Talk:Marina Abramović

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Marina Abramovic (1946- )

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Solo performances in the early 1970's "Rhythms"

Shout until she was completely hoarse.

Dance until she collapsed.

Buffeted by a wind machine until she passed out.

Rhythm 5 (1974)

She lay down in the center of a fire until she passed out from lack of oxygen and had to be rescued.

Rhythm 0 (1974 )

Stood in the space of the Studio Mona Gallery in Naples next to a table holding 72 objects. Tools, scissors, a loaded gun.

Performance had to stop because after the visitors had cut off all her clothing, she was also required to place the barrel of the gun into her open mouth.

Visitors were invited to use them and her as they saw fit.

[edit] Seven Easy Pieces

I've begun editing the article, adding new text and information, and, most importantly, providing references and citations throughout. It seems clear to me that the Ayers review from Total Theatre magazine that comprises almost all of the final section will have to be entirely removed, and the information compressed and paraphrased.--Galliaz 01:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I totally excised the text of Ayer's Total Theatre review (it had been jammed into the entry en toto.) There are clear copyright issues with it being present in the entry, and, stylistically, it was a nightmare. I plan to add a brief section on the critical response to the recent Guggenheim performances soon.

I went ahead and gave the Seven Easy Pieces their own page, because I think it's time that a number of important performances (such as that one, for instance) get their own articles. I'll be getting to the originals of the ones she performed in a bit. --AlbertHerring 22:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teaching practice

Mention should be made of Abramovic's teaching practice. She has produced a book about it called Student Body. Unfortuntely I do not have access to a copy, but I was once fortunate enough to see a showcase of her students' work from when she was teaching at HBK Braunschweig. The students' clarity of vision was quite remarkable, way beyond what you would typically expect at undergraduate level. Ireneshusband 11:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation for birth certificate comment?

"(born 30 November 1946,

In 1976, after moving to Amsterdam, Abramović met the West German performance artist Uwe Laysiepen, who went by the single name Ulay. They had both been born on the same day, though in completely different regimes: her birth certificate was marked by a five-rayed star, while his had a swastika."

Is there a source for that seems a bit odd since by the end of 1946 denazification should have been very intense. Or is it supposed to be metaphorical mispresented as fact.

Yeah, I get your point, the swastika certainly wouldn't have been on a document issued in 1946. I'm working to track down that source (which I don't own). However, here's info on the actual date from an interview in Artist Body (Charta, 1998): MA: So I met Ulay and it was the day I was born, my birthday, and his birthday. Interviewer: November 30? MA: November 30... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Galliaz (talk • contribs) 15:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC).