How does this artwork elucidate its Analysis and legacy?
The performance began Burden's career as a "durational daredevil" and led to polarized opinions about his masochistic oeuvre. It established several themes that would recur in his work: risk of death, endurance, and the audience's moral dilemma. New York Magazine compared the performance to Eusebius of Vercelli's ordeal of confinement.The work had a confessional quality, as people came to see the performance and would speak in confidence when they could not see the artist.
Eusebius of Vercelli New York