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Marina Abramovic new performance@Moma, 'The Artist Is Present'

Imponderabilia, 1977

Its rare for me to have some time in the morning to read the newspaper and have a nice cup coffee but this sunny monday morning I arrived early at work so I stopped by a cafeteria near the studio.
I was reading a magazine provided and I hit on an article about perforance artist Marina Abramović,1946, Belgrade.
She created a really interesting new work for her performance retrospective—The Artist Is Present(2010)— at Moma Museum in NYC starting this month.
The work consits on sitting in silence at a table, passively inviting visitors to take the seat across from her and look into her eyes for as long as they choose, doing whatever they want.
She will perform daily throughout the run of the exhibition, for a total of over 700 hours!!
Artist words:'...So my new work is based on the idea that what is important is less what you do than the state of mind you do it in...'
Last Fall Marina selected 36 young artists from various disciplines to “re-perform” some of her most famous work, such as Imponderabilia and Luminosity.
These young art performers, to get ready for the performance at Moma, were invited to a workshop at her home in upstate New York. Participants slept outside and did not eat nor speak for four days.
The goal of these exercises was to enable the re-performers to become aware of their limits and to find their own charismatic space.
Watch trailer here:
http://marinafilm.com/view-trailer

Nadav Kander

winner of Pictet prize and other awards such as D&AD, John Kobal Foundation in the UK; Epic in Europe, Art Director’s Club and IPA in the USA, this Israelian photographer living in Britain, really cought my interest.
A photographer friend recomended him to me and I can't stop looking at his website...Stunning shades of light pinks and greys showing such strong images seen from an uncommon and unique point of view.

http://www.prixpictet.com/2009/view/605

http://www.nadavkander.com/

Tim Walker

On my lunch break the other day I went to the Carla Sozzani Gallery on corso Como10, just round the corner from where I work..a friend told me abt British photographer Tim Walker exhibition so I went as soon as I could. I have to admit, I didnt really fancy the show at the Sozzani Gallery, it seems to be set randomly with no story and personality, plus, all pictures had the window light reflections on them...pretty bad for a photography show! But anyways the work itself its just Amazing...I love Walker's set designs for the shoots, they have a sense of magic and romance that enchants viewers, talking their mind into a glamourous farytale dreamy world!! Worth a look!


http://www.timwalkerphotography.com/

DreamyNights

Robin Schwartz

'Photography gives us the opportunity to access our dreams, to discover the extraordinary.'
'The world that my daughter and I explore is one where the line between human and animal overlaps or is blurred'
via:tinyvices
http://robinschwartz.net/

Loïe Fuller

Loïe Fuller, pioneer of both modern dance and theatrical lighting techniques,
she used to combine her choreography with silk costumes illuminated by multi-coloured lighting of her own designs...I love the 'serpentine dance' in the video.
via:tinyvices