"Marina
Abramovic: The Artist Is Present"
The
article exposed about documentary " The Life and Death of Marina
Abramovic", or rather, one of her performances in MoMA (Museum of Modern
Art) in New York two years ago. According to Salomons, it`s a excellent
documentary because explains about performance art and retrospective work of
Abramovic, she is a famous performer, because she had many years`s experience
in this field.
The movie was realized by Matthew Aker, it shows the performance named "The Artist Is Present", she sat for seven and half hours, every day, for three months, on a chair without food or water, gazing into the eyes, expressionless, of audience memebers and vistitor who sat opposite her, gazing back. Also, it talks about relationship with Ulay, another performer, sometimes they do performances together.
The movie was realized by Matthew Aker, it shows the performance named "The Artist Is Present", she sat for seven and half hours, every day, for three months, on a chair without food or water, gazing into the eyes, expressionless, of audience memebers and vistitor who sat opposite her, gazing back. Also, it talks about relationship with Ulay, another performer, sometimes they do performances together.
It`s
very interesting for me, because I like performance art, the use of body as
artistic material. Marina Abramovic is known for masochist practices inside her
performances, many cuts, blood, etc. But, in "The Artist Is Present"
she was still, only sat looking to visitors, her resistance is notable, the
longest duration. In MoMA, while Abramovic presents the performance, besides
there was exposition with documenting of she. Her action seems simple, I
think that is a awkward situation sit in front of Marina, she stares you.
In
my career never I learn about perfomance art, because here the teachers are
very conservatives, not so in Theater Faculty.
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