Octavi Serra

So many idiots have masters degrees maybe I could be the next

Marina Abramović, Rhythm 0, 1974

In 1974 Serbian-born performance artist Marina Abramovic told visitors to her show Rhythm 0 (1974) in Studio Morra, Naples, she wouldn’t move for six hours no matter what they did to her. On a table to her side she placed 72 objects that could be used on her - items included: flowers, a knife and a loaded gun.

Her instructions were placed on the table:

Instructions:

‘There are 72 objects on the table that one can use on me as desired. Performance. I am the object. During this period I take full responsibility.’

Abramović said that at first visitors were peaceful and shy, but quickly became violent: ′′The experience I learned was that… if you leave the decision to the public, you might be killed… I felt very violated. They cut my clothes, put rose thorns in my belly, one person pointed the gun at my head, and another pulled the gun out close. This created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I got up and started walking towards the public. Everyone ran away, escaping from a real confrontation.“

“Instructions:

There are 72 objects on the table that one can use on me as desired.

Performance.

I am the object.

During this period I take full responsibility.”

Untitled by Yasuhiro Zama

river glow, 2023, oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm

Night Rain at Shinobazu Pond, Kasamatsu Shiro, 1938

Rick Jacobi, from Adweek Portfolio (1988)

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And the Fall Sings

Just imagine somebody buttoning it up for you, infinite kiss

Yohji Yamamoto: 'Many Buttons' Shirt (2010)

David McLeod Martin (Scottish,b.1922)

Red roses

mixed media on paper

Life is shit but we still have papier d'armenie

Loïs Mailou Jones painting in her Paris studio in 1937 or 1938, with kitten supervising from her shoulder

"acabar en agua de borrajas"

Beautiful capture of a Borago officinalis, also known as Starflower.

Borago officinalis is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae and is native to the Mediterranean region. The leaves are edible and the plant is grown for that purpose in gardens in some parts of Europe.

📷 Norbert Liesz

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