The Shocking Life & Performance Art of Marina Abramović (Full Documentary)

Welcome to the full documentary on Marina Abramović, extracted from the previous three part series I made on her.
Within the realms of performance art, Marina Abramović is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated and controversial female artists yet known. Her work has captivated and shocked many for its intensity, its rawness, and its willingness to push the boundaries of human endurance.
Although she began her career as a painter, in time she would turn her attention to performance art in the early 1970s where she would start exploring themes of the body, pain, and trauma. She often put herself in extreme physical and emotional states, testing the limits of what her body and mind could withstand, as well as how the viewing public would interact.
Over the years, Abramović has continued to create challenging and innovative work. She has performed in some of the world's most prestigious museums and galleries, and her work has been featured in numerous films and documentaries and continues to do so to this day.
In this video, we will be taking an intimate look at Abramović's life from her early childhood to the woman she is today. As well discussing her work from the rarely-heard-of to her most infamous, in hopes to understand what drives her to create such extreme and challenging art.
Just how exactly has Marina Abramović become such a complex and fascinating figure? How did she become a pioneer in the field of performance art, and how has her work challenged and inspired audiences for decades?
This is the story and performance art of Marina Abramović.
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[@sunnyquinn3888]

It might seem strange to some of you that Marina's mother still had so much control over her even in her 20s, but I get it. I had a similar situation with my mother. Some mothers just have a way of making you feel like you're the worst person in the world if you go against their will in any way.

[@Paul4Krista20]

That’s why you move out at 18 or sooner unless you are one of those that like suffering.

[@firecrystal13]

Especially if your mother is a narcissist

[@Alexis.st90]

I have not seen this yet, I’m only like 3 mins in but in the Balkans it’s normal too be or live with your parents til you get married. Even after marriage the family stays very close to each other not like in america or other western countries. It’s in our culture.

[@justkiddin84]

@@Paul4Krista20Judge much? Have you literally walked in this person’s shoes? No.

[@justkiddin84]

@@Alexis.st90She says in the video that the happiest time in her life as a child was when she was in the hospital for a year. She describes beatings and abuse.

[@gideonsgate9133]

"I only learn from things I don't like." -Marina Abramovic. I feel the exact same way that's why I watched a 2 hr video about her.

[@bobjary9382]

I am sure she would approve

[@Nathalie19658]

One person's art is another's self-indulgence bore

[@Jasmine-lj8qw]

@@Nathalie19658then you might try avoiding mirrors from now on

[@Nathalie19658]

@Jasmine-lj8qw I don't understand what you mean

[@PopeRocket]

"... forbidden to bring friends home.." "In my mind, I was the ugliest kid in my school." Damn. I felt that.

[@christinaobregon4]

You’re weren’t the ugliest it was me 😢

[@PaprikaMichida]

Maybe you two commenters were in different schools? Because at my school definitely I was the ugliest kid

[@MeekersMadhouse]

Whenever I think my stuff is too much I learn about artists like this and realize I can go harder

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

But why

[@saraniah]

My exact sentiments at this moment.

[@loekehegge7029]

I was working at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam during the Marina Abramović exhibition. It was astounding how many people tried to take pictures of the live performers of Imponderabillia and Luminosity, even after it being asked not to in the e-mail, by Marina herself in a video next to the entrance, us at the top of the stairs AND by the no pictures signs right before entering the halls where the performances took place. I met Marina during the staff opening, she was absolutely wonderful, charming, funny and interessted in our envolvement with the exhibition about her.

[@doriangrayapologist]

“The Lovers” will always be my favourite Abramović piece

[@ItsPallasAthena]

Just wanted to say, I love your videos and deeply appreciate the work you do. I have not been able to regularly watch your videos in a while now, but I try to when I see you upload. A couple years ago, I discovered your channel whilst I was house sitting in a rural coastal town. It was the dead of winter, and constantly rainy, with very little to do for the month I was there. I took care of two very old dogs and three lovely cats. I'd wake up and feed the chickens, and travel a good 40 minutes to the nearest shops to get food for the next few days, walking alongside the grey ocean. I'd spend my hours slowly reading A Dance with Dragons, playing the Long Dark, and watching your videos. It was a calm, rather soothing time of my life that I deeply miss. You didn't have a lot of videos back then, so I found that by the end of my time there I had finished them all. I'm very nostalgic for that time. Your videos are wonderful, thanks for occupying my memories so vividly.

