Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena Favilli

Author:Elena Favilli [Chuck]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timbuktu Labs
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

JULY 30, 1920 – AUGUST 23, 2006

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ILLUSTRATION BY

BARBARA DZIADOSZ

“I HAD A FASCINATING JIGSAW PUZZLE TO PIECE TOGETHER.”

– MARIE THARP

MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ

PERFORMANCE ARTIST

Once upon a time, a woman in a long red dress sat silently at a wooden table. Her name was Marina, and she was a world-famous artist.

She was sitting in a plain white room inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Marina had decided she would sit there seven hours a day for a hundred days. On the other side of the table was an empty chair. Anyone who wanted to could sit across from her. As long as they kept silent and looked her in the eye, they could sit there as long as they liked.

Marina’s idea was simple yet groundbreaking. Thousands lined up for hours to sit with her and be in her presence—or even just to see her and another stranger staring at each other.

Many people were moved to tears by Marina’s performance. It’s not often we take the time to simply sit and look at each other, without saying anything. It’s not often we feel truly “seen” by another person.

A record-breaking half a million people visited the show. For forty years, Marina had been an artist. Not all her performances were as successful as The Artist Is Present, but she never stopped experimenting—she never let fear get in her way. “If you experiment, you have to fail,” she explained. “By definition, experimenting means going to territory where you’ve never been, where failure is very possible. How can you know you’re going to succeed? Having the courage to face the unknown is so important.”

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