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Pint Saized Art History

English - October 14, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB
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As is evident by the lateness of this episode, Dani is the worst at editing, but Squid & Josh make wonderful guests to sit, drink, and talk about the controversial performance art days of Chris Burden.

Artwork discussed:

Five Day Locker Piece, c1971, Chris Burden
Shoot, c1971, Chris Burden
Unknown work by a Berkley student, c2004
Transfixed, c1974, Chris Burden

Marked "Explicit" for: strong language, violence, gun violence, self harm, and really, really bad decisions

Music: « Punky » from Bensound.com

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