While Rhythm 0 tested the audience, Rhythm 5 tested Abramović’s own physical endurance against her cultural history.
When the six hours ended, the gallery announced the performance was over. Abramović stood up, bleeding and traumatized, and began walking toward the audience. Terrified by the return of the "victim" to a human state, the audience fled the gallery. No one wanted to face the woman they had tortured. marina abramović performance 1974
Date: November 1974 Location: Studio Morra, Naples, Italy While Rhythm 0 tested the audience, Rhythm 5