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Marina Abramović Will Restage "The Artist Is Present" to Raise Funds For Ukraine
Abramović is auctioning two opportunities to restage “The Artist Is Present,” with all funds going to a nonprofit assisting in aid efforts.
The Artist is Present
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The Curator Is Present
No, the artist was not present at Film Forum for a screening of her documentary, The Artist Is Present, a couple of weeks ago. The artist is Marina Abramović, and though she wasn't there — neither was the director of the film, Matthew Akers — I kept expecting her glamorous self to storm in as a last
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WTF Is Up With Marina Abramović: The Movie? A Review
Hyperallergic writers and siblings Brendan and Marisa Carroll recently went to see Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present, a documentary about the performance artist’s Museum of Modern Art retrospective. The museum retrospective included photos, videos and re-creations of Abramović’s performances f
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The Artist Is Present Game Creator Talks Marina Mania, Video Games & the Rules
Pippin Barr works and teaches at the Center for Computer Game Research at IT University in Copenhagen, and readers of Hyperallergic will know him as the guy who created "The Artist Is Present" video game, which has already become an online sensation. I caught up with Barr online to ask him about "Th
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The Artist Is Present, The 8-bit Video Game
Didn't get your chance to sit with Marina Abramović during her The Artist Is Present performance at MoMA? Don't worry, Copenhagen-based Pippin Barr has given you a second chance in the form of The Artist Is Present: The Video Game. He's also updated the whole thing so you have to pay $25 to get into
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WTF is... Performance Art?
You may have heard that James Franco and Lady Gaga are performance artists, that their careers themselves are art objects built up over a lifetime. You may also believe that your Uncle Bob farting the alphabet is performance art. And maybe it is! Really, it's up to you, there's no quick and easy cha