Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic has been redefining art for nearly forty years. Using her body as a vehicle, she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us. This is a mesmerizing journey into the world of radical performance and an intimate
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Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic has been redefining art for nearly forty years. Using her body as a vehicle, she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us. This is a mesmerizing journey into the world of radical performance and an intimate portrait of an astonishingly magnetic, endlessly intriguing woman who draws no distinction between life and art.
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Statement of Responsibility:
HBO Documentary Films ; Submarine Deluxe ; A Show of Force ; produced by Jeff Dupre, Maro Chermayeff ; directed by Matthew Akers
Title:
Marina Abramović
the artist is present
[videorecording]
Publisher:
Chicago, Ill. :, Music Box Films,, c2012.
Characteristics:
1 DVD (106 min.) :,sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes:
"Widescreen 16:9."
Includes bonus features: Marina at MoMA; The audience completes the work; Marina : art vs. life; Marina's dresses; Belgrade homecoming; A re-performer's story; Exhibition gallery.
True/False Film Fest entry.
True/False Film Festival.
Credits:
Director of photography, Matthew Akers ; edited by E. Donna Shepherd ; music by Nathan Halpern.
Summary:
Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic has been redefining art for nearly forty years. Using her body as a vehicle, she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us. This is a mesmerizing journey into the world of radical performance and an intimate portrait of an astonishingly magnetic, endlessly intriguing woman who draws no distinction between life and art.
System Details:
DVD, widescreen.
Subject Headings:
Abramović, Marina Video recordings.
Performance art Video recordings.
Genre/Form:
Documentary films-lcgft
Topical Term:
Performance art
Local Subject Heading:
True/False Film Fest film.
Publisher No:
#MBFHE043
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Add a CommentA surprisingly emotional work. The film really helps to explain and contextualize performance art.