“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:
