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“When I first had a video camera to document a performance, it was in Sweden and I remember it was really crucial for me.”

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Marina Abramovic

Marina Abramović is a Serbian artist renowned for her performance art. Her work often involves exploring the limits of the body, challenging the boundaries between the artist and the audience. more

“Zooming in, zooming out. I was shocked. I said, "Let's erase this right now, put the camera behind the stage and I'll do the performance just for the camera." He set up everything and I told him to go outside and smoke a cigarette. Come back when I finish. Don't touch the camera. This was the way how I've done most everything after that.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“I had such an intense relationship to every person. I still see people on the street and we lock eyes, and say "Oh my god!" and we just kiss and stay like that and sometimes cry.”

People Persons Stills Sometimes Eye Streets Cry Kissing Intense Locks

Author:Marina Abramovic

“Typically, the performance has a story - a beginning, the crescendo and the end.”

Ends Stories Performances Crescendo

Author:Marina Abramovic

“The complete absence of the story - that was the best thing about this whole thing, because you know that nothing's going to happen and everything's going to happen. It's just the gaze. You create your own zone.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“Television is completely another medium.”

Television Mediums

Author:Marina Abramovic

“It was incredible, Lady Gaga came to see the piece. She didn't sit with me, but it was all atwitter. Every single kid from 12 to 18 ran to see Lady Gaga and then Lady Gaga left and they stayed. And they stayed another day another day and it created a completely different culture, a different audience that I never had before.”

Different Kids Culture Left Audience Pieces Incredibles Ran Another Day Different Cultures Gaga

Author:Marina Abramovic

“We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“I'm talking about intellectually and emotionally challenging, but at the same time it's actually not that challenging. So there's this dichotomy.”

Challenges Talking Dichotomy

Author:Marina Abramovic

“You can feel the same thing in football or soccer - that for the best teams in Spain and England, for instance, the public... they're not really going to cheer at all when they play against bad teams unless they do something spectacular. Even if they're winning by a few goals they'll probably just say, "nah." That's normal and they're not excited about it.”

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