MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT | Marina Abramović: artystka obecna | dir. Matthew Akers | USA | 2012 | 96 min

prod|pro Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre zdj|ph Matthew Akers muz|mus Nathan Halpern mon|ed Jim Hession, E. Donna Shepherd ob|cast Marina Abramovic, Ulay, Klaus Biesenbach, David Balliano, Chrissie Iles dys|dis Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty

„The Artist Is Present” is the title of the performance taking place in the museum of Modern Art from 14th March to 31st May 2010. Every day, the artist would sit on a chair without moving in one of the numerous gallery rooms of the museum for several hours. The visitors who sat next to the morionless Abramović described this event as cleansing and moving.

The influence of Marina Abramović, icon of body art and performance, seems impossible to overrate. Her works, exploring the boundaries of experimenting on the human body, have entered the canon of modern art for good. The film „Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present” is not, however, a static summary of her over forty-year artistic career, but shows the artist at work: still searching, full of energy, and in a revolutionary mood.

MATTHEW AKERS (1976)
American director, cameraman, and producer. He mainly does production and cinematography for documentary films and TV series. He was responsible for the cinematography in the PBS documentaries „Circus” and „Carrier”, awarded with an Emmy (2008), and the HBO documentary: „Back in the Hood: Gang War II” (2004), „Heir to an Execution” (2004), and „Elaine Stritch: At Liberty” (2002). „Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present” is his first full-length documentary film.

AWARDS
2012 IFF Berlin Film Festival – Panorama Audience Award
2012 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec – Audience Award

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