"With Augmented Reality by AN ART APP"--Cover. First published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, 23 September 2023 - 1 January 2024 ; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 16 March - 14 July 2024 ; Kunsthaus Zurich, October 2024 - February 2025 ; Tel Aviv Musuem of Art, March - August 2025 ; Kunstforum Wien, 2 October 2025 - 18 January 2026. Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Andrea Tarsia -- The brutal eloquence of flesh and blood: early performances of the 1970s / Svetlana Racanovic -- The cut and the line in time / Adrian Heathfield -- Marina Abramovic and Ulay: on relation / Karen Archey -- Balkan Baroque: death wish converted / Svetlana Racanovic -- Tools for transcendence: the transitory objects / Devin Zuber -- Bridging between worlds: visible and invisible reality / Devin Zuber -- Catalogue plates with section introductions / by Andrea Tarsia -- Public participation ; Communist body ; Body limits ; Absence of the body ; Energy from nature ; Coming and going ; Private archaeology ; Dozing consciousness ; Spirit body ; Luminosity -- Marina Abramovic, a chronology / Rebecca Bray.
Summary:
"Over the past half century, Marina Abramovic has earned worldwide acclaim as a pioneer of performance art. This new book records the first UK exhibition to include works from her entire career. Some of her best-known and most radical works appear alongside new works created especially for the exhibition. An augmented reality app for iOS and Android enables readers to watch films of Abramovic's original performances while reading the book. An essential purchase for all followers of Abramovic's extraordinary 50-year career, this important new publication brings expert voices into the debate that her ground-breaking work engenders. How far should an artist push herself in pursuit of her work? What role does the audience play in creating a performance? How can performance art outlive the moment in which it takes place?"--Publisher's description.
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