[@iflops]

Holy shit, this is an amazing doc! You are truly a professional at what you do. The depth you went into this! Omg! Even tho I’ve known about her for years and know about her iconic performance. I just got lost in the story RIGHT OFF THE BAT. 1000/10

[@jonsey3645]

That public service announcement made at the end of this episode was brilliant. It was very nearly my exact strategy when forming an opinion of religion, music, sexuality, and most of the tight phylosophical corners in society. A healthy grasp of things that are inone of my business contributes greatly to a peaceful life and a peaceful home and kinder, more gentle existence. I like your style better with each passing installment on your channel. Thank you Pete.

[@wrathford]

I'm a fan of Marina, but now I know more about her backstory I love her even more. I also grew up with abusive parents - particularly mother. I lived with my maternal grandmother when I was 5-6 years old. She was also very spiritual, and a lot of my spiritual knowledge comes from my mother's side. My mother also encouraged my creativity despite her abuse, and I became an experimental artist in my early 20s :) I even have a blood disease! I am 29, by the way. It's funny how much I have in common with Marina.

[@nm9688]

wow

[@teddyboef2821]

Rythm 0 is the template of trauma based mindcontrol without a handler rewriting the blank slate. Abramovich dissociates from her mind and body while remaining conscious. She shifts her perspective. The crowd adjusts to a low energy vibration. The mob mentality. I find her daring curiosity to push limits by her free will very gutsy. It is too bad she choose the dark side. And go against the free will of others. There is no excuse for that.

[@djenkins555]

She's trash.

[@feralshojo]

Except for that photo with a Rothchild in front of a painting of Lucifer, what evidence is there that she "chose the dark side"? To me it seemed she is a very emotional, very empathic person, and the "evil people" (lol) are usually psychopaths/sociopaths, lacking both.

[@d3adc0ps]

Man...I love your channel. I've seen the parts of this whole and was still captivated watching them again. Your subject matter and the insight you give into these works never ceases to amaze. Thank you.

[@zacattacx5637]

Artists know that this behavior changes the world. Thank you for the documentary.

[@george40nelson4]

Lucifer ...hold my beer !

[@AtterBelladona]

People want to label anything morbid as satanic as if they don’t follow a religion revolved around a human sacrifice that they symbolically consume the body and blood of in a weekly ritual. Quit with the double standards.

[@firecrystal13]

For real. Not to mention the misuse of the word “Satanist”. As it seems most of the ignorant people making these comments don’t even know what a satanist is.

[@adt3739]

💯💯💯

[@bloodpurple6953]

As a young man in my 20s and early 30s, I had very definite opinions when it came to art and music and had felt that performance art, like conceptual art was uninspiring and a waste of time! Then, thinking I was going to a concert, I had the good fortune to see a performance by Laurie Anderson in the 1980s. Blown away, I had a new appreciation for performance art and have become much more open minded when it comes to artists like Abramović. I would just say that satanism or evil is the opposite of creativity and is more associated with destruction than creation and the hatred of such artistic expression is more about the viewer’s inability to understand it.

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

Excellent comment.

[@tazandalsoalastname]

I found out about Laurie Anderson and Cecilia Condit from tiktok sounds and was ENCHANTED 🤩 I listened to "O Superman" for a while just as music without looking up the video, but I'm so glad I did because her visual performance is amazing.

[@KoreaMojo]

Satan is also a mimick. He doesn't truly create but he perverts what it is already created, often that is how he destroys.

[@brettellis7563]

i owned a music studio in the 90's. i set out to curate a certain sound and wasn't interested in anything else. i would condemn and be indifferent to anything outside my ambitions. well, the musicians broke me. too many came with ideas i couldn't ignore and once i heard their visions i heard true music. sometimes the things i detested i loved more in time. i learned that there is no such a thing as bad music, or bad art - only ideas that manifest. the world is incapable of ugliness except when ignored or unseen.

