The Mad King,"Oedipus"

                                          

                                                      

                                                    THE MAD KING  “OEDIPUS”

Oedipus, King of Thebes who killed his father and married his own mother. This led rage towards the destruction of his family. The story being in the city of Thebes, which was a model in Greek and it is also, subject of Sophocles' tragedy, "Oedipus Rex".

Before the birth of Oedipus, one of The Greek God Oracles had already delivered the prophecy to King Laius about his son Oedipus that, he will kill him and marry his own mother. The circumstances which rely on the future said by The Greek God Oracle to King Laius. So, he gets afraid and scared about his future. King Laius and his wife Queen Jocasta decided to kill their own baby. King Laius tied up his baby's hands and told his servant to throw the baby into the river. The servant's sympathy and emotions come towards the baby, he decided to leave the baby in the mountainside to die. Suddenly, a shepherd passing by the mountainside found the baby and he gifted to the King of Corinth Polybus and Queen Merope. Then they brought up and treated him as their own son. They gave the child name,” Oedipus” which means ‘swollen foot’.

The year passed away, King Laius and Queen Jocasta didn’t know about their growing child, Oedipus. They thought that their baby died. One day, Oedipus went for a drink with his friend and his friend revealed the truth about him. To investigate the truth, he often went to the temple of Apollo. He learned from the Oracle at Delphi of the prophecy that, he would kill his father and marry his own mother. Oedipus believed that he would kill King Polybus and marry Queen Merope, unknowing of the truth. He leaves the city Corinth and forwards towards the city of Thebes. Before, he entered the city of Thebes. He has some argument with an old man across the road, who is attended by his servants. That argument turned into the fight which killed the old man along with his servants, but he was unaware of the old man who was his real father King Laius. Finally, he reached the City of Thebes where he found something unusual and terrible. He solved the riddle of Sphinx. Sphinx, “a type of monster with whose hand of a woman and the body of a lioness, the wings of an eagle and headed tail”.

Sphinx asks the riddle if, who will not able to answer the riddle of Sphinx, they’re punished or eaten by the monster. Oedipus solved the riddle of Sphinx; he was crowned as a new King of Thebes and marry with widow Queen Jocasta. They consisted of four children together two daughters and two sons. Years later, to end a plague on Thebes. Oedipus searches for the killer of King Laius and he found that he himself was the killer of King Laius. At last, the prophecy takes place in real life which was already told by the God Oracle. So, the truth reveals in front of Oedipus Where he finds, King Laius was his real father and his present wife Queen Jocasta was his real mother. After that, Queen Jocasta hung herself in her room by knowing the truth. About Oedipus, he pinned his eyes and blinded himself.

The question, if you suggest me the answer!
Why King Laius have a bad Prophecy about his future? Does, he did something fallacious in the past.

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"Girl without the pain"

“MARINA ABRAMOVIC”

“Based on real story”

“Girl without the Pain”

Marina Abramovic was born in November 30, 1946 Sebrina, Belgrade. She is performance artist, writer and also, filmmaker. She qualified from higher education, Academy of Fine Art, Zagreb. About her childhood period, she was brutally torture by her mother. After that, she erases the word called, ‘pain’ and, ‘love ‘in her life. She performs notable work called Rhythm. Rhythm,” a tension between abandonment and control are at heart of her series of performances”. Its true birth of the unique art always surrenders with the sorrow. One of the best performances of her was Rhythm zero (0) in 1974.

Rhythm 10: 1973, Marina plugged a knife, spread finger of one hand. She cut herself 20 times. 

Rhythm 5: 1974, Marina lay down inside the blazing fire of wooden star with her oxygen supply depletion by fire at that, time she was unconscious and she was rescued by the looker men.

Rhythm 0: 1974, In this, rhythm Marina was badly torture by the people. The performance of rhythm zero, she stood with her motionless body 8pm to 2am around 6 hours. In her hand, there was piece of paper where_she written, “I will stay like an object, do! Whatever, what you want to do till 6 hours”. She also declared that, she held herself responsible. If, in case the acts of the people could cause her to die. Besides, next to her chair there was 72 objects on the table including knives, loaded pistol, blades, ropes, hammer, axe, chains etc. 8 o’clock sharp the performance being started. Firstly, people started taking pictures and videos of her. Some of the people, changing her position and posture, started drawing on her face and humiliate her, making fun of her, scolding her, tieing up with ropes and chain. Secondly, people started taking the object from the table and started pinning to her body. One of the men on that, performance even made razor to cut on her neck, but she still didn’t budge or hesitate. Thirdly, people also started to undress her and touch her body parts. Most of the people, took objects from the table and started plugged her hand. A man even aimed on her forehead with the loaded pistol to make afraid to her.

At last, 6 hours passed way and she stood up and walk among the people, who did devilish and horrible thing to her. She proves that, how aggrieve those people are and how, people can easily hurt you. She also, shows parts of destructive emotions and cruelness of the people.

Rhythm 2: 1974, To complete the rhythm 5 by the loss of consciousness, Marina devised the two-part rhythm 2 to incorporate a state of unconsciousness in a performance.

Rhythm 4: 1974, Marina kneeled alone and naked in a room with high power industrial fan. She try to reach near to the fan and try to breath much air as possible. Soon after she lost her consciousness.

Here are some performances of the Marina which, I can’t mention in the above:

1)      Cleaning the Mirror, 1995  https://mai.art/.../2016/3/19/reperformance-marina-abramovic-cleaning-the-mirror-1995

2)      Spirit Cooking, 1996    https://www.moma.org/collection/works/143945

3)      Work with Ulay   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramović 

4)Seven easy, 2005 https://www.bing.com/search?

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