Bigger than bombs: Tim Burns exhibition explores the artist behind explosive art actions
Documentation of Exploding TV, Boya Quarry 1974, by Tim Burns. Installation view of The Kinetic Moment. Aleph/Art Gallery of Western Australia In 1972, the ANZAC Day ceremony in Sydney was delayed when wreaths laid at the Cenotaph memorial in Martin Place burst into flames – apparently without cause. The next day, local newspaper The Daily Mirror covered the incident under the headline “Bomb at Cenotaph”. In fact, the conflagration was caused by flares with timing mechanisms hidden within the…
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