Marina Abramovic, a Serbian performance artist, is probably the edgiest person you’ll ever hear about. She’s pushed so many boundaries and opened up new levels of performance. As Lady Gaga put it in this interview, she is “limitless”. I would definitely agree with that. In her performance "Rhythm 0" she set up a table with numerous objects and let the audience do as they please with her. Included were some pretty dangerous weapons, an audience member pointed a loaded gun to her head before another took it away. For six hours she allowed the audience to do anything, after the time was up she stood up and walked towards the crowd. They all ran away.
In a more recent performance titled
“The Artist Is Present” she sat completely motionless at a table in the MOMA
across from museum goers and simply stared at them. It brought most participants
to tears.
Something about her is
poetically unsettling, and I love it. She’s so boundless it feels dangerous. I
think she’s a testament of just how much power and influence we hold inside
ourselves, if only we knew the change, we as individuals, can make. I don’t
know of any other artist who has accomplished what she has with human emotion. I recommend
reading more about her, it’s definitely worth the while.
-Tess
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