{"id":16,"date":"2012-04-21T18:27:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T18:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2013-12-05T22:26:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T22:26:47","slug":"my-moment-with-marina-abramovic-at-the-moma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/21\/my-moment-with-marina-abramovic-at-the-moma\/","title":{"rendered":"My Moment with Marina Abramovic at the MOMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is an old post from a blog I used during my graduate studies at Parsons. While I was there getting my masters degree in Design and Technology, I made the time to visit the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective of performance artist Marina Abramovic (“The Artist Is Present”). <\/p>\n

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I first heard about her and this event in an article from W Magazine. It talked about a brand new performance she was doing for the exhibit, where she sits at a table in the middle of the room for the duration of the retrospective and people are invited to sit across from her for as long as they want. I took a chance and got to be a part of the performance myself, sitting across from her for about 20-25 minutes before I had to stop. <\/p>\n

Here’s a link to the museum’s Flickr page for the performance with my portrait from it:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/themuseumofmodernart\/4546572584\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The line wasn’t too long, but there was a significant wait, so I occupied myself with some pen & crayon sketching, since no photography was allowed. Check them out:<\/p>\n