A History of Nudity on Stage

James Payne 📺 on Instagram: "I hesitated using this clip to celebrate Marina Abramović’s 78th birthday. It’s so ubiquitous but it is kind of interesting when you know what happened next (see at the end of this text). If you don’t know the clip, the setup is that, for her 2010 MoMA retrospective, Abramović sat at a table for hours each day, inviting strangers to sit opposite her for a silent, non-verbal exchange. The surprise is that Ulay, who had been a collaborator and romantic partner from 19