[@bloodpurple6953]

Very well said!

[@Ambivlaent]

Incredibly fascinating. So much work was put into this video and it shows. Thank you for sharing this story, I only had a vague idea of who this artist was before starting. This really was so interesting to learn about in detail. Fantastic video documentary 🙏🏼

[@brbek]

Just wanted to thank you for this series about Marina I'm from Serbia and her reputation here is extremely mixed, mostly because the lack of knowledge about her work so people just say stupid things about her without even knowing anything about her

[@adamiadamiadami]

She was buddies with João de Deus, a brazilian international child traff 1cker and serial ab *ser, and made a documentary praising his charlatan spiritual skills. Not to mention her involvement in other similar scandals I can't mention on KZbin. She's also one of the people who embody the decadence and psyop qualities of modern, imperial 1stic art.

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

How do you feel like the art relates to Serbia and the culture of the time? I think, in the western " modern" world pedo not really understand the underlying currents and events.

[@adamiadamiadami]

KZbin censored my original comment despite my attempt to prevent it. Here's the repost. She was buddies with João de Deus, a brazilian international child "merchant" and serial "grape + suffix", and made a documentary praising his charlatan spiritual skills. Not to mention her involvement in other similar scandals I can't mention on KZbin. She's also one of the people who embody the decadence and psychological (OP) qualities of modern, "imperial +suffix" art.

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

@@adamiadamiadami KZbin is being very strange with what it allows and deletes. Thnx for your insight!

[@asourpo1yphony]

​@@adamiadamiadamiyes, thank you.

[@l33machine]

Ngl, not all of her art strikes me that much. I found some of her art to be unessecary and silly. But the stuff that hits, HITS. Her piece on the Bosinan war is incredible and Rhythm 0 is iconic in so many different ways. Definitely a visionary when it comes to highlighting existence and the human condition.

[@MZ-ze9df]

Judge the tree from its fruit. She's a "modern artist".

[@corkycobon1481]

@@l33machine I completely agree about the Bosnian War piece. That installation hits extremely hard today as it did when she premiered it. Looking at pictures does not give it the emotional justice it deserves as it it much more profound than a mere picture.

[@paynezerfaust4282]

I admittedly had a narrow view of Marina based on her involvement with spirit cooking. I can't express how much I learned and enjoyed this piece and you did a wonderful job . You are an incredible storyteller and I even shed tears while watching, thank you. The actors name is Willem.

[@hamburgerdip]

Marina Abramović is one of my favorite performance artists of all time. She's intelligent and pointed with her work, and a lot of her work just tears me up.

[@JadineD]

Amazing work, amazing artist. Those who call her satanic obviously didn't pay attention to the hard work you did here.

[@valerieschreijer6490]

Marina’s “Art” wasn’t really art. It was an implementation.

[@rhondawentzell6959]

My mother is an incredible realist nature artist who made the choice to refuse Brutality that her demonically abusive father inflicted on her & all of her siblings Brutality is a CHOICE. My mother made that choice-she refused. Brutality is a CHOICE!

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

❤

[@desiderata333]

Agreed!!!!🤍🤍🤍

[@Midnightnoise347]

Combined upload, I appreciate all your hard work although I did enjoy the staggered release of the original series! Thank you

[@tazandalsoalastname]

My father also used to lock me in a cupboard like that, and to this day I have severe claustrophobia

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

Sorry ❤

[@kaziJohnson]

My aunt locked me in a closet under the stairs. I think that's why Im claustrophobic as well. Weird how people can have such similar life paths

[@bazzle.dazzle]

it baffles me how no one stepped in for her when people started getting violent during rhythm 0. i absolutely would've intervened the second her safety became a genuine concern

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

...and now, im wondering,as an artist, where do we create, between the landscapes of idealism, and the depths of our horror. Is all art polarized and artificial? Is my art captured within the cages of what could be? What is? What should never be?

[@Panda-ud9xk]

What is an artist?

