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The fact this is the top comment shows that HN is healing.
by preciz 7mo ago
The fact this is the top comment shows that HN is healing.
- keiferski 7mo agoYeah, not so much. Half a decade ago there would be some interesting commentary on her performance art. Now it’s just Reddit tier meme comments and “it’s dumb and I think anyone that likes her is dumb.”
- mikkupikku 7mo agoHer performance art consciously courts controversy, so it wouldn't be fair to the artist to ignore this aspect of her work. Anybody who wants the discussion to avoid the controversies is being dumb and quite frankly doesn't understand art!
- keiferski 7mo agoWhat aspect? I doubt any of the shallow dismissals are even vaguely familiar with her work. Certainly it’s possible to critique her, but I’m not seeing any of that here.
- mikkupikku 7mo agoThe woman goes out of her way to play on taboos like cannibalism, but you think you're doing her a favor to ignore it? Please.
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- keiferski 7mo agoAgain - perfectly fine to critique her methods, attention-seeking, etc., preferably after taking the time to understand why she is doing this. But I don’t see any of that here. Just mindless “it’s dumb.” Very similar vibes to the angry atheism cultural trends 15 years ago.
- gjsman-1000 7mo agoMindless "it's dumb" when she's literally posing with decapitated goat heads, fully aware of their centuries-old symbolism? My reaction to your response is that your moral compass has the sensitivity of a glass thermometer that fell off the wall.
- keiferski 7mo agoDo you have an actual point to make? I don’t personally care for her work, at least the more recent stuff. Her older performances were more interesting. But I’m not evaluating it morally, and I don’t really see how it being “demonic” is equivalent to it being dumb.
- gjsman-1000 7mo agoYour problem is that you see "demonic" as an aesthetic choice; but Marina and others like her completely believe what they are doing is real and has weight. The people accused of engaging in the occult are frequently offended by those who claim it is merely aesthetic.
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- gjsman-1000 7mo agoA video of Abramovic preparing for one event shows her smearing pig blood on walls while writing cryptic instructions, including, “Mix fresh breast milk with fresh sperm milk, drink on earthquake nights.” In one photo, Abramovic holds a bloody, skinned goat head—a symbol associated with Baphomet, a pagan idol tied to Satanism. Another image depicts her standing behind a model posed as a “dead” body, naked with her internal organs spilling out. Abramovic’s hand gestures in these photos are said to align with occult practices. - https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/zara-announces-new-creepy-collaboration-with-spirit-cooking-witch-marina-abramovi https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/zara-announces-new-creepy-... If that's not demonic, Satanic, and occult, what would you ever call demonic, Satanic, and occult? Does every demonic person need to self-identify as such? Is this a game of "she's not because she says she's not"? Believe people when they tell you what they are.
- nftu 7mo agoI first learned of her from her Netflix documentary, long before the Spirit Cooking thing, and she came across as a pretentious twit to me. I'll say I did have some respect for her commitment. I'm admittedly someone who doesn't "get" performance art, though.