Underplayed Gems

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present poster
Original title
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Directed by
Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
12
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 142 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows performance artist Marina Abramovic as she prepares for a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. It shows her staging a new piece where she sits silently across from museum visitors for hours at a time.

intimateintrospectivecontemplativequietly intenserawmethodicalemotionally chargedslow-paced

What happens

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Matthew Akers and Jeff Dupre about the performance artist Marina Abramović. It debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was produced by HBO Documentary Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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