[@peytonsfx]

What an incredible documentary, thank you for putting your time into this and sharing it into the world! I am so excited to have found your channel and watch your other videos 😍

[@junejourney1051]

Omg you can’t imagine how much I love this documentary 😭😭😭😭🙏🏻 thank you so much for this wonderful video

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

The 60s was the decade of revolutions in every aspect of life.

[@Bruh-mw8cj]

I'm an artist despite this KZbin name. But I gotta say, you are the dream background noise every artist would wanna have.

[@corkycobon1481]

Marina is over the top outrageous but I Stan her for it. She has most definitely challenged perceptions with her work and still does so. That she is polarizing as she is shows that her work has hit some raw nerves. I do believe that she has most definitely pushed boundaries and has even overstepped the mark on multiple occasions. I personally think that Marina absolutely did and by doing so pushed societal norms that still make people feel uncomfortable to this day. This, to me, is a sign of great art.

[@nessy2000]

The world that conceives Abramovich's art is a pathological world, where malaise must not be cured but must be pushed further until it becomes a trend.

[@jamesraymondsmith]

@@corkycobon1481 you're sitting next to a drunk person on the subway he leans over and vomits all over your new shoes. That is the kind of art we're talking about here.

[@corkycobon1481]

@@jamesraymondsmith not like I have not had that happen before

[@jamesraymondsmith]

@@corkycobon1481 Yoko Ono, the wife of John Lennon shrieked and hollered and called it singing nobody liked it and nobody liked her that much. Am I supposed to think that that is her art just because it makes people uncomfortable ? no I'm not buying it anyway thanks for the comment

[@chanellw5586]

This was very deep. Thanks for the thorough doc. Enjoyed her wise words

[@chicodepuertorico1450]

"The artist is present" is what made me aware of her. I've had respect for her work since.

[@idontknowyetwhoiam]

Yo thank you for this. Gona watch this tonight when I get home. Marina is very cool and totally misunderstood. When I was younger and heard of her she was painted as demonic cuz she does "dark" stuff. Now as an adult, especially after watching her "the artist is present" show, I don't think there is anyone like her so devoted to humans and to God. An angel on earth.

[@FadingVitals]

I have difficulties with performance art!

[@loneandaloof]

That's ok. I don't like drill music

[@Snipergorillanut]

I was so prepared to find this performance art as strikingly pointless and more than gimicky. But I found it incredibly moving, especially throughout her exploration of just pure and raw emotion in the moment, I began to understand why art truly is about where you are in that space and time when viewing it.

[@aislynnmari]

I love Marina Abramovic ❤ Edit: autocorrect spelling

[@lynnpehrson8826]

Of course bjork was there.

[@dollstrap]

I am begging for a Georgia O’Keefe video !!!

[@scottblack7182]

I agree . Regardless of how you feel about her she ( and her work ) are a fascinating observation.

[@scm731]

Bless her heart

[@storagecrafter5701]

Now I remember her. She is the most known for her Rhythm 0. The first time I knew her was from some funfact/creepypasta page from Instagram

[@TheCunningLinguist]

Oooh just as I was looking for something fun to watch. I love Abramovic's work!

[@lynnpehrson8826]

I really like the stuff with ulay. Some of it seems intense (less so than the early stuff), but it's also cute. I like most of her work in general

[@slamspambam]

you never miss with your subjects!

[@SpaceWitch1969]

The woman’s screaming is giving me Vietnam flashbacks to Yoko Ono screaming into the mic…

[@say.yes.]

Here bc Surprise WitnessTV talking bout this Shia Labeouf situation… pretty interesting. Good documentary!

[@craigsimpson6705]

I've pushed my body and mind beyond comprehension. Only it wasnt by choice. I did learn that im a much stronger person than i thought. Not sure why anyone would willingly put themselves through such hell. Gotta be a bit weird to do such things?

[@jacquelinenovak4412]

For the first time I had the opportunity to hear this . I'm so so sorry for the life that she experienced 💔 as a child 😢

[@asourpo1yphony]

Fantastic documentary, thrilled to have found your channel.

