Pure presence; Marina Abramović en haar performancekunst als therapie
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2015-08-31
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In this thesis I investigate the therapeutic functioning of the performance art of Marina Abramović (1946). Her latest performances have a very evident and intended therapeutic effect: these works are meant to help the public. They give the participants a space where they can (re)connect to themselves, to others and to the world through meditation exercises and energy exchange. The earlier performances do not have as obvious a therapeutic function, but they do have meditative and ritual qualities. In this thesis I investigate this development from performances with a meditative and ritual dimension to performances with a therapeutic function. I pose the question: ‘do Marina Abramović’s performances have a therapeutic effect on the public and, if so, how?’ I answer this question by taking two different perspectives. Firstly, I discuss a selection of Abramović’s performances to determine whether or not they have meditative or therapeutic qualities. Secondly, I look ! at Abramo vić’s works from the perspective of theories about therapeutic art from Donals Kuspit, Alain de Botton, and John Armstrong.
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