Ten years ago today, Pope Benedict went on a short helicopter ride, and thats all. Their ripple effects are likely to extend far beyond a Microsoft commercial. closeSignupBar(); Cryptocurrency mining technology, Marina Abramovic and Bill Gates provide new fodder for far-right conspiratorial politics. 'slideOutDown': 'slideOutUp' ); + '
' var expires = "expires="+d.toUTCString(); closedSignupBar: { Her charisma and uncanny agelessness hold you hypnotised. Here, the artist presents the first ever UK exhibition spanning her life's work - including live re-performances of iconic works within the galleries. function checkCookies() { You can, however, see documentation of Spirit Cooking on YouTube for yourself. (James Westcott, Abramovis biographer, has previously stated that carrying out those acts would be a grave misunderstanding of the artists intentions.) In an interview with the New York Times in 2020, Abramovic said she had rarely spoken about the subject because she did not want to encourage it. How Dating Apps Changed Our Love Lives, for Better or Worse, The Fascinating World of Neanderthal Diet, Language and Other Behaviors. To stand in it this time, absorbing its radiance. But more than that, the spirit (no pun intended) in which she does it all is pretty blatant too: the more serious she seems, actually the more playful she is being. } } Plus, it must be said that as far as conspiracy theories go, accusing famous artists of worshipping Satan is very tired and dated. }, Marina Abramovic, who is Bill Gates spiritual adviser, starts off meetings [by inviting] Satan into the hearts of her students, Clark said. Interestingly, over in Italy, the Bergoglians, led by the American who runs the Churchs artistic patrimony in Florence, Msgr. If they would tell me that I could take a rocket now and I will be taken to Mars never to return, I would do it." Contemplation in a Gates and Portals installation. Posts can be seen here , here , here . Its easy for me to dwell on how outlandish Out of Shadows seems. Its ironic that conspiracy theorists, who claim to be able to see through the surface illusions of society, take so literally and superficially one tiny component of a highly theatrical artists massive body of work, and dont dig deep enough to see how un-serious it so clearly is. .fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus){ Marina Abramovic Just Wants Conspiracy Theorists to Let Her Be "I am an artist, not a Satanist," the performance artist said after an online outcry prompted Microsoft to take down a video of. In one of the strangest art controversies in recent memory, a group of right-wing internet users and blogs have begun targeting Marina Abramovi, accusing her of being involved in a Satanist cult. As I found at that event, shes an extraordinary presence. var ctx = this; Marina Abramovic's disturbing performance art has not raised the consciousness of the world, although she has always proclaimed this to be her sacred goal. The Space In Between exposes such exotic worlds; its a love letter to personal exploration that functions best as an idiosyncratic travelogue. + '