the artist is present.
the marina abramovic show at moma was a reenactment as well as current performance piece by ambramovic stressing the importance of the body. more specifically the importance of the body of the artist to the viewer. many of her performances were about the recognition of of the body focusing on the tension of stillness and closeness.
the new media used during the performance was mostly for documentary purposes. However, abramovic has been working for the better part of 3 decades, so at one point the idea of using ones body or sound and performance were cutting edge concepts as well as the filming (again usually for the purpose of documentation) the peice that she is currently performing, where a viewer is entitled to sit with her is being filmed in real time and streamed directly to the web, which is a manipulation of new media, but not really what i find the piece to really be about, so i really wouldn't classify it as a new media work, so much as a performance that uses aspects of new media - is this an important distinction to make? of course. Especially when dealing with the nature of performance art, presence, (as indicated by the title) is pretty much key.
while i found the work to be particular gender sensitive, i'm not in a hurry to classify the work as feminist, rather, as a performance that is conscious of the presence of the body, and this body just happens to be female, often accompanied by a male.
the new media used during the performance was mostly for documentary purposes. However, abramovic has been working for the better part of 3 decades, so at one point the idea of using ones body or sound and performance were cutting edge concepts as well as the filming (again usually for the purpose of documentation) the peice that she is currently performing, where a viewer is entitled to sit with her is being filmed in real time and streamed directly to the web, which is a manipulation of new media, but not really what i find the piece to really be about, so i really wouldn't classify it as a new media work, so much as a performance that uses aspects of new media - is this an important distinction to make? of course. Especially when dealing with the nature of performance art, presence, (as indicated by the title) is pretty much key.
while i found the work to be particular gender sensitive, i'm not in a hurry to classify the work as feminist, rather, as a performance that is conscious of the presence of the body, and this body just happens to be female, often accompanied by a male.
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