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Flying Steamroller

published by critttter

8 months ago • 2670 views

tags: Chris Burden, performance art, wtf, steam roller, heavy equipment

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I imagine the steamroller's rollers(?) are empty. Even so, I wonder how much one of those things weighs.

written by AeroMechanical | 8 months ago | CH

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Well there's something you don't see every day. I like how he cut the engine once it was off the ground so you could enjoy the movement in complete silence.

written by kronosposeidon

| 8 months ago | CH

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I love Burden's work. He does great stuff.

written by schmawy

| 8 months ago | CH

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This makes sense?

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy various forms of art. But what's going on here? I'd like to hear his explanation of it.

written by southblvd

| 8 months ago | CH

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Chris Burden gained notoriety through such performance pieces as 'Through the Night Softly' (1973) in which he slithered through glass on his stomach with his hands tied behind his back. He purchased a prime time television slot and aired a video tape of this performance to much controversy and consternation. His other pieces include having an assistant shoot him in the arm.

I've been searching the internet for his explanationof the 'flying steamroller', to no avail so far. I think it's supposed to be viewed at face value.

written by critttter

| 8 months ago | CH

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"I imagine the steamroller's rollers(?) are empty. Even so, I wonder how much one of those things weighs."

I wonder how much this cost!

written by critttter

| 8 months ago | CH

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I think it's about the visual experience, making a massive object float silently through the air. I remember a piece that was a giant steel wheel, about 3 meters high. He backed a motorcycle up to it and took it up through fouth gear and shut it off. That massive wheel spun silently for days.

Then there was the "crucified on a volkswagen thing".

>> ^southblvd:
This makes sense?

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy various forms of art. But what's going on here? I'd like to hear his explanation of it.

written by schmawy

| 8 months ago | CH

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re: southblvd.
Just watch. When that heavy steamroller floats above the ground it feels to me as something novel and a little weird to see such a "pushing-on-the-ground" object floating silently above it. Cool to me.
-Karl

written by swedishfriend | 8 months ago | CH

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*Promote the arts

written by kronosposeidon

| 5 months ago | CH

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