part but nobody will understand it without the back
- [East Jesus: Beginnings](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/09/east-jesus-beginnings/) - In 2006 Charlie was living at NIMBY, a live-in DIY art space in Oakland, CA. Run by Michael Snook, NIMBY was, and still is, a hotbed of creativity. Over the years many well-known Burning Man art pieces have been created there such as the Cleavage in Space, the Steampunk Treehouse, and the Trojan Horse. Charlie
- [East Jesus by Air!](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/17/east-jesus-by-air/) - I was lucky enough to get to fly on an ultralight airplane over the slabs in December, so I thought I'd make a quick post to share what East Jesus looks like from the sky.
- [Bringing Down the Temple](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/14/bring-down-the-temple/) - Ever have one of those days where your jaws hurt from laughing too much? And the side of your stomach feels like maybe a rib broke? Ever feel like a weekend was a year long at the time but now feels like it was only a day? It's Friday and I'm only now coming down
- [Bad Thing Gone Home](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/10/bad-thing-gone-home/) - How alien, strange, the red and blue lights at night, winking on-off on-off in campfire smoke like distant planets. Rust creeps kudzu-like and is lost in the haze, sleeps and lives forever. Vaguely aware I am sitting on desert floor, feeling synapses unravel in whorls and beats of tympanic echolalia. Vibrations sing along with shotgun shells in the walls, hanging in canted angles. In the
- [Wish You Were Here: New Year's Eve, 2011](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/02/wish-you-were-here-new-years-eve-2011/) - Edge of the world, edge of Western civilization, edge of the desert, of birth, of death, edge of a sky falling over us at the speed of a year’s last breath. The sky falls over a sea of campers, trailers, diaspora from the north, over an acid-green lightshow to rival the Fourth; banking and turning
- [We Raise the Bar](https://eastjesus.org/2012/01/03/we-raise-the-bar/) - WARNING: The following story may cause feelings of jealousy, envy, and regret. We don't apologize for this. New Year's Eve: just a reason to get drunk? But how many times can you accomplish that and still enjoy it? Maybe you're a little older now and have started tiring of the same old thing. The hassles
- [The Wind](https://eastjesus.org/2011/12/23/the-wind/) - It comes racing down the eastern side of the mountains as the dawn's rays are just coloring the sky. It's vain and wants attention so it howls and screams and shakes every structure it passes. The trees bend before it and little swirls of dust rise and fall back to earth. Even with the sun
- [East Jesus website debut!](https://eastjesus.org/2011/12/20/east-jesus-website-debut/) - Hey everybody, welcome to the new website of East Jesus. Kat and myself have been toiling away for the past two weeks to bring you what is displayed here. While we feel it is mostly complete, with contact information, our needs list, and most of the artist biographies, there still remains some information to be

## Pages

- [About East Jesus](https://eastjesus.org/) - East Jesus is an experimental, sustainable, habitable art installation started by Charlie Russel in 2006. East Jesus is a sprawling 30 acre museum dedicated to large-scale art. We charge no admission and rely solely upon small donations that fund our mission to preserve, protect, and continue the work of Charlie Russell. Our artist residency program
- [Friends of East Jesus](https://eastjesus.org/friends-of-east-jesus/) - Musicians: Flip Cassidy facebook.com/thejunkyardgospel thejunkyardgospel.bandcamp.com SnowApple facebook.com/snowapplemusic snowapple.nl Dum Spiro Spero facebook.com/dumspirosperomusic Orphan in the Afterlife (now "Hera Has a Heart") facebook.com/herahasahearttoo Lindsey Haun facebook.com/HaunSoloProject Kylie Campion kyliecampion.com facebook.com/kyliecampion Aaron Heimann facebook.com/blasphemousgods soundcloud.com/aaron-heimann/ Christopher Allen Caplan facebook.com/tricksterguru Photographers: Flip Cassidy avantgardenias.com facebook.com/flipcassidyphoto Rhombie Sandoval rhombie.com
- [East Jesus Survival Guide](https://eastjesus.org/east-jesus-survival-guide/) - By visiting East Jesus, you do so AT YOUR OWN RISK and assume all liability for any property damage, injury, illness, or death that occurs. By setting foot here, you and your heirs release all claims into perpetuity. The ORIGINAL East Jesus Survival Guide was written by our founder, Charlie Russel. While we’ve had to
