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Doorway to Heaven

Burden, Chris
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/2765
Date
1973
Description
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.
 
full view, wires crossed and exploded, burning the artist Burden but not electrocuting him
 
Type of Work
Performance art
Subject
Pain, Electricity, Wire, Performance art --United States, Art, American --20th century, Self-mutilation in art
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All rights reserved
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106036
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