November 2011
25 posts
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.
Yvonne Rainer Denounces Marina Abramovic's Planned MOCA Gala Performance as "Grotesque" →
artinfo.com
“According to the friend’s emailed account, which was obtained by ARTINFO, performers will spend three hours with their their heads protruding through the gala’s tabletops, kneeling on Lazy Susans below to slowly rotate in circles while maintaining eye contact with guests. Other performers will lay nude on tables with fake skeletons on top of them, recreating Abramovic’s famous “Nude With Skeleton” performance, as reperformers did at her MoMA retrospective. Participants will be paid $150 and receive a one-year MOCA membership. “Of course we were warned that we will not be able to leave to pee, etc. That diners may try to feed us, give us drinks, fondle us under the table, etc., but will be warned not to,” read the email. “Whatever happens, we are to remain in performance mode and unaffected.”
