Marina Abramovic is a 74-year-old performance artist, writer, philanthropist, Serbian conceptual, and filmmaker. Born in 1946 in Belgrade, Serbia, she is best known for her vanguard performances that uses her body as both a subject and vehicle. In the picture above, Abramovic stood still for 6 hours as she allowed her audience to use 72 different objects laid around and do whatever they wished. The title of the picture is called Rhythm 0. This artwork was used as a test along with other pieces in her Rhythm series to test her body's endurance and physical limits. In doing so, both the subject (Abramovic) and the object (the 72 items) became incorporated as artistic action while exploring the capacity of conceptual art.
I chose this picture of myself because not only did it take me almost the same amount of time to create such a thing, but it also embodies the message behind Rhythm 0. It surrenders my control over life and allows others to use me as they wish. Abramovic wanted to show constructed trauma through her performance with the audience and show that by submitting can result in exploitation. As such a powerful message, I had to make one of myself to exemplify those feelings.
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