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>> Abramovic performed
a rhythm zero,
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in which she stood impassively
and put herself completely
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in the hands of her audience.
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>> I was standing there
in the middle of the space
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with this table with objects.
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I put the objects on the
table very carefully chosen,
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because the objects
was for pleasure,
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and they was also
the object for pain,
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and objects that could
bring you to death.
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>> Some of the objects included
were a rose, a feather, grapes,
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honey, a whip, a scalpel,
a gun and a bullet.
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>> In the beginning the public
was really very much playing
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with me, it later on became
more and more aggressive.
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It was 6 hours of real horror.
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They would cut my clothes, they
would cut me with a knife close
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to my neck, and drink my blood
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and then put plaster
over the wound.
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They would carry me around
half naked, put me on the table
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and stuff the knife between
my legs into the wound,
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and even somebody put a
bullet into the pistol,
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and put in my hand, seeing
if I would pressing it,
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her hand against my
hand, if I would resist.
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But I remember after 6 hours
when the [inaudible] come
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and say this piece is finished.
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That I start being by myself and
start walking to the audience,
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you know naked, and with blood,
and with tears in my eyes,
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everybody run away,
literally run out to the door.
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I remember coming to the hotel
that evening looking myself
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in the mirror, seeing really
big piece of white hair.
