Doomed

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Doomed is a 1975 performance art piece by Chris Burden in which he lay motionless beneath a leaning sheet of glass in a museum gallery, testing institutional responsibility and the limits of endurance.

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instanceOf conceptual artwork ⓘ
performance art piece ⓘ
aim to examine boundaries of artistic responsibility ⓘ
to explore limits of physical and psychological endurance ⓘ
to test institutional responsibility for the artist’s well-being ⓘ
commissionedBy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Chris Burden ⓘ
depicts tension between passivity and danger ⓘ
vulnerability of the artist’s body ⓘ
describedBySource art history texts on performance art ⓘ
duration approximately 45 hours ⓘ
endTime 1975-04-13 ⓘ
followedBy later institutional critique works by other artists ⓘ
genre performance art ⓘ
hasEffect influenced discourse on institutional critique in contemporary art ⓘ
raised ethical questions about spectatorship and complicity ⓘ
hasPart analog clock ⓘ
artist lying motionless on floor ⓘ
blank piece of paper ⓘ
sheet of glass leaning against wall ⓘ
inception 1975 ⓘ
languageOfWork nonverbal ⓘ
location museum gallery ⓘ
locationOfFirstPerformance Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago ⓘ
mainSubject artist–institution relationship ⓘ
endurance ⓘ
ethics of spectatorship ⓘ
institutional responsibility ⓘ
risk in art ⓘ
materialUsed clock ⓘ
glass sheet ⓘ
paper ⓘ
movement conceptual art ⓘ
notableFeature artist gave no time limit for performance ⓘ
artist remained silent and motionless ⓘ
no explicit safety instructions were given ⓘ
performance ended only when museum staff intervened ⓘ
partOf Chris Burden’s body of endurance-based performances ⓘ
partOfSeries Chris Burden’s risk-oriented performances of the 1970s ⓘ
performer Chris Burden ⓘ
reviewedIn art criticism on 1970s performance art ⓘ
significantEvent museum staff intervention ended performance ⓘ
significantPlace Chicago ⓘ
startTime 1975-04-11 ⓘ

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Chris Burden → notableWork → Doomed ⓘ