Rationale
I was particalarly insterested in the interactive aspect of Mariana Abramovic's 'a minute of silence' and how it explores the relationship between the performer and audience.I was also interested in the the recording process of the experience for participants and found the film 'the artist is present' which documents the exhibition. The discussion of how a performance artist commercialises their work for galleries through photographic and film documentation was of particular interest.
I was particalarly insterested in the interactive aspect of Mariana Abramovic's 'a minute of silence' and how it explores the relationship between the performer and audience.I was also interested in the the recording process of the experience for participants and found the film 'the artist is present' which documents the exhibition. The discussion of how a performance artist commercialises their work for galleries through photographic and film documentation was of particular interest.
Marina Abramovic "A minute of silence"
SOURCE:http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/01/23/marina-abramovi-s-silent-revolution-in-performance-art/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/44244429.cached.jpg
Abramović sat in a chair in the gallery for eight hours a day, while visitors streamed in and, one by one, occupied the chair opposite her. Some wept; others laughed. At least one took off all her clothes and had to be removed by security. For three months, Abramovic sat there, impassive, during which time The Artist is Present drew record crowds to the gallery and became one of the most famous and controversial pieces of performance art ever staged.
"I've never done anything as radical as this. This is as immaterial as you can go."
Marina Abramovic
Before the show opened, both Abramović and MoMA half worried that no one would turn up. As the thing took off, celebrities started to drift in to sit opposite her, including, inevitably, James Franco – and then Ulay came. Abramović broke protocol and reached out to grasp his hands across the table. Everyone cheered. "I absolutely didn't expect he'd come to sit. The moment he sat – and everyone got very sentimental about it, because they were projecting their own relationships on to us – but it was so incredibly difficult. It was the only time I broke the rules."
" I understand that you can bring out the worst in people and the best. And I found out how I can turn that into love. My whole idea at MoMA was to give out unconditional love to every stranger, which I did. And the other one was a challenge to every bad energy possible; if you give the guy a chain saw ... you are provoking him."
Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramović is a Yugoslav performance artist based in New York.[1] Her work explores the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Active for over three decades, Abramović has been described as the "grandmother of performance art." She pioneered a new notion of identity by bringing in the participation of observers, focusing on "confronting pain, blood, and physical limits of the body."
SOURCE: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/12/marina-abramovic-ready-to-die-serpentine-gallery-512-hours
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