''Rest Energy'' is a 1980
performance art
Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...
piece created, enacted, and recorded by performance artist duo
Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, the relationship between the performer and audi ...
and
Ulay
Frank Uwe Laysiepen (; 30 November 1943 – 2 March 2020), known professionally as Ulay, was a German artist based in Amsterdam and Ljubljana, who received international recognition for his Polaroid art and collaborative performance art with long ...
in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
,
the Netherlands
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. Four minutes in duration, Abramović has described it as one of the most difficult pieces she has ever done, saying
The work is in the collection of the
Netherlands Media Art Institute
The Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk) (''Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst'' in Dutch) was an international institution based in Amsterdam focusing on the presentation, research and collection of Media Art.
Previously known as MonteVideo ...
in Amsterdam.
References
External links
2010 ''Guardian'' article about AbramovićVideo excerpt of piece at NMAI
1980 works
Performances
Art duos
New media art
Body art
Performance art
1980 in the Netherlands
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