Performance artist Marina Abramović needs $20 million to open the Marina Abramovic Institute, a performance and education center, in Hudson in 2015. This week, she's going online to raise a part of that, and take questions from anyone about the project. Sat., July 27 Abramović started a Kickstarter campaign online to raise $600,000 in 30 days. In the first 24 hours, over $17,000 was pledged to the project. On Tue., July 30 at 12:30 p.m. she takes questions at a @reddit_AMA forum, where anyone can ask about the proposed institute next door to WGXC's Hudson studios. Abramović says she has already financed $1.5 million to purchase the building at 620 Columbia St., six months of MAI office operations, and the design concept from architects Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu.

Marina Abramovic Institute Kickstarter Video from Marina Abramovic Institute on Vimeo.