The boundaries of contemporary art were permanently rewritten in 1974 inside a small gallery in Naples, Italy. Marina Abramović, a pioneer of performance art, stood still for six hours, allowing the public to do whatever they wished to her body using 72 objects placed on a table. This radical experiment, known as Rhythm 0 , remains one of the most chilling and profound examinations of human psychology and crowd dynamics ever recorded.
Abramović later observed: "I realized then that the public can kill you if you give them total freedom". marina abramovic rhythm 0 performance video top