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WORLD WIDE SOLO MARINA ABRAMOVIC 8 - 25 May |
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In Portrait Gallery (1975-2002) sixteen monitors show
sixteen performances where Abramovic takes her own
head as the starting point. A direct virtual contact with
the visitors to the exhibition is established in the performance
Mambo (2003). On a life size projection screen Abramovic
performs a dance on an iron dance floor wearing shoes with
magnetic soles. The audience gets to wear the same type
of shoes and is invited to dance the mambo with her.
In the installation At the Waterfall (2003) quiet and
inspiration are the central themes. During a stay at a Tibetan
monastery she records 106 monks and nuns singing. An
entire gallery wall of singing heads becomes a waterfall of
image and sound.
In the autobiographical work Road Movie (2003) Abramovic
opens up her own life to us. This video demonstrates how
important a nomadic existence is to her work.
Besides the new works that were made especially for this
exhibition, a survey of older work will be presented. The
Performance Anthology Abramovic Ulay (1976-1987) is
a broad selection of recordings of performances that Abramovic
did together with Ulay.
The exhibition by Marina Abramovic is a result of a collaboration between the World Wide Video Festival and the Netherlands Media Art Institute. It is the first in a series of solo exhibitions by media artists working in the Netherlands that will be held each year at the Netherlands Media Art Institute during the festival. |
On 11 May at 20.00 hrs Marina Abramovic will give a lecture in the auditorium of the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam
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Dragon
Art must be beautiful, Artists must be beautiful
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