But through art, the town, which is now home to just 231 residents ... Most of the residents of this town – known as Bombay Beach – abandoned it in the 1970s after a series of ecological ...

At first glance, Bombay Beach, population 231 ... then we set out on foot. Dozens of art installations and the ruins of old homes covered the lakeshore. A wooden sign that read “Help Our ...

She wanted people to see the homes, the town, the community that once thrived thrive again. With the art came attention and the potential for more resources. She got on the Bombay Beach Community ...

A tiny, half-abandoned town in a neglected corner of the California desert seems like an unlikely hot spot for street theater, classical opera and large-scale public art. Yet Bombay Beach on the ...

“So my life in Bombay Beach is — in a word — busy.” Here’s a look of some his art installations ... he said there’s honestly no place like home. A look back The census-designated ...

The Bombay Beach Biennale began as a sort of joke, he said, because he liked the alliteration and the idea of spoofing the art world ... “I’m totally at home here,” Mr. Scharf said.