Terra comunal
Subtitle: Marina Abramovic + MAI
By: Jochen Volz, Júlia Rebouças (org)
Edition: 1a. edição.
Publisher: SESC São Paulo
Published: 2016
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: eng; por
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Teachings; Criticism and interpretation; Performance art; Pictorial works; Methodology; History; Marina Abramović Institute
Description: This publication reflects the richness in the exhibition "Terra Comunal : Marina Abramovic + MAI" (Sesc Pompeia - São Paulo, 2015), a retrospective of acclaimed Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic. With installations and sculptures, films and a series of live events, the exhibition stimulated encounters between visitors and performers, activating an interaction inherent in the artist's propositions. MAI (Marina Abramovic Institute) is home to the Abramovic Method, a series of exercises designed by Abramovic over the course of 40 years to explore boundaries of body and mind. The title of the exhibition was inspired by Abramovi?'s profound experiences in Brazil over many years. In 1989, the artist traveled to Brazil to research crystals and their influence on the body and the mind, which significantly influenced her artistic practice. She began to create objects using crystals and other minerals from Brazil that would later be utilized for the Abramovi? Method. In 2012, the artist spent an extended period in Brazil looking for spiritual communities and places of power as part of her research on energy and how to apply it to immaterial forms of art. The catalog includes texts by art historian Sophie O'Brien, philosopher Peter Pál Pelbart and anthropologist Regina Polo Müller who study the open and collaborative work between artist and spectator and the concepts of presence and mystery, transcendence, transformation and humor.
Notes: Text in Portuguese and English.
Table of contents: title: Apresentação / Danilo Santos de Miranda; title: Introdução / Jochen Volz; title: The artist is present = A artista está presente; title: The house with ocean Views = A casa com vista para o oceano; title: Dia 9; title: Dia 10; title: Terra comunal / Sophie O'Brian; title: Trancedencia: Marina Abramovic no Brasil / Regina Muller A vida como iniciação / Peter Pál Pelbart; title: Eu estou aqui, eu existo, nao sou um duplo, nao sou virtual / Marina Abramovic em coversa com Jochen Volz; title: MAI apresenta 512 horas; title: Estados da Guerra; title: Workshop cleaning the house; title: O Metodo Abramovic / Lindsey Peisinger; title: MAI apresenta oito performances; title: Space in between / Lindsey Peisinger o Paaula Garcia; title: Encontros com Marina Abramovic; title: Sobre autores; title: English version.