At 6 p.m. I stood in the doorway of my studio facing the Venice boardwalk. A few spectators watched as I pushed two live electric wires into my chest. The wires crossed and exploded, burning me but saving me from electrocution.
Chris BurdenI still collect toys. Toys are a reflection of society. They are the tools that society uses to teach and enculturate children into the adult world. Toys are not innocent.
Chris BurdenThe speeding toy cars produce in the viewer the stress of living in a dynamic, active and bustling 21st-century city.
Chris Burden