I love hardcore boys, I love boys hardcore

Female, 26, NSFW.

Caption

mohandasgandhi:

the-madame-hatter:

fyeahfeministart:

Marina Abramovic, Rhythm 0, 1974

This was a 6 hour performance. Laid out on a table were 72 objects the audience could manipulate in any way they wanted to upon her body. As time passed, the audience became more and more aggressive towards her and by the end she was injured and violated; her clothes taken off her body. Many of the audience members were frightened when she cut off the performance; they thought she would retaliate.

She was confronting the audience and raising their awareness about their potential for violence, particularly towards women. They placed their desires onto her passive and inert body.

The MoMA website has a good slideshow/audio presentation on the piece: http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/190/1972

always reblog

This was, by far, one of the greatest performance art pieces of the 20th century. Listening to her account of the performance is chilling and yet, inspiring, as one can really get a sense of her extraordinary commitment to her art. This piece was able to communicate and question how we treat one another, women especially, more efficiently and succinctly than a great number of scholars, which is the sheer beauty of art.

Oh wow. 

(via whatgodzillasaidtogod)

Post Info
Posted on Tuesday 8 November 2011.
1 year ago.
Filed under: #art #misogyny #smh
Notes: 1709
  1. usgradeafancy reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  2. awhimpernotabang reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  3. jessicabreedlove reblogged this from ormountedonstrangebeasts
  4. tiffanynot reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  5. crazyfukked reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  6. xxxchristiandating reblogged this from ormountedonstrangebeasts
  7. ormountedonstrangebeasts reblogged this from ballastcanting
  8. ballastcanting reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  9. hearteubeateu reblogged this from dohldrums
  10. cory-loves-me reblogged this from fyeahfeministart and added:
    Humbert Humbert Sunday “possibly the most interesting thing i’ve read all day //
  11. dohldrums reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  12. abdlrhmanhany reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  13. cheriiiiiiiiiiiiiii reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  14. lidoodles reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  15. misutura-biance-and-i reblogged this from saraifemarxist
  16. saraifemarxist reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  17. 93krystalmoons reblogged this from fyeahfeministart
  18. nolite-tradere reblogged this from wanderingrecovery and added:
    I am speechless.
  19. wanderingrecovery reblogged this from rapeculturemakesmeangry
  20. thepleasantnightmare reblogged this from fyeahfeministart and added:
    0 Marina Abramovic Studio Morra (1974) Marina Abramovic constructed...performance in which...
  21. gorgeousyoungfop reblogged this from fyeahfeministart and added:
    Marina Abramović. Just wow. Her art really pushed the boundaries of what was and “is” considered “art” and “performance...