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1. ![]() over part of the production. But this interventionist strategy became more radical, and indeed illegal, a year later. When Chris Burden was invited to appear on a talk show because of his sensational action «Shoot,» in which he had himself shot in [more] ![]() |
2. ![]() Drawing,» 1972) or Gary Hill's video installation «Crux,» an overstepping of the symbolic was obvious in Chris Burden's famous actions such as «Shoot» (1971), in which he allowed himself to be shot in the arm, or «Prelude to [more] ![]() |
3. ![]() [4] Cf. for example the approach, vigorously opposed to television as a mass medium, by the group Ant Farm («Cadillac Ranch Show» and «Media Burn,» 1975) and Chris Burden's «TV Hijack» action (1972); for this cf. the chapter «Radical Interventions» in «Television—Art or Anti-art?» [more] ![]() |