The video is difficult to watch, but it offers a stark lesson on human nature. When the performance ended after six hours, Abramović began to move again. The audience fled—unable to face the human returning to the body they had treated as an object.
The atmosphere shifted dramatically over the six-hour duration as the audience realized Abramović would not resist any action.
"What I learned was that if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you. I felt violated: they cut my clothes, put thorns in my stomach, washed me with water, and someone even put a gun to my head. The audience destroyed me."
They ran away.
The video is difficult to watch, but it offers a stark lesson on human nature. When the performance ended after six hours, Abramović began to move again. The audience fled—unable to face the human returning to the body they had treated as an object.
The atmosphere shifted dramatically over the six-hour duration as the audience realized Abramović would not resist any action.
"What I learned was that if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you. I felt violated: they cut my clothes, put thorns in my stomach, washed me with water, and someone even put a gun to my head. The audience destroyed me."
They ran away.
