with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. much of the art we love is presented via a medium, be it a canvas, a recording or celluloid. but my guest today is an artist whose primary resource is her own body. marina abramovic is the world s most famous and acclaimed performance artist. in the course of a remarkable career, she s pushed herself to the very limits of physical endurance and stirred intense reaction from audiences confronting her eye to eye. her art and life are one. so, what do they tell us? marina abramovic in upstate new york, welcome to hardtalk. hello, everybody. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. i want to begin, if i may, with the relationship you have with your audience, with your viewer, because it seems to me there can be no more intimate relationship than the one that you forge with the people who come to see your work because you are literally eye to eye or even skin to skin. do you relish that? you know, so many artists w
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. much of the art we love is presented via a medium be it a canvas, a recording or celluloid. but my guest today is an artist whose primary is resource is her own body. marina abramovic is the world s most famous and acclaimed performance artist. in the course of a remarkable career, she s pushed herself to the very limits of physical endurance and stirred intense reaction from audiences confronting her eye to eye. her art and life are one, so what do they tell us? marina abramovic in upstate new york, welcome to hardtalk. hello, everybody. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. i want to begin, if i may, with the relationship you have with your audience, with your viewer, because it seems to me there can be no more intimate relationship than the one that you forge with the people who come to see your work, because you are literally eye to eye or even skin to skin. do you relish that? you know, so
With the 60th Venice Biennale now underway, the entire city has awoken with thought-provoking installations and spectacular art interventions in historic, often unexpected locations. In activations throughout Venice, not only does the art speak but a dialogue has arisen between works and the walls within (or upon) which they're presented. The following six artistic immersions…