Die Trying.
Published September 24, 2021 · 3:56 · 142,132 views
About This Video
A merch drop. They're trying to sell you something. But first: somewhere in the mountains behind Van's house lies the compound of Chris Burden, the great artist. If you live in Los Angeles you know Urban Light. 202 street lamps from the golden age, rescued from the city that threw them away. Burden also built an airplane robot and a flying steamroller and Metropolis II, the world's most ambitious Hot Wheels set, now in the permanent collection of LACMA. It was Burden and Metropolis II that brought Van to Topanga Canyon for the first time, 10 years ago, shooting a video for Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. Van's dream of living in the canyon was born on that shoot. Now he lives here with a new dream: maybe one day he can buy Chris Burden's compound. Many millions of dollars. A long shot. But this spirited man doesn't have to be successful. He just has to die trying.Transcript
this is a merch drop we're trying to sell you something but first
somewhere in these mountains behind this spirited man's house lies the compound and studio of a now
deceased great artist named chris burden contemporary artists are virtually
unknown to the general public these days but if you live in los angeles you're probably familiar with his
sculpture called urban light which flanks the entrance to the los angeles county museum of art
urban light is 202 los angeles street lamps from the golden age of beautiful street lamps
perfectly restored by chris burden and his team the city had thrown the lamps away
but burden saved them because they were beautiful [Music] he also built an airplane robot that automatically built these
and he also built a flying steamroller maybe you've seen metropolis 2 basically the world's most incredible hot wheels action set
currently in the permanent collection of the los angeles county museum of art
it was metropolis ii and chris burton that brought this spirited man to tapanga for the very first time
some 10 years ago he helped shoot this video by ariel shulman and henry juiced
[Music] here they shot it here at burden's studio in topanga canyon and this spirited man's dream of living in the canyon was born
and now he lives here with a new dream maybe if he does enough work and makes enough money
maybe one day this spirited man can buy chris burton's compound
here in topanga canyon it's a long shot many millions of dollars
but this spirited man doesn't have to be successful he just has to die trying [Music] you
People Referenced
Chris Burden, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost