Main Objective, Wow the Audience

When Mariana Abramovic was asked what the difference in performing art and performance art she quickly replied, its real. Abramovic is noted as the grandmother of performance art and her passion for what she does is incredible. She explains that in theater, the blood is fake, knives aren't real, and pain is in act. In her work on the other hand, everything is real. On stage the audience witnesses Mariana endure pain for the sake of art. The main goal for the performance is to implicate real emotions from the audience. The audience is ultimately judges the work of the art. Creativity and shocking scenes is what makes a performance into a masterpiece.

Mariana's body has taken a large beating for the events she puts herself through for the sake of her work. One such instance she elected to sit in a wooden chair with no arm rests for 700 hours. The work consisted of people coming and sitting in front of her watching as she just sat there and stared with a blank stare. The pain felt by enduring such a piece of work was worth it, Mariana said because it was a test of endurance and physical and mental strength. Another work of hers accidentally got out of hand and fire consumed her causing her to pass out and be rushed to the hospital. She only suffered minor burns, but this is the type of work that made here into what she is today. The danger of this art is what makes it real leading to real emotions felt by the crowd that helps bring back viewers time after time.