Freeing the Memory

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Overview

‘Freeing the Memory’ is the second of three significant performances enacted in 1976 in which Marina Abramović attempted to achieve a mental cleaning through the exhaustion of the three main faculties of expression, voice, language and body. In this piece, Abramović said every individual word she could recall until she could no longer continue without repetition. The mental strain of this act, which lasted ninety minutes, allowed the artist to exhaust her consciousness into a state of complete blankness.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 1975
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Sean Kelly Gallery
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site