- [Needs](https://eastjesus.org/needs/) - East Jesus Flood Relief We are asking for continuing donations to protect the most vulnerable portions of the oldest part of East Jesus, and to replace critical infrastructure that has been lost in flooding from Hurricane Hillary. At the end of August 2023, Hurricane Hillary blew through East Jesus and the surrounding desert communities; the
- [Music videos](https://eastjesus.org/links/music-videos/) - "Praying" by Kesha (2017) "Kinda Complicated" by Scott Helman (2017) “California” by Snowapple (2014) "Good As Gone" by Dilated Peoples (2014) "My Mind" by John Garcia (2014) “Somebody to Die For” by Hurts (2013) “End of the World” by Hunter Hunted (2012) “Honda Prius” by Manhattan Murder Mystery
- [Live Music](https://eastjesus.org/links/live-music/) - “The Ferryman” – Aaron Heimann with Flip Cassidy (2013) East Jesus Update March 2012 with Cain Street, Dum Spiro Spero and Flip Cassidy "Losing Sleep" - Kylie Campion (2012) Orphan in the Afterlife (2012) {Music + Interview} "For Chasterus" - Flip Cassidy and Chris Benton (2012) “Cold Cold Ground” (Tom
- [Documentaries and Short Films](https://eastjesus.org/links/documentaries-and-short-films/) - Finding East Jesus (2017) Playboy visits East Jesus (2015) PBS Comes to Art Slam (2015) East Jesus Christmas/New Year's/Birthday 2014-2015 East Jesus November 2014 Save East Jesus (2014) Union Features Visits East Jesus (2014) East Jesus Winter: 2013-2014 East Jesus Art Slam 2014 East Jesus -
- [Charlie's Music](https://eastjesus.org/links/charlies-music/) - "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen "Last Year's Man" by Leonard Cohen "Now I Wanna Be Your Dog" by Iggy Pop "The Dream Before" by Laurie Anderson Charlie's Youtube Channel (has more performances) More music from chasterus.com
- [Donor Dashboard](https://eastjesus.org/donor-dashboard/)
- [Donation Failed](https://eastjesus.org/donation-failed/) - We're sorry, your donation failed to process. Please try again or contact site support.
- [Donation Confirmation](https://eastjesus.org/donation-confirmation/) - [give_receipt]
- [Current Projects](https://eastjesus.org/projects/) - Hurricane Hillary Flood Relief Please donate and/or share our Gofundme. Artistic projects Bottle wall Hole in Corner The Last Outpost East Jesus Beauty Salon and Barber Shop (it's an art installation. No, we don't actually have any barbers here.) Albrino The Uberman of Gigsville (TIME FOR PIE!) Sustainability projects Plant new crops Plant additional fruit
- [Artist Residency](https://eastjesus.org/artist-residency/) - Introduction How to apply I've applied, now what? General Guidelines So You Want To Be An Artist-In-Residence? Artists-in-residence have access to private sleeping quarters, communal household areas, common utilities and wifi, and communal meals. A communal kitchen, food pantry, library, well-equipped music room, glass studio, tool shop, gun range, and 30 acres of outdoor space
- [Art Garden](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/) - The Art Garden is open and free to the public, sunrise to sunset, 365 days a year. We are the only art museum in Imperial County and are run solely on donations. Large groups looking to arrange private tours, please contact us here as far in advance as possible. Currently featuring works by the following
- [Artists](https://eastjesus.org/artists/) - The works at East Jesus include not only the works of the late Charlie Russell, but the works of hundreds of contributing artists as well. This is by no means a comprehensive list of the artists whose work is on display at East Jesus; rather, it is the core operational crew. For links to some
- [Contact](https://eastjesus.org/contact/) - Want to have an event at East Jesus? Looking for a private tour? Press inquiries? Want to donate materials or share resources? Take a look at our needs page. Email us at: info@eastjesus.org For faster response, please message us on our Facebook page. You're welcome to visit our Art Garden from sun up to sundown, 365
- [Videos](https://eastjesus.org/links/) - Music Videos Charlie's Music Live Music in the Music Room Documentaries and Short Films
- [Blog](https://eastjesus.org/blog/) - This page automatically propagates with the latest posts. Do not edit this page!
