A ‘Rhythm 0’ for the TikTok Age

In 1974, Marina Abramovic placed an assortment of items on a table. A rose, a gun, a knife, a feather, a pot of honey, a whip, and so on. Objects that could bring pleasure or pain. The audience was informed that those props could be used on Abramovic over the course of the next six hours, she would not resist them. It was a famous performance: what began with gentle, playful interaction quickly devolved into an act of violence. When the gallerist announced that the performance was over, the peop