BBC News - Marina Abramovic: Audience in tears at 'empty space' show
but then
WTF!!!
Audience members were moved to tears at the opening of Marina Abramovic's new show at London's Serpentine Gallery.
The performance artist is spending 512 hours interacting with the public at the show, held in three completely empty rooms.
Phones, cameras and even watches are banned, as Abramovic takes people by the hand and encourages them to spend time focusing on the bare white walls.
The performance artist is spending 512 hours interacting with the public at the show, held in three completely empty rooms.
Phones, cameras and even watches are banned, as Abramovic takes people by the hand and encourages them to spend time focusing on the bare white walls.
but then
Both shows lack the startling drama of her earlier performances, including one in which she systematically stabbed her hand with knives.
In another, she whipped herself, before cutting a five-point star in her stomach with a razor blade and lying on a cross made of ice.
Once, she nearly died after lying in the middle of a burning cross made of petrol-soaked sawdust. On another occasion, she allowed an audience member to hold a loaded gun to her head.
In another, she whipped herself, before cutting a five-point star in her stomach with a razor blade and lying on a cross made of ice.
Once, she nearly died after lying in the middle of a burning cross made of petrol-soaked sawdust. On another occasion, she allowed an audience member to hold a loaded gun to her head.
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