The performance artist showed the dark side of people. from Onur Türk's blog

​In this article, we will have to witness the blood-curdling ugliness committed under the name of performance art. The torture suffered by Marina Abramovic, a performance artist, has been one of the most talked about topics on social media for days. You will remember, you know them from the extraordinary love they had with Ulay .

In 1979, performance artist Marina Abramovic, who was not yet well-known at the time, performed one of the most unforgettable, most talked about and perhaps most terrifying shows in the history of performing arts. What he did in this show, which he called Rhythm 0, was actually very simple. Standing still where you are...

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In 1979, performance artist Marina Abramovic, who was not yet well-known at the time, performed one of the most unforgettable, most talked about and perhaps most terrifying shows in the history of performing arts. What he did in this show, which he called Rhythm 0, was actually very simple.
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Standing still in place. In addition, he placed many different items and materials on a table, left to the choice of those who came to watch the show. This table contained all kinds of random items, from flowers to chocolate cakes to chains and knives.

There is even a bullet and a gun on the table. So visitors had a choice between good and bad. All visitors could use these objects as they wish.

Throughout the show, the woman would remain passive, like an inanimate object. His aim was actually to impose himself as a living work of art. However, he was not aware that this 6-hour performance trial would turn into one of the scariest days of his life.

At first, the audience was quite polite and well-intentioned. Some were giving the roses on the table to the woman's hand, some were feeding her cake, some were caressing her hair and shaking hands with her. However, as time passed and the performance continued, the situation began to change.

First, one of the spectators lightly slapped the woman. Realizing that Abramovic did not react at all, some members of the crowd began to hit the woman harder.

A person from the crowd took the gun and put it to the woman's forehead. He then placed the gun in a way that allowed the woman to hold it against her neck. Some of them started writing on the woman's forehead and neck with pens. After this, the sexual harassment started.

The people who had just shaken the woman's hand and handed her a rose began to show violent tendencies when they realized that they were dealing with a truly defenseless person. However, the events did not end there.

Some were squeezing the woman's hips and breasts, some were kissing her, some were licking and spitting on her! Finally, the crowd ripped the woman's belongings with scissors, leaving her naked. But they were not satisfied with that.

There were even people here who sucked blood after scratching his neck and causing it to bleed. After this, they carried the woman left and right like a lifeless mannequin. Meanwhile, a man from the crowd tried to rape the woman by making her lie on a table and harassing her many times!

Later, with the prevention of a few sensible people, the crowd gave up on this idea and started taking nude photos of the woman and giving some of them to her hand. At this time, the woman was in tears, but the crowd insisted on considering her as an object…

Despite the majority turning wild, a group of people in the crowd began to feel uncomfortable with this situation. However, they did not have the courage to take action. Until a woman emerged from the crowd, wiped Abramovic's tears and hugged her...

After the woman, the minority group, who were disturbed by what was done to the artist, put her in a protective circle, put her clothes back on, closed the wound on her neck, covered the other bleeding parts of her body with tape, and offered the woman a cigarette.

​This event, which turned into a social experiment rather than a performance art, revealed the reasons why well-intentioned people who were disturbed by this situation could not show the same courage of solidarity or were late in this regard, although the majority could easily reveal the evil within by taking courage from each other.