Sooner or later we all become grown-ups...or hypocrites...
On November 29, a UCLA graduate art student did a performance piece in which he simulated Russian roulette. After he pulled the trigger, the gun didn't fire. The student left the room and then the audience heard a shot from outside. No one was hurt, and after an investigation, no one was sure whether the gun was real and there was insufficient evidence to bust him for anything (except maybe bad art.)
Two UCLA professors, Chris Burden and Nancy Rubins, have quit their jobs over the lack of punishment, likening the stunt to "domestic terrorism." I have no fresh comment on the 21st century's total overuse of the T-word, but I did have the following thought: Well, people have been doing stupid/dangerous things in the name of performance art since performance art has existed. Wasn't there a once guy who had someone shoot him in the arm as part of a piece?
As I keep reading the article [reg. required] I learn that yes, there was indeed such a piece in the 70s, called "Shoot." The artist responsible: ex-UCLA professor Chris Burden, who was then a UC graduate student.
Remember that old anti-drug commercial?
Old man: Who taught you to do art with guns?! Who! I want to know where you learned how to do this stuff!
Young man, tearfully: From you, professor! I learned it by watching YOU!
On November 29, a UCLA graduate art student did a performance piece in which he simulated Russian roulette. After he pulled the trigger, the gun didn't fire. The student left the room and then the audience heard a shot from outside. No one was hurt, and after an investigation, no one was sure whether the gun was real and there was insufficient evidence to bust him for anything (except maybe bad art.)
Two UCLA professors, Chris Burden and Nancy Rubins, have quit their jobs over the lack of punishment, likening the stunt to "domestic terrorism." I have no fresh comment on the 21st century's total overuse of the T-word, but I did have the following thought: Well, people have been doing stupid/dangerous things in the name of performance art since performance art has existed. Wasn't there a once guy who had someone shoot him in the arm as part of a piece?
As I keep reading the article [reg. required] I learn that yes, there was indeed such a piece in the 70s, called "Shoot." The artist responsible: ex-UCLA professor Chris Burden, who was then a UC graduate student.
Remember that old anti-drug commercial?
Old man: Who taught you to do art with guns?! Who! I want to know where you learned how to do this stuff!
Young man, tearfully: From you, professor! I learned it by watching YOU!
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