((hot)): Marina Abramović Performance 1974

When the six hours ended, the gallery announced the performance was over. Abramović stood up, bleeding and traumatized, and began walking toward the audience. Terrified by the return of the "victim" to a human state, the audience fled the gallery. No one wanted to face the woman they had tortured.

The Body as Object and Subject: Trust, Violence, and Institutional Critique in Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0 (1974) marina abramović performance 1974

Abramović stood motionless next to a table containing 72 objects. A simple placard invited the audience to use these items on her body as they wished, stating that she took full responsibility for the duration of the performance. When the six hours ended, the gallery announced