Bombay Beach Biennale
bombay beach biennale bbb annual art event held bombay beach california salton sea lowest community united state cofounded tao ruspoli stefan ashkenazy lily johnson white event feature temporary piece permanent installation hermitage museum designed greg haberny bombay beach opera house designed james ostrer drivein theater bbb avows renegade celebration art music philosophy take place literal edge western civilization involves seasonal dimension numerous artist participant gather stay town several month year collaborate art event culminates celebratory weekend precise date celebratory culmination shared people actively participating contributing happening fee ticket required attend connection bbb town beach bombay beach become increasingly populated variety permanent art installation permanent punishing environmental condition allow celebratory weekend includes worldclass philosophy conference major scholar university oxford harvard well activist artist writer independent researcher presenting topic related festival theme past speaker included geoff dyer eric kaplan christia mercer robert pippin samantha matherne kim stringfellow iain thomson mark wrathall also director philosophical operation bbb attendee gather philosophical dialogue dilapidated building open element window door long ago obliterated covered graffiti trace bygone art installation philosophy talk also take place night sometimes presence gigantic sculpture wrestling nihilism midst sitespecific art installation distinctive local force erosion decay possibility art saving power often frame philosophical conversation along overarching theme year philosophy conference bbb take place collaboration bombay beach institute bbi multidisciplinary cultural intellectual organization also located bombay beach theme art decay theme way future used theme god’s silence topic “postmodernism” activity postponed due covid biennale’s theme “more minimalism” event expanded entire season rather single weekend artist encouraged live within community full time part year theme biennale season “questioning hierarchy” theme “chaos theory” theme white gold owing abundant lithium reserve region