Beam Drop

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Beam Drop is a large-scale outdoor sculpture and performance artwork by Chris Burden involving the dramatic dropping of steel I-beams into wet concrete to create a chaotic vertical forest of metal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf installation art ⓘ
performance artwork ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artForm land art ⓘ
process art ⓘ
artisticConcept creation of a chaotic vertical forest of metal ⓘ
artisticMethod crane-dropped beams into wet concrete pit ⓘ
dropping steel I-beams into wet concrete ⓘ
associatedWith Chris Burden’s exploration of scale and danger ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
United States ⓘ
creator Chris Burden ⓘ
Chris Burden ⓘ
Chris Burden ⓘ
documentedBy photography ⓘ
video recordings ⓘ
genre large-scale outdoor sculpture ⓘ
hasComponent vertical steel beams embedded in concrete base ⓘ
hasSpatialAspect outdoor site-specific installation ⓘ
hasTemporalAspect creation process as live event ⓘ
hasVersion Beam Drop (1984) ⓘ
Beam Drop (Inhotim) ⓘ
inception 1984 ⓘ
2008 ⓘ
involves collaboration with crane operators and construction crew ⓘ
location Artpark, Lewiston, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Artpark

Inhotim Institute, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Inhotim Institute
materialUsed concrete ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
recycled steel I-beams ⓘ
steel I-beams ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
notableFor integration of chance and gravity into sculpture ⓘ
use of industrial processes as performance ⓘ
numberOfSteelBeams approximately 60 ⓘ
approximately 71 ⓘ
orientation predominantly vertical steel elements ⓘ
safetyConcern falling heavy steel beams ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
surface concrete foundation ⓘ
theme industrialization ⓘ
relationship between performance and permanent object ⓘ
risk and danger in art ⓘ
usesEquipment construction crane ⓘ
usesProcess free-fall of beams from significant height ⓘ
visualEffect chaotic vertical forest of metal beams ⓘ

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Chris Burden → notableWork → Beam Drop ⓘ