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the gallery should be completely empty. That the public would come in and I would take them gently by the hand and bring them to a wall in the gallery, just to look at the blank space in front of them. That the public would become the performing body instead of me.
Marina Abramovic • Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Permanent movement. No rehearsal. Direct contact. No predicted end. Local relation. No repetition. Self-selection. Extended vulnerability. Passing limitations. Exposure to chance. Taking risks. Primary reactions.
Marina Abramovic • Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Left: Portrait of Maria Callas by Cecil Beaton, 1957; right: my homage to Maria, 2011
Marina Abramovic • Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present | MoMA
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Rhythm 10 (performance, 1 hour), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Villa Borghese, Rome, 1973
Marina Abramovic • Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Cleaning the House, walking for 10 hours after 4 days without food or talk, student workshop, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1995