icarus- chris burden
ICARUS April 13, 1973 823 Oceanfront Walk, Venice, California
"At 6:00 p.m. three invited spectators came to my studio. The room is 15 x 25 feet and well lit by natural light. Wearing no clothes, I entered the space from a small room at back. Two assistants lifted one end of a six-foot sheet of plate glass onto each of my shoulders. The sheets sloped on to the floor at right angles from my body. The assistants poured gasoline down the sheets of glass. Stepping back they threw matches and ignited the gasoline. After a few seconds, I jumped up sending the glass crashing to the floor."
"At 6:00 p.m. three invited spectators came to my studio. The room is 15 x 25 feet and well lit by natural light. Wearing no clothes, I entered the space from a small room at back. Two assistants lifted one end of a six-foot sheet of plate glass onto each of my shoulders. The sheets sloped on to the floor at right angles from my body. The assistants poured gasoline down the sheets of glass. Stepping back they threw matches and ignited the gasoline. After a few seconds, I jumped up sending the glass crashing to the floor."