She has surrendered herself and her body completely into the hands of the audience at a gallery in Italy, walked the Great Wall of China to finish, scrubbed rotting skeletal parts and screamed until she fainted.
Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović has lived by the motto “art above all” since the 70’s and fascinated audiences all over the world.
Here is the story of her harsh upbringing, iconic works of art, grief of love, adversity and success.
The episode features Lena Essling, curator at the Moderna museet and Nanna Olasdotter Hallberg, cultural reporter at P3.
The clips are taken from Vice Tv, Louisiana Channel, Ted talk, Moderna museet, The artist is present, MoMa, Sex and the city and Swedish Radio.
In our research, we have also benefited from Marina Abramović’s autobiography “Walking Through Walls”.
The episode was made by Studio Olga in the winter of 2022 and was published on March 28, 2022.
Host: Vendela Lundberg
Episode maker and reporter: Sally Henriksson
Sound mix: Fredrik Nilsson