Break Down
Break Down: An Existential Anti-Shopping List Michael Landy’s *Break Down* isn't merely an artwork; it’s a meticulously documented performance that captured the anxieties of a millennium, transforming Oxford Street into a stage for confronting consumer culture and personal identity. Commissioned jointly by Artangel and *The Times*, this ambitious project unfolded between February 10th and 24th, 2001, presenting an eleven-strong team dismantling Landy’s entire possessions—7,227 items—within the vacant windows of a…