- [SPECIAL NOTICE TO PHOTOGRAPHERS](https://eastjesus.org/special-notice-to-photographers/) - East Jesus welcomes photography as an artistic contribution to our larger project, and allows photographs to be taken of our art by any and all visitors. HOWEVER, we do NOT authorize or license the use of those images for ANY commercial purpose without a SPECIFIC LOCATION RELEASE or SPECIFIC ART RELEASE. Photographs, film, video, or
- [Tower of Barbarella](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/tower-of-barbarella/) - Tower of Barbarella Royce Carlson Of course it really is EVERYBODY's art work but it was my idea. I still encourage people to add to it until it becomes totally outrageous. I create out of joy and this reflects in my work. My style is whimsical, happy and generally pretty abstract. I know I have
- [Fame Retardant (Sunken House)](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/buried-house/) - Photo Credit: Barry Wayne Photo Credit: Barry Wayne Photo Credit: Barry Wayne Fame Retardant, 2011 Found wood, found metal, paint; dimensions variable BEN WOLF and HEIDI TULLMANN Ben Wolf and Heidi Tullmann combine the elements of scavenged materials, sign painting, and mural art in a collaborative installation. A dilapidated structure sinks into the ground as
- [Mammoth](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/mammoth/) - "Definition of a grievance" 2009 Blown out car tires, dimensions variable Like much of Holliday’s art – installations, graphics and sculpture – the Mammoth is raw, aggressive, and brilliant in its visionary scope. Joe begins with abstract, ontological ideas within a conceptual framework, incorporating process and discovery and the ever-present limitations of whatever material happens
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- [Swing Set](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/swing-set/) - Swing Set The swing set was built collaboratively by all of us and keeps morphing and changing locations. Several of the pieces of junk in the garden, that have become parts of various works, were dragged from other parts of slab city by Ty, using a motorcycle and a rope. It was funny to watch
- [Cinnabar Charm](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/cinnabar-charm/) - Cinnabar Charm Charles Russell 1971 Volkswagen / Westfalia Campmobile. 2001-2010 Completely decorated and illuminated inside and out, this mobile bar/altar/temple/office/home has traveled the US extensively and has been lived in off and on since its creation. Auxiliary electrical system charged by a Simens 125W photovoltaic panel mounted to the pop-top roof provides power for comfortable
- [Bottle Wall](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/bottle-wall/) - Bottle Wall Frank Redford Entering the scene at a towering 6'7” is our vagabond traveler Redford. Bringing a wealth of stories to the campfire from hitch-hiking around the continent for the last several years and a love of hearing his own loud voice. It helps that he is also an experienced chef who usually presides
- [Entry Archway](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/entry-archway/) - Untitled The archway that is the entry to the sculpture garden was built collaboratively by Charlie Russell and Royce Carlson. Photo Credit: Dre Naylor Photo Credit: Dre Naylor Photo Credit: Kevin Rolly
- [Terminator](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/terminator/)
- [Hole In Corner](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/hole-in-corner/) - Hole In Corner Joe Holliday
- [The Dusty Junk](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/the-dusty-junk/) - The Dusty Junk 2009 Shing Yin Khor, Jason Bender, Scott Keeler The Dusty Junk is a mutant vehicle that reimagines a Chinese junk boat as a river cruise boat. Loving detail, robust structure, and imaginative lighting combine to create an etherial and improbable mobile artwork. The Dusty Junk sails upon the sands of Slab City,
- [Windmill bicycle wheel](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/windmill-bicycle-wheel/) - "Untitled" Royce Carlson
- [Spiral sundial](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/spiral-made-of-corrugated-steel/) - "Untitled"
- [Man's Vices](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/mans-vices/) - Man's Vices Frank Redford Entering the scene at a towering 6'7” is our vagabond traveler Redford. Bringing a wealth of stories to the campfire from hitch-hiking around the continent for the last several years and a love of hearing his own loud voice. It helps that he is also an experienced chef who usually presides
- [Fainted Foundation](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/fainted-foundation/) - Fainted Foundation, 2012 Found wood, found metal, paint; dimensions variable BEN WOLF It's a collage of various architectural influences mostly gathered from an abandoned apartment complex in Inglewood LA. The piece was installed in LA for a music/art/food festival. It is literally referencing a single house in it's moment of collapse, similar to Nude Descending
- [TV Wall](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/tv-wall/) - On the edge of a world saturated by media, in a desert outpost where it hardly seems to touch, Flip Cassidy has constructed a veritable wall of cynical-tongue-in-cynical-cheek commentary on this looming, pervasive force in our lives. This sculpture is made entirely from found and collected TV sets and computer monitors (most of which have
- [The Can Organ](https://eastjesus.org/art-garden/the-can-organ/) - The Can Organ Ty Johnson Dripping water on it causes it to make cool sounds
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## Slides

- [bekindtoprostitutes](https://eastjesus.org/slides/bekindtoprostitutes/)
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- [charlies memorial](https://eastjesus.org/slides/charlies-memorial/)
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- [gate angel](https://eastjesus.org/slides/gate-angel/)
- [bottle wall](https://eastjesus.org/slides/bottle-wall/)
- [charlie](https://eastjesus.org/slides/charlie/)
- [cinnabar front](https://eastjesus.org/slides/cinnabar-front/)
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- [memorial 2](https://eastjesus.org/slides/memorial-2/)
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## Gallery Tags

- [bottle wall](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/bottle-wall/)
- [cinnabar charm](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/cinnabar-charm/)
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- [architecture](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/architecture/)
- [fame retardant](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/fame-retardant/)
- [man's vices](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/mans-vices/)
- [CarBQ](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/carbq/)
- [terminator](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/terminator/)
- [ubie](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/ubie/)
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- [night shots](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/night-shots/)
- [hole in corner](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/hole-in-corner/)
- [negation of inertia](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/negation-of-inertia/)
- [interior art](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/interior-art/)
- [playground](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/playground/)
- [city](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/city/)
- [Charlie](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/charlie/)
- [Memorial](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/memorial/)
- [other art garden works](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/other-art-garden-works/)
- [performance art](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/performance-art/)
- [hospitality and events](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/hospitality-and-events/)
- [albrino](https://eastjesus.org/bwg_tag/albrino/)