Chris BurdenMetropolis II
LACMA is free today, and Metropolis II is running on Friday/Saturday hours.
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Chris Burden Metropolis II is opening this weekend! Here are things I learned from LACMA’s blog:
- The cars are attached by a small magnet to the conveyor belt that brings them to the crest.
- The only motorization of the cars is the conveyor belt to the top.
- Once the cars cross over the crest and head downward, their entire movement is by gravity.
- They travel at a scale speed of 240 mph, plus or minus.
- The tracks they take are Teflon coated to reduce friction.
- The tracks are beveled at 7 degrees to give added torque for speed when
they come through corners and curves. - The trains are out of the box electric train sets that run on electricity.
Chris Burden Shoot
You have to wait until about 1:35 for the piece to start, the beginning is an explanation of what you are about to hear and see.
Chris Burden Meets Regis Philbin
- PHILBIN: Why did you allow yourself to get shot?
- BURDEN: It was a piece of sculpture, and it was the best thing I could think of doing at that time. That’s why I did it.
- PHILBIN: [laughs] Chris has got me here. We’re gonna—hang in there Chris, and we’re gonna solve this together. As a piece of sculpture…
- BURDEN: Right.
- PHILBIN: You allowed someone to shoot you?
- BURDEN: Right.
- PHILBIN: With a gun?
- BURDEN: Yeah.
- PHILBIN: And in your mind, that was the sculpture, the result of you being shot.
- BURDEN: No, just the moment when I was getting shot was the sculpture, just that instant when the bullet traveled from the gun into my arm. And then after that, it’s all over. That was the sculpture; it was less than a second.
- PHILBIN: And it was worth it?
- BURDEN: Yeah. It was a good piece.
Chris Burden Metropolis II
This is about to be installed where a Richard Serra sculpture was at BCAM. How does one go about transporting and storing a Serra?
It’s been a while, I know you missed my whining, but I have finally stumbled onto another book worthy of “I Do Not Own, Can Not Afford”.
Chris Burden…I don’t need to elaborate, do I?
