I want people to come to me open and vulnerable. When they come to the gallery, they have to leave their watches, their computers, their Blackberrys, iPads, iPhones, because we are so incredibly used to technology, and I wanted to remove that.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for genuine human connection free from technological distractions.
Marina Abramovic emphasizes the importance of being open and vulnerable in artistic experiences. She believes that technology often creates barriers between individuals and genuine emotional connections. By encouraging visitors to leave their devices behind, she aims to facilitate deeper interactions and a more immersive experience in her gallery, allowing people to engage with art and each other on a more fundamental level.
In practice
This quote can be used during an art exhibition opening to encourage attendees to fully engage with the artwork.
All the aggressive actions I do to myself I would never dream of doing in my own life - I am not this kind of person. I cry if I cut myself peeling potatoes. I am taking the plane, there is turbulence, I am shaking. In performance, I become, somehow, like not a mortal.
I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.
The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.
First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.
Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.
When you have heartbreak, what's important is that you don't go halfway. Go all the way down. Don't take pills that keep you in limbo. Cry out all the feelings. Then your own energy for life will put you up again. You become stronger.
Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.
I'm writing all the time. And as the songs begin to coalesce, I'm not doing anything else but writing. I wish I were one of those people who wrote songs quickly. But I'm not. So it takes me a great deal of time to find out what the song is.
I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It can't exist without it.
Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.
A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.
I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot.
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