cheap-humanz-oi:

thebestworstidea:

resilientkate:

softgore:

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her.  She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted. 

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly.  “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

So every single person who told me ‘ignore them they’ll go away’ and ‘you can’t let them know they bothered you’ and ‘They’ll stop if they don’t see you react’ and all that bull shit, my entire school career, I want you to look good and hard at this.

I want you to think about what you said.

What you keep saying.

What you are telling your children.

You are making them powerless.

Damn. This is strong o.o

this is fantastic. You should also look into Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece, where she sat motionless and invited people to cut pieces of her clothing off, to see how far they would go. Same sort of this, started innocent and escalates to a violation.

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kingstonisacutie:

maureen-doolittle:

bumpywumpylove:

aesthetically-average:

karinasaur:

carmenray:

hiddlestalker:

proud-soldier-of-lokis-army:

avenging-hiddles-heroine:

luvpink-luvpotter-trustthedoctor:

doctorstears:

isingrevolution:

Game of thrones… Fuck.

Arrested Development. Fuck.

Shit…also Game of Thrones….But I guess that depends on WHO in the story is you…haha Dany wouldn’t be too bad!

Mystery Science Theater 3000.  Forced to watch bad movies with robots every week for ten years.  …Great.

Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated.. ok

Hannibal…. nothing has changed

The Girl Who Survived Rabies… sounds good to me.

Rugrats…?

30 Rock omfg

Doctor Who. I now regret never using a treadmill at the gym

Battlestar Galactica. Not sure if happy…

Emmerdale… this isn’t looking good

RuPaul’s Drag Race… my life is about to get way more fabulous!

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