Marina Abramovic Rhythm 0 1974 |link| Full Video Work

Rhythm 0 remains one of the most harrowing performance art pieces ever staged. It tests a brutal hypothesis: given total power over another person with no consequence, how long before a human being becomes a torturer?

The audience that night failed the test. But by watching her survive—by witnessing her walk toward them at 2 AM—we get a chance to ask ourselves: Would I have picked up the gun? Or would I have been the one to stop it? marina abramovic rhythm 0 1974 full video work