By the end, Abramović was bleeding, stripped, and weeping. When she finally moved—walking directly into the hostile crowd—they fled. They couldn't look her in the eye.
They cut off her clothes. They scratched her with thorns. They drew on her face. One man held the loaded gun to her head, putting her finger on the trigger. A fight broke out among the audience over whether he should pull it. marina abramović rhythm
In 50 minutes, Abramović experienced the two poles of human suffering: locked-in syndrome (conscious but trapped) and psychosis (free but disconnected). The piece asks a terrifying question: Which is worse—losing control of your body, or losing control of your mind? And then, we arrive at the masterpiece. The breaking point. The reason you are reading this. By the end, Abramović was bleeding, stripped, and weeping