The Artist Is Present, Marina Abramović, 2010.

This week APEngine has enjoyed scrolling through the online portraits recording Marina Abramović‘s latest performance for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. For her exhibition Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present, the MoMA’s first performance retrospective, Abramović performed every day the museum was open between 14 March and 31 May, in her longest performance to date. Visitors were encouraged to sit silently across from the artist for a duration of their choosing, becoming active participants in her work. Their image – taken while they were  watching the artist – was recorded and is viewable online along with information including the date, time and how long they participated in the work.

The exhibition, which closed last month, also included around 50 other works by Abramović spanning over four decades. A mix of early interventions, videos, installations and photographs were accompanied by re-enactments of her live work, reperformed by over 30 men and women.