Marina Abramović's Mixed Reality Performance at Serpentine Galleries
Marina Abramović will present 'The Life,' a mixed reality performance at London's Serpentine Galleries from February 19 to 24, 2019. The 19-minute experience allows visitors to interact with a digital avatar of the artist via Magic Leap One glasses, exploring the concept of material absence. Produced by Tin Drum, the project uses volumetric capture by 4D Views. Abramović describes the technology as shocking, enabling her to be present everywhere and nowhere. Tickets sold out weeks in advance. This marks the first time an artist uses mixed reality for performance, and Abramović hopes others will follow as pioneers in the medium.
Key facts
- Performance titled 'The Life' runs February 19-24, 2019 at Serpentine Galleries, London.
- Mixed reality experience lasts 19 minutes using Magic Leap One glasses.
- Digital avatar of Abramović created by Tin Drum using volumetric capture by 4D Views.
- Abramović previously performed '512 Hours' at Serpentine in 2014.
- Tickets sold out weeks in advance.
- Abramović calls the experience 'shocking' and hopes other artists will pioneer mixed reality.
- Project explores 'the concept of material absence'.
- Abramović is also collaborating with James Turrell on a luxury spa in Tasmania.
Entities
Artists
- Marina Abramović
- James Turrell
Institutions
- Serpentine Galleries
- Tin Drum
- 4D Views
- Magic Leap
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Belgrade
- Serbia
- Tasmania
- Australia