[@micaelaleon1309]

Very good work, thanks for giving us INFORMATION about the artist... the video is long but it's worth it

[@bunniemoon444]

New subscriber!! I'm glad I found something on Marina that wasn't a conspiracy. She is very interesting indeed. I've watched the conspiracies and still wanted to know more of her work. Greatly done! Unbiased and I learned so much.

[@ReWilliams-h1s]

She is the evil one.

[@Yeen666]

Hurt ppl hurt ppl

[@Nickiwinehouse]

amazing work as usual, blind dweller, i love love love this video! Great to learn more about Marina, she seemed like an interesting soul

[@MfTheSupervillain]

At first I thought her works were strange and kinda dumb like other abstract artists but the more I understand the more I realize how ahead she was in her time.

[@AmigoAmpz]

Can we please get a video on Edward hopper

[@StephenS-2024]

This should be 3 seconds long, to fully encapsulate her, in depth.

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

Does anyone know the significance of the number 72, for the objects?

[@melony71ify]

In numerology, 72 will reduce to 9- a magical number and one used frequently in occultism. There are also 72 demons in the Goetia.

[@drawingmomentum]

I am curious too! It's common in ancient texts. Did u see the video advice channel recent vid about #72 and sacred geometry?

[@MZ-ze9df]

Mental case

[@firerainchild]

Or the complete opposite

[@RobertaFierro-mc1ub]

You might md right. I heard aboug her e perience when the other participants took advantage. Just because I dont understand it, doesn't mean it's okay to knock it.​@firerainchild

[@considerthis410]

She sold her soul

[@melony71ify]

Exactly correct.

[@mikaperic8763]

clasic satanist, crap art

[@0therun1t21]

She's amazing, putting herself through all this. Too bad there's a witch hunt attitude about her.

[@MicahMicahel]

there isnt a witch hunt. Youre believing hate propaganda. Right wingers use her as an example of decadence of our culture but nobody is hinting her. Often people claim death threats but cant show them. Its attention garnering. right wingers dont do crazy witch hints. They are much less political and most right wingers dont even vote. Many Christians dont vote and will frustratingly say Jesus is their government. The left are always demonizing regular people vecause they use the fear to manipulate.

[@Sean-EmeraldImportco]

Art is screaming face to face. As a survivor of child trauma, i can say that triggers memories of abuse, tp this day if someone screams in my face i lash out violently.

[@MichaelAlanAlien]

Expressionist nyc surrealist love ur channel!

[@goothra]

I have always wanted to deep dive her and her art but never have. I appreciate this video, and had many emotional reactions to her works. I wish I had the chance to sit during An Artist Is Present. Knowing her background has helped me understand her more and finally not be given her art through the American Politics view.

[@fediussabina3089]

Thank you for the vid🙏

[@Zane-It]

Another great video from blind dweller.

[@NicolasUnleashed]

we also can excuse every psychopath as Artist .Marianna is one of them!

[@kellenfurter]

Why is this popular again? Yoko did the "do anything " art installation first.

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

It's not

[@kellenfurter]

@@nineteenfortyeight6762 I guess someone decided to toss it back into stuff KZbin thinks I want to watch. This was 1 of 3 videos about this - made recently, too.

[@MsRickylynn]

Sensational ❤ thank you

[@SharkMochi]

Cried when Ulei showed up 😭😭😭

[@drawingmomentum]

I remember reading about her in The Once and Future Goddess book for a goddess college class in the early 90s.

[@sunnyquinn3888]

I think we all played the Slavic Knife Game in school, except we just used pencils instead of knives.

[@jejelr]

Have you looked into the work of Martin Bladh? It’s mostly written, and there’s music too. But he also does performance art.

[@Ellie-br2kt]

When a psycho is called an artist

[@ryanmartin1195]

I know it would be a slight departure but I would love for you to do something on Sarah Kane. Love your work, always finding new artists.

[@brettellis7563]

how profound! this is one of the best things i think i've ever seen on youtube. (i am not sure where the bar is on that) but, very well done! this documentary was a true gift. thank you, and thank you Marina Abramović.

