Being present is a popular life hack - but where does that leave nostalgia, fantasy and rumination? When, in 2010, artist Marina Abramović sat in a chair for 716 hours over a span of three months, she locked eyes with 1,545 visitors, one at a time, across a small table. During the first few weeks of The Artist Is Present, performed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Abramović wore a blue dress to calm her mind, because her "brain was moving 360,000 miles per hour". Meanwhile, many p...
Being present is a popular life hack - but where does that leave nostalgia, fantasy and rumination? When, in 2010, artist Marina Abramović sat in a chair for 716 hours over a span of three months, she locked eyes with 1,545 visitors, one at a time, across a small table. During the first few weeks of The Artist Is Present, performed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Abramović wore a blue dress to calm her mind, because her "brain was moving 360,000 miles per hour". Meanwhile, many p...
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