She placed 72 objects on a long table. They ranged from benign and pleasurable (a feather, perfume, a book, a rose, a glass of wine) to aggressive and lethal (a scalpel, scissors, nails, a chain, a gun loaded with a single bullet).
Artist: Marina Abramović Year: 1974 Location: Studio Morra, Naples, Italy Duration: 6 hours Concept & Setup In what would become a landmark (and harrowing) work of performance art, Abramović tested a simple but dangerous hypothesis: If given absolute freedom without consequence, how far will people go?
She placed 72 objects on a long table. They ranged from benign and pleasurable (a feather, perfume, a book, a rose, a glass of wine) to aggressive and lethal (a scalpel, scissors, nails, a chain, a gun loaded with a single bullet).
Artist: Marina Abramović Year: 1974 Location: Studio Morra, Naples, Italy Duration: 6 hours Concept & Setup In what would become a landmark (and harrowing) work of performance art, Abramović tested a simple but dangerous hypothesis: If given absolute freedom without consequence, how far will people go?
