Burden of light
Chris Burden has been accused of having a “mean streak of adolescent megalomania”, the curse of the macho “boys with toys”, always out to impress, if not frighten. I don’t understand the apprehension, though I can’t say I’ve seen much of Burden’s work.
But who couldn’t be thrilled with even the concept behind “Fist of Light”? The cheesy sketch above may be the closest his idea has come to realisation, but you can imagine clearly enough an insulated metal box big enough to walk into, lined with a thousand 500-watt quartz light bulbs, “theoretically enough light to make black appear white”. See the rest.
