{"id":50235,"date":"2015-05-19T02:42:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T06:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=50235"},"modified":"2015-05-19T10:11:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:11:32","slug":"chris-burden-limits-relative-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2015\/05\/19\/chris-burden-limits-relative-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Burden: &#8220;&#8221;Limits&#8217; is a Relative Term&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XaaJpM0gpKk\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XaaJpM0gpKk\" target=\"_blank\">Video link here<\/a>. We recommend watching with the sound OFF.) We were stunned\u00a0to hear that artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/12\/arts\/chris-burden-a-conceptualist-with-scars-dies-at-69.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Burden<\/a> died last week\u00a0at the age of 69. Known\u00a0for pushing limits, Burden used his own body as art material in extraordinarily violent and shocking ways, until he moved into other forms of sculpture.\u00a0Just two months ago, when we ran <a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2015\/03\/17\/chris-burdens-beam-drop-steel-concrete-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\">a\u00a0video of\u00a0his powerful Beam Drop<\/a>, we somehow thought he&#8217;d live forever.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we heard NPR&#8217;s 3-minute piece, below, about the artist&#8217;s last, wondrous work: a self-propelled\u00a0zeppelin, and wondered about Burden&#8217;s path from having himself shot in front of an audience, to making such magical, meditative last work.\u00a0<!--more-->Inspired by aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, it is an ode to innovators and tinkerers (the motor alone took seven years to create). It is a lovely thing to watch.<\/p>\n<p>The NPR piece offers fine view into its making.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/407749329\/407749330\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50241\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Limits-red-Chris-Burden.jpg\" alt=\"Limits red Chris Burden\" width=\"786\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Limits-red-Chris-Burden.jpg 786w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Limits-red-Chris-Burden-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Limits-red-Chris-Burden-422x338.jpg 422w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Limits-red-Chris-Burden-500x401.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video link here. 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