alkemie jane by conceptually black
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This just popped up on my dashboard, and I thought it had an interesting backstory - it’s from a Maria Abramovic performance piece, first performed in 1975 and reperformed here in 2005 at the Guggenheim (I think). This is what occurred in the original 1975 performance:
Performance
I slowly eat 1 kilo of honey with a silver spoon.
I slowly drink 1 liter of red wine out of a crystal glass.
I break the glass with my right hand.
I cut a five pointed star on my stomach with a razor blade.
I violently whip myself until I no longer feel any pain.
I lay down on a cross made of ice blocks.
The heat of a suspended space heater pointed at my stomach
Causes the cut star to bleed.
The rest of my body begins to freeze
I remain on the ice cross for 30 minutes until the audience interrupts the piece by removing the ice blocks from underneath.
Duration: 2 hours 1975
Here is a description of the performance in 2005
