

Freeing The Body
Marina Abramović Freeing the Body was performed at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Kreuzberg, where Abramović began dancing frantically to the sounds of a bongo player. During the early part of the performance, she still has plenty of energy, and she rocks her hips and upper body vigorously to and fro. Over the course of the six hours, exhaustion sets in. Abramović falls back on a single monotonous movement, now and then visibly exerting herself in an attempt to reivigorate her body. After a final convulsive movement, in which she tries to give her all for one last time, she allows herself to collapse onto the floor and remains lying there, completely exhausted. During the performance, Abramović's head was covered by a black scarf. In this way, the audience was not distracted by Abramović as a person or personality, and attention can be focused on the body, which, due to its anonymity, has become an abstraction.
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- dance
- gallery
- performance art
- art
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Release dates
GermanyDE
- Premiere12 Jan 1976
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- When was Freeing The Body released?
- Freeing The Body was released on 12 January 1976.
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- Who directed Freeing The Body?
- Freeing The Body (1976) was directed by Marina Abramović.
- How long is Freeing The Body?
- Freeing The Body runs for 50m.













