Witnessed this in Times Square a few weeks ago on the large MTV video screen across from MTV's headquarters. The feed was at this location: http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/ on cam4.
No one knew what it was, but some of us thought it might be a sociology experiment; seeing what reactions people would have to watching someone literally whip themselves into submission or whatever.
Here is a description and a link to MTV's page:
In Dissolution, wherein Abramović appears alone in a beautifully lit studio setting repeatedly lashing her bare back with a whip until she begins to tremble, the artist's focus returns to her ongoing exploration of the inextricable unity of body and mind. The title, Dissolution, references themes recurrent in Abramović's work, from violence and cultural memory, to testing the limits of her body in order to reach a higher state of consciousness
http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/44half/about.html
What do YOU think of this?
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