Through performance, I found the possibility of establishing a dialogue with the audience through an exchange of energy, … - Marina Abramovic

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Marina Abramovic

Through performance, I found the possibility of establishing a dialogue with the audience through an exchange of energy, which tended to transform the energy itself. I could not produce a single work without the presence of the audience, because the audience gave me the energy to be able, through a specific action, to assimilate it and return it, to create a genuine field of energy.

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