Marina Abramovic, a provocative Serbian performance artist known for pushing the boundaries of contemporary art, has opened up about the toll her new-infamous performance took on her body and mind—one in which she reportedly experienced multiple orgasms.
“I had to do this for seven hours,” she said in an interview on the Fashion Neurosis podcast. “I think I had more than five orgasms. It was really difficult because the next day I had to do another performance. I was exhausted.”
Abramovic’s 2005 performance was a reimagining of a controversial 1972 performance piece by Vito Acconci, in which he mas***bated beneath a gallery ramp while broadcasting his fantasies through speakers.
