East Jesus

Salvation Mountain, Slab City is an alternative living community located near an active bombing range in the desert city of Niland, California.
Leonard Knight, the creator of Salvation Mountain. For over twenty years, Knight lived out of his truck and worked continually on his colourful art “mountain,” which marks the entrance to Slab City.

The permanent residents, also known as “slabbers,” most often end up in Slab City due to poverty, though some also stay for the feeling of freedom that comes with living in an uncontrolled, off-grid area in the middle of the desert. With no electricity, fresh water, or sewage treatment, residents are forced to rely on solar panels, their own waste system and water colection.
Slab City has been referred to as “the last free place on Earth” and an “anarchist RV town,”

Nearby East Jesus, Sonoran Desert, Imperial County, California, is an experimental, sustainable and educational art installation. Here, artists from all walks of life have built upon the original vision of Charlie Russell, who changed a trash-strewn patch of desert into a space for contemporary art.