Chris Burden Movies
- 2016
Burden
Burden5.92016HD
A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.
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- 2014
Metropolis II
Metropolis II62014HD
A film about a sculpture by Chris Burden.
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- 1980
Big Wrench
Big Wrench01980HD
In this narrative performance for video, Burden tells the story of his relationship with a truck named "Big Job." To relate his autobiographical...
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- 1974
Velvet Water
Velvet Water01974HD
May 7th, 1974, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chris Burden relentlessly dunks his head in a filled-up sink, trying to breath water.
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- 2007
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
Here Is Always Somewhere Else62007HD
The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the...
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- 1980
The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel01980HD
During the 1980 exhibition of Burden's monumental kinetic sculpture The Big Wheel at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, Burden and Feldman were...
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- 1988
A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum01988HD
short film by Chris Burden
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- 2000
The TV Commercials 1973–1977
The TV Commercials 1973–197702000HD
The TV Commercials 1973–1977 (1973–77/2000) is a compilation of four video works—TV Ad (1973), Poem for L.A. (1975), Chris Burden...
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- 1971
Shoot
Shoot01971HD
November 19, 1971, F Space, Santa Ana, California: “At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend”.
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- 1975
Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
Documentation of Selected Works 1971-747.51975HD
In this short compilation, Chris Burden introduces and narrates selected clips from his public art performances including 'Shoot', 'Bed Piece', and...
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- 1974
Back to You
Back to You01974HD
Back to You is a piece that attempted to deal with my own myth, the myth of me as the aggressive artist, threatening audiences the evil-kin evil of...
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