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: These slides are not merely records but "extraordinary objects" that capture the escalation of the performance—from gentle gestures to the moment a loaded gun was held to her head.

In 1974, a 28-year-old artist stood silent for six hours in a small gallery in Naples, Italy. On a table beside her were 72 objects. Some were pleasurable (a feather boa, honey, a rose). Others were lethal (a scalpel, a loaded pistol with one bullet). marina abramovic rhythm 0 slideshow