res gestae

For his M.F.A. thesis show at the University of California, Irvine, Chris Burden confined himself for 5 days in a metal locker that measured two feet by two feet by three feet. The locker above contained 5 gallons of bottled water. The locker below contained an empty 5 gallon bottle.


Five-Day Locker Piece
April 26-30, 1971