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7/5/2003

Marina Abramovic

Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam

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The Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts, in cooperation with the World Wide Video Festival, is organizing a solo exhibition of Marina Abramovic. In addition to a number of new works, a retrospective of her previous work will also be presented.

Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade in the early 1970s, Marina Abramovic has been active in performance art as a visual art form. Her body is both her subject and her medium. To investigate her physical and mental limits she undergoes extreme pain, exhaustion, danger and emotional and spiritual transformations. For Abramovic performance means a direct exchange of energy with her audience. She seeks to initiate this exchange in as personal a manner as possible. With her 'Transitional Objects' Abramovic tries to actively involve her audience in her performances. 'People only change through their own experience.' Since 1976 Abramovic has used video to catch the transitory character of her work. For her, her performances, installations and videos are objects of reflection in which people can recognize themselves.

During the exhibition in the Netherlands Media Art Institute - the place where Abramovic has worked on her artworks since her arrival in The Netherlands - both old and new work will be presented. The 'Performance Anthology Abramovic -Ulay' (1976-1987) will show a liberal selection of never-before-shown recordings of performances by Abramovic and Ulay. In many of her performances Abramovic used her head as her starting point. Sixteen of these performances are now being presented in The Netherlands for the first time in 'Portrait Gallery' (1975-2003). In 'Mambo' (2003 version) Abramovic invites the visitor to dance the mambo with her on a magnetic floor. Inspiration and tranquillity are to be found in the installation 'At the Waterfall' (2003): 106 heads of Tibetan monks and nuns will form a waterfall of sound and image with their songs and portraits. In 'Road Movie' (2003) Abramovic offers an image of herself, which means being continually under way, the encounter with new people and ideas. The installation is an autobiography of the life of Abramovic and moreover reveals the importance of a nomadic life for the work of Marina Abramovic.

Image: Mambo, 2003

Opening: May 8, 10:00 - 12:00 p.m

Gallery open Tuesday - Saturday, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
During the WWVF period the exhibition will also be open on Sundays.

Entrance: Euro 2,50 / 1,50
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Lecture Marina Abramovic
May 11
20.00 hour
Location: Passengers Terminal Amsterdam
In her performance art Marina Abramovic makes a distinction between her Private Body and Public Body. In the lecture Marina Abramovic will personally throw light on these two different approaches.
This lecture is part of a lecture programme organised by the World Wide Video festival. More information about entrance http://www.wwvf.nl The World Wide Video Festival takes place from May 8 to 25 in the PTA, Amsterdam.

Netherlands Media Art Institute
Montevideo/Time Based Arts
Keizersgracht 264
NL 1016 EV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)20 6237101
F +31(0)20 6244423

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