Tag: Chris Burden

• RIP Chris Burden

  Chris Burden’s work has become a permanent fixture in the creative landscape of Los Angeles.  While writing this blog over the years, Burden was revealed to me in many different forms.  The most obvious was from his signature massive installation of Urban Light, a sea of 202 1920’s street lamps that he sourced and refurbished since 2000…

  cultureshockart

  May 10, 2015

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Contemporary Art, Museums

  Chris Burden, Jonathan Gold, LACMA, Los Angeles, performance art, Sculpture, Urban Light

• Self Driving Cars & Chris Burden’s Metropolis II-A Glimpse into the Not-So-Distant Future

  I recently met a Clean Technology consultant who is not only a strong proponent of Electric Vehicles, but has also posited that Self Driving Cars will be a reality within in 5 years.  Five years?  I must say, the idea of getting into a car, entering my destination into a GPS, and then relinquishing the…

  cultureshockart

  August 12, 2012

  Art/Culture, Museums

  autonomous driving, Chris Burden, Clean Technology, Electric Vehicles, Google Car, LACMA, Metropolis II