Shoot (Burden)
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Shoot was a 1971 performance by Chris Burden, in which he arranged to have himself non-lethally shot.
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Laurie Anderson
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Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work encompasses performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and s
Shoot (Burden)
…artist who shot himself", although this description is not technically accurate. As a critic in X-TRA put it, Shoot's primary medium is rumor. Artist Laurie Anderson's 1976 song, "It's Not the Bullet that Kills You (It's the Hole)", is in reference to Burden's performance. The performance spawned multiple reproductions…
Anderson in 2020
Photograph of Anderson in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Anderson performing at De Vereeniging in Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1986
Anderson at a 2007 benefit concert