I still collect toys. Toys are a reflection of society. They are the tools that society uses to teach and enculturate children into the adult world. Toys are not innocent.

Chris Burden

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Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are by Chris Burden

Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are

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At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend. The bullet was a copper jacket 22 long rifle. My friend was standing about fifteen feet from me.

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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.

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The speeding toy cars produce in the viewer the stress of living in a dynamic, active and bustling 21st-century city.

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