Seven Easy Pieces
What:
Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic for BIFF
Where:
Cinema A, Australian Cinematheque, GoMA, South Brisbane
When:
Sat Aug 9, 3pm
How much:
$15/$13.50
Everybody knows that heaps of awesome wacked out shit happened in the seventies. But the decade wasn’t all about disco and deep throat and Doobie Brothers and Dr Who, you know. Apparently some pretty seminal performance art went down too – the only thing is that nobody really documented any of it. So in 2005, artist Marina Abramovic decided to re-enact seven of those famous performances over an entire week in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
The performances ended up becoming the talk of the town in Manhattan that week, maybe in some parts due to Marina’s exposed body, but mainly because the performances created among the visitors a sense of sublimation and transcendence. In other words, it was amazing.
And luckily for us here in Brisbane three years later, documentary filmmaker Babette Manglote was on hand to capture the week of performances and some of the audiences reactions too. This is a well-observed recording of Abramovic’s performances which captures the extraordinary endurance of an artist who has made her body both her subject and her medium for over 30 years.
Format: Festival
Mood: Make a therapy appointment now
Keywords: BIFF, Marina Abramovic
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