Returning from Hebron Wednesday afternoon, I glanced outside my window, only to see miles and miles of blue and white. Today was Jerusalem Day, and a parade of thousands marched through the streets celebrating, as if in an orgy of nationalistic fervor, the 44th anniversary of the Israeli…
Sabeis que nunca suelo escribir nada desde aquí, intento en la medida de lo posible que este sea un espacio donde pasar un buen rato y nada más. Por desgracia mi mujer embarazada de 2 meses no ha pegado ojo y hoy lleva todo el día con depresión. Os cuento:
Ayer a eso de las 21:30 horas…
For some reason all the wind went out of my sails right after I drew this last week. I never really came up with a color scheme that I liked, but a good friend of mine is doing some guest colors on it, which I’ll post soon!
I figured that I’d just post the black and white version for now and I’ll be drawing some other comics soon—sorry for the comics slow-down lately, I’m not really sure what happened there…
Rhythm 0, 1974
To test the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Abramović developed one of her most challenging (and best-known) performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her.
Abramović had placed upon a table 72 objects that people were allowed to use (a sign informed them) in any way that they chose. Some of these were objects that could give pleasure, while others could be wielded to inflict pain, or to harm her. Among them were a rose, a feather, honey, a whip, scissors, a scalpel, a gun and a single bullet. For six hours the artist allowed the audience members to manipulate her body and actions.
Initially, members of the audience reacted with caution and modesty, but as time passed (and the artist remained impassive) people began to act more aggressively. As Abramović described it later:
“What I learned was that… if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you.” … “I felt really violated: they cut up my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the audience. Everyone ran away, to escape an actual confrontation.”
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