Publiken som material och om risken att misslyckas - en undersökning av Marina Abramović performativa verk 512 Hours på Serpentine Gallery i London 2014 utifrån idé/upplevelse.

Abstract

2014 Marina Abramović made her performance 512 Hours at Serpentine Galleries in London. I will in this work of art look at the role of the audience, since Abramović herself points out that the work consists of the audience. If that is the case I want to find out how this is done. In what way is the artist “leading” the audience and how much freedom is left for the audience? The idea behind the work 512 Hours is to give “nothing” to the audience, says Abramović. By “nothing” she referees to the term “Shunyata” used by the Buddhist ́s which means something like filled emptiness. I ́ll talk about experiences of the work from my own point of view, since I visited it in July 2014, some critic ́s and other visitors thoughts and Abramović ́s own intentions and experiences of it. I will also compare the role of the audience in this work with earlier works of Abramović and suggest an interpretation based on stigmata.