Why Did a Controversial Artist Choose Public Orgasm as Performance—and Call It “Terrible”?
“So not really an artist. Just someone with serious mental health issues,” one reader wrote. “I’m sorry but this is vile, it is sensationalist and not art.”
Image credits: Marina Abramović Institute
Whether it’s bullets or orgasms, Marina Abramovic has made a career out of facing and exploring fear, an emotion she says sits at the center of all her performances.
“Anything I do before I start, I have enormous fear,” she said in the interview. “I get cramps in my stomach, I go to the bathroom, I just sit there… but the moment I’m in front of the audience, it disappears. Then I’m just there with them.”
“Fear is incredible. It is an indication that I am here 100 percent… The public feels the fear, they feel the insecurity, they feel everything.”
