Seven Easy Pieces
Genres
Overview
For Seven Easy Pieces Marina Abramovic reenacted five seminal performance works by her peers, dating from the 1960's and 70's, and two of her own, interpreting them as one would a musical score. The project confronted the fact that little documentation exists from this critical early period and one often has to rely upon testimony from witnesses or photographs that show only portions of any given performance. The seven works were performed for seven hours each, over the course of seven consecutive days, November 9 –15, 2005 at the Guggenheim Museum, in New York City. Seven Easy Pieces examines the possibilities of representing and preserving an art form that is, by nature, ephemeral.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
93 min
Release Date
2007-02-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
2
Marina Abramović
Herself
Olivera Katarina
Singer (voice)
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