The artwork, titled “Five Day Locker Piece,” was created by artist Chris Burden in 1971 in Irvine, United States. It is a performance piece wherein Burden confined himself to a locker for five consecutive days.
In this formal conceptual artwork, Chris Burden locked himself in a small locker, measuring two feet high, two feet wide, and three feet deep, in number 5, for the duration of five days. The locker directly above him contained five gallons of bottled water, while the locker below held an empty five-gallon bottle. This intense and austere piece exemplifies Burden’s exploration of physical endurance and confrontation with personal limits.
