East Jesus is probably the only art gallery that comes with a survival guide and a liability warning:

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 East Jesus website warns that if you arrive after dark, you might find yourself on the wrong side of a gun barrel. There is a clothing optional firing range, and cigarette butts left on the ground will fill the proprietors with murderous rage. The website warns, East Jesus isn’t particularly child-friendly; everything is dangerous. The ground is dangerous. The art is dangerous. The people are dangerous. While you’re welcome to bring your well-mannered child to view the art in the public art garden, you’d better fucking supervise them closely.

Despite such aggressive warning, East Jesus is an “experimental, habitable, extensible artwork in progress since 2006.” It was founded by Charlie Russell and continues with the support of a network of artists and residents. The majority of the space is a sculpture garden of large-scale installations akin to Noah Purifoy’s installations at his outdoor museum in Joshua Tree.

In addition, East Jesus offers flexible artist residencies of varying lengths for artists to create, experiment, and explore energy efficient building techniques. East Jesus is concerned with remaking the world with waste, envisioning different possible futures than the world outside this plot of land offers.