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Abramović unveils plans for Hudson facility
May 08, 2012 7:52 am
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Artist Marina Abramović unveiled plans for the $15 million Marina Abramović Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art PS1 in Long Island City, Mon., May 7. The mission of the MAI is to cultivate new kinds of performance while functioning as a living archive, preserving and hosting performances of historic pieces. WGXC was part of a small Hudson contingent to attend the event. The Belgrade-born, self-proclaimed "grandmother of performance art," called it "a big day for me," and said the city of Hudson was "really the right place and the right location." Abramović expects the institute to open in 2014. Listen to the full broadcast, including presentations by OMA project architect Shohei Shingematsu and MAI director Serge Le Borgne here. Tom Roe discussed the project with Hudson Supervisor Sarah Sterling immediately following the presentation. That interview can be found here.
[/caption]Artist Marina Abramović unveiled plans for the $15 million Marina Abramović Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art PS1 in Long Island City, Mon., May 7. The mission of the MAI is to cultivate new kinds of performance while functioning as a living archive, preserving and hosting performances of historic pieces. WGXC was part of a small Hudson contingent to attend the event. The Belgrade-born, self-proclaimed "grandmother of performance art," called it "a big day for me," and said the city of Hudson was "really the right place and the right location." Abramović expects the institute to open in 2014. Listen to the full broadcast, including presentations by OMA project architect Shohei Shingematsu and MAI director Serge Le Borgne here. Tom Roe discussed the project with Hudson Supervisor Sarah Sterling immediately following the presentation. That interview can be found here.