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Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

Matthew Akers / US, 2012 / 99 min.

Marina Abramovic silently contemplated visitors for hours at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2010. This compelling documentary closely follows her performance, which released a ‘waterfall of pain’.

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The Artist is Present is screened at Eye as part of Abramovic' VR artwork Rising.

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Director

Matthew Akers

Production year

2012

Country

US

Original title

Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

Length

99 min.

Format

DCP

Part of

Extended Reality in Eye

Virtual Reality productions are an increasingly important element of the contemporary film experience. Eye has created Virtual Reality in Eye, a programme that focuses on VR. You’re not confronted with the flat surface of a film screen. You move around virtually in 3D through a designed space that surrounds and immerses you on all sides.

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