Feb 2021 DSCENE Exclusive Interview With Marina Abramovic
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:45 am
MARINA ABRAMOVIC sits down with Editor KATARINA DJORIC for an exclusive interview for DSCENE Art issue.
https://archive.is/vAlCe#selection-1911.0-1911.48
https://www.designscene.net/2021/02/dsc ... movic.html
Her comments on conspiracy noise
DJORIC:
If we talk about the noise on the internet, do you feel comfortable talking about those conspiracy theories?
ABRAMOVIC:
"I am so happy Facebook and other social media are finally starting to take down these groups and their content. [laughs] It’s music to my ears, finally. I found myself in the middle of something that has nothing to do with me. I am such a perfect target for conspiracy theorists. Because, when they look at my work…for example, I made work with communist stars in the seventies. And now all of sudden, that’s a pentagram in their eyes and a symbol of the devil. When in Venice for the Biennale I washed bones as a comment on the wars in the Balkans, they said that was cannibalism. I even got the Golden Lion for this work…so whatever I’ve done they can translate into something else. Also, I am a public figure, therefore it’s much easier to target me with theories than other artists who are doing similar things. I sat down with the New York Times for the first time, for a very big feature, saying, “I am not a Satanist, I am an artist.” I am so tired of defending myself, because there is nothing to defend myself from really, and I hope that Trump never wins. Hopefully, these theories will just die with his leaving the office."
Soooo... Et tu, Marina? Orange Man Bad?
https://archive.is/vAlCe#selection-1911.0-1911.48
https://www.designscene.net/2021/02/dsc ... movic.html
Her comments on conspiracy noise
DJORIC:
If we talk about the noise on the internet, do you feel comfortable talking about those conspiracy theories?
ABRAMOVIC:
"I am so happy Facebook and other social media are finally starting to take down these groups and their content. [laughs] It’s music to my ears, finally. I found myself in the middle of something that has nothing to do with me. I am such a perfect target for conspiracy theorists. Because, when they look at my work…for example, I made work with communist stars in the seventies. And now all of sudden, that’s a pentagram in their eyes and a symbol of the devil. When in Venice for the Biennale I washed bones as a comment on the wars in the Balkans, they said that was cannibalism. I even got the Golden Lion for this work…so whatever I’ve done they can translate into something else. Also, I am a public figure, therefore it’s much easier to target me with theories than other artists who are doing similar things. I sat down with the New York Times for the first time, for a very big feature, saying, “I am not a Satanist, I am an artist.” I am so tired of defending myself, because there is nothing to defend myself from really, and I hope that Trump never wins. Hopefully, these theories will just die with his leaving the office."
Soooo... Et tu, Marina? Orange Man Bad?