The Serbian artist Marina Abramovi?’s performances suggest, to me, that performance art really isn’t a radical departure from plastic arts, but a return to art’s roots in ritual and religion. Her photography is sometimes more direct, but still retains the strangeness of dreams and of ritualized behavior in waking life. After the jump, a favorite from the series “Eight Lessons on Emptiness with a Happy End”:
Title: “The Family III”
(More on that series here. Abramovi?’s photos are showing at Paris Photo, and more can be seen here and here. Interesting tumblr here. Video “Balkan Erotic Epic“. Wikipedia page.)
Heh. Balkan Erotic Epic played the same night Ashley and Kisha was supposed to have it’s world premiere. There was a panel discusion after Marina’s film. The police showed up before mine could be screened.Report
I think Balkan Erotic Epic is an example of exactly what art should be doing right now. I did consider putting one of those annoying NSFW tags next to it, but figured that most people are smart enough to figure that any sort of ‘erotic epic’ is not a link to click while at work.Report