Marina Abramovic
In this very special BONUS EPISODE of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most renowned artists alive today, Marina Abramovi\u0107.\n\n*BOOK NEWS!* I have written a book! Order The Story of Art without Men here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-story-of-art-without-men/katy-hessel/9781529151145\n\n**This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.com \u2013 use the code "The Artist is Present" at checkout for 15% off!**\n \nThe \u201cgrandmother\u201d of Performance Art, Marina Abramovic has been instrumental in pioneering the genre as a visual art form for the last five decades \u2013 a genre defined by risk taking; being present; a state of mind; emptying yourself; and connecting the energies with the surrounding public.\n\nBorn in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia in 1946, to communist hero parents, Marina Abramovi\u0107 experienced a strict upbringing. Until the age of 29, she was under a curfew of 10 o\u2019clock \u2013 resulting in the artist running away a few months later.\n\nSince the beginning of her career in the 1970s, Marina Abramovi\u0107 has stretched the limits of the body and mind as both object and subject. Early works include Rhythm 0 (1974), where she became an object of experimentation for the audience \u2013 laying out 72 objects, including a pistol, and stating they could be used on her as desired; or Rhythm 5 (1974), where she lay in the centre of a burning five-point star. She has withstood pain, exhaustion, and danger in her quest for emotional and spiritual transformation.\n\nNever slowing down, in 1997 she won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for a work that commented on war in Yugoslavia, and in 2010, she took over MoMA for The Artist is Present, where she sat motionless in a chair for eight hours a day \u2013 the show broke records, attracting 850,000 visitors.\n\nIn 2012, she founded the Marina Abramovi\u0107 Institute (MAI), a non-profit foundation for performance art, and has since exhibited at the world\u2019s most prestigious institutions, earning her a global following. And in 2023, she will be the first woman to have a solo exhibition in the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts, London.\n\nTODAY Marina Abramovi\u0107 launches The Hero 25FPS \u2013 @artistispresent / NFT.CIRCA.ART\n\nFor her first performance launching today on the blockchain, Marina Abramovi\u0107 revisits one of her most personal and autobiographical works \u2018The Hero (2001)\u2019 to present in collaboration with The Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Art (CIRCA) this digital exploration of time, immateriality and audience participation. Filmed at 25 frames per second, never before seen footage has been separated into 6,500 unique frames to create The Hero 25FPS, a genesis NFT collection by the warrior of performance art.\n\nA call for today\u2019s new heroes! Upon completion of THE HERO 25FPS, Marina Abramovi\u0107, @nadyariot (Pussy Riot) and CIRCA will award a series of Hero Grants to people working within Web3 who demonstrate a desire to make the world a better place.\n\nENJOY!!!\n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nSound editing by Nada Smiljanic\nArtwork by @thisisaliceskinner\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield\n\nhttps://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/