Sydney Harbour Bridge from Lavender Bay
Sydney Opera House from The Sydney Harbour Bridge with two Sydney Ferries in the foreground.
Sydney Harbour Bridge overlooking Walsh Bay Pier 2/3
Marina Abramovic visits Sydney.
This was not an exhibition in a technical sense.
It was an experience.
A mind altering experience.
At least this is how I perceived it.
After surrendering all belongings at the entry and being issued sound cancelling headphones, one could choose to participate in a number of activities, such as separating black mung beans from rice then counting them, contemplating coloured boards or sitting opposite another person in silence.
I listened to Natalie Abbott speak and watched some of her performance which included telepathically instructing a dance sequence to three fellow artists.
Eventually I realised what Marina's work is all about...the whole point of the project.
Participating IS the project, performing the activities is experiencing activities devised by Marina (the artist).
Marina's message, I think, is about endurance...how much can our body endure, how much can our mind endure.
And when we push ourselves to endure a little more, aren't we pushed to achieve just a little more than before?
Doesn't endurance make us stronger, better, faster?
I was converted to Marina some years ago after watching her in her documentary called The Artist Is Present.
Aspects of Marina's life and art shocked me when I first viewed them, but by the end I was drawn to her, her mindfulness, her spiritually, her individuality.
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