May 2011
3 posts
Day 61, Portrait 19 (6 min.)
I first learned of Marina Abramovic while studying performance art as an undergraduate at Alfred University with Laurel Jay Carpenter. As part of her teaching, Laurel would sometimes have my classmates and I emulate performances, like Marina and Ulay’s Nightsea Crossing, as a springboard to learning to create and collaborate in our own performance pieces. From this grew a huge appreciation...
Day 61, Portrait 16 (10 min.)
My Moment with Marina Abramovich
The second time I committed to a full day’s wait at the museum, I glanced up from my mobile just in time to watch someone walk away from the chair. As the middle aged woman strutted smugly, with an unforgettable, lifted swaggering of the shoulders, Marina crumbled a little. Cleansing her emotional palate took a little longer than we had been used to seeing. And...
Day 61, Portrait 18 (14 min.)
i feel like the piece started last night when i decided to go to bed to get up early to go to the moma. started having anxiety dreams all night that i’d missed it.got up this morning with singleness of purpose, got to the museum at 9:15, already a cluster of people outside. kept very much to myself, doors opened at 10am and people who had passes/memberships (i had a press pass) rushed to...