Marina Abramovic, a performance anthology number 1

4 performances by Marina Abramovic 1975-1976. VHS tape (PAL), 60 min., b/w, sound. First part of the historical survey of Abramovic and Ulay's individual and collaborative performance pieces released by Time Based Arts in Amsterdam.

The tape documents four of Abramovic's solo works, exercises in which her body is the vehicle for a rigorous testing of the self. Shown are: Art must be beautiful, Artist must be beautiful (1975), in which she violently brushes her hair; Freeing the Voice; Freeing the Memory; and Freeing the Body (all 1976). The vhs cassette and the original box are in fine condition.