Ch. 1 Interview (Marina Abramovic, 1994) [P.11-22]
- P.13 I like Vito Acconci's work very much. He was one of the first to propose that the body is a place..... And from this came the whole idea of the body as a material, the body as a material through which you can transmit something......Just exploring all the possibilities- the mental, physical limits, everything together.
- P.14 And meeting Ulay - at one point it went back to a female energy because he was the male. Then there was the idea of the hermaphrodite as the perfect human being, you know, who has both sexes and is self sufficient. And of the two bodies coming into one. To me this was one step farther than just doing your own work.
P.18 The walk of the Chinese Wall
- Ulay: We will collect materials, using the oldest technique of copying reality, of imprinting. And satellite photography is the most advanced technology of documenting.
- MA: We are going through the 4 seasons like 4 stages of life. The idea is that we are going to be exposed for one year to those forces. And will that will come a certain mental and physical transformation - through the walk
P.19 Ulay: ......besides an art-work, 'performance' can indicate a great moment of behaviour or concentration. The point is, if you do the performance for an extended period of time, then its effect is much greater.
Marina Abramovic's work
Performing Life, Living Art: Abramovic/Ulay and KwieKulik.
Huxley, Michael, and Noel Witts. The Twentieth Century Performance Reader 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge, 2002.
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