About this episode
For the final episode of this series, Louis travels to Manchester to sit down with Marina Abramovic, the self-proclaimed “grandmother of performance art”. Marina tells Louis the stories behind some of her most famous artworks, as well as the relationship between performance and pain, never feeling loved in her childhood, and being caught in the middle of an online conspiracy.
Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.
Links/Attachments:
Balkan Erotic Epic, Marina Abramovic (2025)
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/22/manchester-to-host-world-premiere-of-marina-abramovics-balkan-erotic-epic
The Artist is Present, Marina Abramovic (2010)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2073029/
Lips of Thomas, Marina Abramovic (1975)
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/5176
Rhythm 0, Marina Abramovic (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTBkbseXfOQ&list=PL0bCt-VbCH4N3823Lj7uNAFLiYDjSnbTp&index=1
Cut Piece, Yoko Ono (1964)
https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/15/373
Cut Piece, Yoko Ono (2005):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/16/arts.france
Bob Wilson’s Life and Death of Marina Abramovic, (2012)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177497/
Book: When Marina Abramovic Dies, James Westcott (2014)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262526814/when-marina-abramovic-dies/
Light – Dark, Ulay & Marina Abramovic (1978)
https://www.stedelijk.nl/en/collection/13991-ulay-light-dark
Seedbed, Vito Acconci (1972)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/266876
Seven Easy Pieces, Marina Abramovic (2005)
http://pastexhibitions.guggenheim.org/abramovic/
The Great Wall Walk, Marina Abramovic (1988)
