Rhythm 0

Marina Abramovic in Rhythm 0: A Slide Show (1974)

Marina Abramovic, Rhythm 0, 1974, This was a 6 hour performance. Laid out on a table were 72 objects the audience could manipulate in any way they wanted to upon her body. As time passed, the audience became more and more agressive and by the end she was injured and violated; her clothes taken off her body. She was confronting the audience and raising their awareness about their potential for violence, particularly towards women

Marina Abramovic | Rhythm 0 | 1974 | Table with 72 Objects & Slides of Performance

https://vimeo.com/71952791 What happens if you allow a group of onlookers to do anything they want to you for six hours? Marina Abramovich ...

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All of Marina Abramovic’s work powerfully investigates presence, corporeality, limits. It is hard and perhaps pointless to pick a “most famous” work, but if one must, a contender for that title is …

Rhythm 0 (1974), artist Marina Abramović allowed people to use any of 72 objects on her in any way that they chose for six hours. She stood totally passive and surrendered control of her body to the participators. At first people reacted with modesty and caution, but as time passed, people began to act more aggressively. The consistent allowance of trust juxtaposed the increasing degree of violence she received, as those intimate actions were not subject to her approval.

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For her most famous performance, named 'Rhythm 0,' Marina Abramović placed 72 objects on a table that spectators could use on her however they desired. She would not move for six hours and no matter what the public chose to do to her, she said she would take 'full responsibility.'⁠ ⁠ The 72 objects ranged from things like flowers, perfume and apples to more sinister items like razors and knives.⁠ ⁠ At first, the audience were tame in their response to the task. Some simply watched the artist…

Marina Abramovic, Rythm 0, 1974, performance, Napoli