Chris Burden’s Metropolis II
Last week, sculptural and performance artist Chris Burden's latest piece, "Metropolis II", was unveiled at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in a special exhibition room that was built and allocated specifically to house the work. Though the massive and incredibly loud kinetic sculpture, which took four years to make, is supposed to be a vision of Los Angeles five to ten years from now, Burden says he really just wanted to "...invoke the energy of a city".
The structure, like some sort of ultimate Hot Wheels track, operates through a system of conveyor belts and magnets, with its 1,100 miniature cars and trains whizzing about gridlock-free through a maze of freeways and underpasses at 240 scale miles per hour. Will more roads and an end to speed limits solve L.A.'s notorious traffic problems? We're not so sure. Regardless, Burden's work sure is something to behold.
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