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The Artist is Present - Marina Abramovic
without you pressing my nerves
may I ask you 'what is this life?'
intricately untangle every fibre
set me down a moment
can serenity be practiced
unravel connections
isolate and remove expectations
ask me 'what is life?'
sit with me, still
let forever wait in the wings
meet my eye
reflect my humanity
extinguish flames of thought
consume my longing
in essence ~ breathe me in
could we ever transcend
gifting our entire selves
hoping to matter
while all constants shift
nothing but moments ever matter
eyes met
observers stood
time ended
the grasp now just into empty space
contemplation is a death stare
the moments are counted
~ should they be mourned ~
now blind to how they occurred
cautiously shutting eyes to ever afters
cradle me until I'm stronger
shut me off
in-between wakefulness
I fear I'll suffocate
in the hours of dead air
when I awake to exist again, tell me you loved me
More about the artist and installation:
One of the attendees was unexpectedly her ex lover and former art collaborator that she hadn't seen since they had used an art performance that had been intended to be their wedding but had ended up being the end of their relationship. They hadn't seen each other for 22 years.
They had planned to walk from separate ends of the great wall of china and meet in the middle to marry but the permission took nearly 8 years to obtain, by which time their relationship had broken down and the event instead marked the end of their romantic and artistic 12 year relationship.
Marina Abramovic and Ulay Laysiepen's art collaborations were intense, boundary-pushing, and deeply personal, exploring themes of trust, endurance, physical and emotional limits, gender dynamics, and the tension between individuality and unity. Their performances often involved extreme physicality, prolonged endurance, and deep psychological vulnerability.
The "Artist is Present" installation also was very impactful on many of those who participated. Bringing many to tears at feeling seen.
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