TIL of RHYTHM 0 : A performance art piece in which Marina Abramović stood still for six hours while the audience could do whatever they wanted to her.

As Abramović described it later: "What I learned was that ... if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you ... I felt really violated: they cut up my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the audience. Everyone ran away, to escape an actual confrontation."

I swear so many people are actual psychopaths and just good at hiding it.

Wow she stood still while someone slashed her throat to drink her blood. That’s commitment.

From Wiki article: "When the gallery announced the work was over, and Abramović began to move again, she said the audience left, unable to face her as a person"

It worked, they really saw her as an object

And now that you know part of the story, please don't stop checking out this unknown gem:
https://youtu.be/GXyq2xUmsVQ

We deserve more Cate Blanchett in comedy roles

Is she what that one episode of House MD based on? There was a patient that essentially did the same art stunt that ended when a participant poured gas on her and started to light a match.

"Do with me what you want" They proceed to do with her what they want

Surprised pikachu face<

sick album cover

Clearly staged because no-one drew a spunking cock on her forehead.

This is really disturbing. People in general are awful, that's my take away.

Is this what Shia LeBouf was copying?

That's honestly mortifying.

I prefer this performance that she also did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEcqoqvlxPY

Didn't Yoko Ono do something similar?

I already know I would've simply been a pervert. Candle, olive oil, scarf, hair brush, perfume. One could have oiled her up, dressed her scantily. Made her extra beautiful. And then taken some unique pictures with the polaroid camera.

One could have even treated her wounds with the bandages.

I see every social interaction this way - as a fight between attackers and protectors. And I must be a protector, because I have this comforting ability and if people are going to trust me and believe in me then I have to be worthy of what they feel.

Does the term Attention whore describes this "art"?