[@oddyk369]

MY BEAUTIFUL BELLISSIMO ART WORK 👩🏻‍🎨🧠🫀🦴💩🤮 YOU LIKE??😂🤣🤣🤣and dont you dare hurt my feelings bru it is a Artwork⬆️🤣🤣🤣

[@djungelskog132]

I first learned about her because she was mentioned in pinky and pepper forever

[@ghostafterlivesmatter8732]

Modern day Alester Crowley

[@Kevin-n9s4z]

reupload ?

[@BlindDweller]

Compilation video 🙂

[@HorrorGirlNat]

I always look forward to your videos as an artist.

[@cheeseburgerkid1329]

Some ideas are so stupid only intellectuals would believe them.

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

It takes a lot of effort to find excuses for this crap

[@tru2harris998]

ITS DEFINITELY NOT ART!!! I AGREE!

[@phobiac281]

Do not excuse her mothers behavior because of military background, treatment of children in those ways continues till this day. Mostly it is consider normal and just a way of properly raising up children, things like mental health and trauma DO NOT exist here. I myself suffered through enough of mental, emotional and physical abuse even if im born around 2000s.. Really despite their background there is no excuses for mother and father to act like that. (and yes my parents were born in ex yugoslavia and yes i do live in one of those countrys) I could go on and on till tomorrow how things like art or self expression are treated here. In short anything that dosent bring money to house despite making you happy is treated like nonsense, being depressed or having trauma or thoughts about ending your own life is your own stupidity and overreacting, meanwhile you are continuously laughed at and mocked. Being different and having critical thinking and thinking for yourself makes you a freak and outcast I know that from my own experience.

[@alzychoze6591]

She’s the real thing

[@rekajenkins6364]

Consider making an episode on Oswaldo Guayasamin.

[@LoriSanders-o3l]

DEMONTIC!

[@ShaneFalko]

Clicked so fast

[@tru2harris998]

THE BAND ERASURE USED THE SLAPPING EACH OTHER ACROSS THE FACE ART SCENE IN THEIR MUSIC VIDEO. ANOTHER MUSICAL INDUSTRY RITUAL WHICH HAD MEANING.

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

I thought of them when I saw this. They did it better!

[@lisabarnes4381]

They sound like cats in heat.

[@rosies_crafty_cohorts6454]

The man in the first one looks like Jim Parsons

[@percheroneclipse238]

12 champagne glasses were shattered. 10 knives.

[@mysticstarseed444]

It seems like Marina was subconsciously playing out her mother's abuse in order to heal and transcend.

[@Sassyitalian2-bEEch]

It’s evil it’s not art!

[@onlyagusfull]

It is most certainly art

[@Galen-864]

Sadly, I was raised almost identically to Marina, but my idea of art is Monet, DaVinci or Michelangelo.

[@cartero9526]

commenting hyman bloom till you make a video on him :)

[@EvynOnLife]

Very very interesting

[@tru2harris998]

WHEN THEY CUT HER AND CARRIED HER ONTO THAT TABLE, WHEN THE MAN PUT A GUN ONTO HER EVENT, SOUNDS LIKE A BLOOD RITUAL FROM THE ILLUMINATI. 😢

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

Which she organized herself

[@drawingmomentum]

Reminds me of a scientific experiment/study where the participants were told to shock another participant for getting wrong answer. The scientists estimated that only about 1% would continue to follow the scientist's protocol/ instructions to push the shock button, even tho they knew it was causing more and more harm to the other each time the dose was increased. They just kept obeying, trusting the scientist. Turns out that the percentage willing to follow directions until level XXX 😮 turned out to be 65%!!! And 100% were willing to incrementally turn the shock up past the point that would kill. Obviously, it wasn't real, but the button pushing participant did not know that. It's become an important study in the field of behavioral science. Welcome to humanity 😂

[@Yankeewally0524]

Way too many advertisements. Long ones too. I got so distracted by "yet another ad" that my annoyance spoiled my enjoyment of this excellent video. So I won't be subscribing for that very reason. Turn them into short ads mate, please? Don't let greed overcome your common sense.