Chris Burden: A Tale of Two Cities

Chris Burden sets up a giant battle scene with toy soldiers, Japanese robots, and other childhood toys. He also builds a large mound of dirt in the middle of the gallery space to arrange all this stuff. There are binoculars on the wall so you can feel like a real general and look in. There are planes hanging from string. There are missles in the wall and bombastic explosions in the dirt and around the water skirmishes.

I am really not sure what it is all supposed to represent or imply.

Before you enter the neatly swept space there is this entry way with a bench. It is a wooden bench and very comfortable to sit and think. You cannot really see the art from this location & I am not really sure why it is there, but it is my favorite part of the installation because I could sit and read.