Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)
Seit über 40 Jahren widmet die Performance-Künstlerin Marina Abramovic ihr Leben der Kunst. 40 Jahre, in denen sie ihre physischen und mentalen Kräfte auslotete, ihren Körper malträtierte und an seine Grenzen brachte. 2010 widmete ihr das MoMA eine umfangreiche Einzelausstellung, die mehr als eine halbe Million Besucher anzog. In der Ausstellung war Abramovic selbst präsent: Drei Monate lang, während der gesamten Ausstellungsdauer, saß sie sechs Tage die Woche jeweils sieben Stunden in der Mitte des Atriums bewegungslos auf einem Stuhl. Einzeln konnten Zuschauer sich ihr gegenüber setzen, um mit ihr in einen „geistigen Dialog“ zu treten. Der Film begleitet Abramovic vor, während und nach der Ausstellung und zeichnet so ein intimes Porträt einer Künstlerin, die ohne Zweifel als „Mutter der Performance-Kunst“ bezeichnet werden kann.
Der Regisseur: Matthew Akers
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Marina Abramović as Self |
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Ulay as Self |
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Klaus Biesenbach as Self |
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David Balliano as Self |
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Chrissie Iles as Self |
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Arthur Danto as Self |
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David Blaine as Self |
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James Franco as Self |
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Orlando Bloom as Self |
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Josephine Decker as Self |
| Sound | Nathan Halpern | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Maro Chermayeff | Producer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Maya Kamila Hoffmann | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff Dupre | Producer |
| Production | David Koh | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stanley F. Buchthal | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nancy Abraham | Executive Producer |
| Editing | E. Donna Shepherd | Editor |
| Editing | Jim Hession | Co-Editor |
| Directing | Matthew Akers | Director |
| Camera | Matthew Akers | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Jeff Dupre | Co-Director |
| Production | Francesca Habsburg-Lothringen | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Sagi Haviv | Title Graphics |
| Crew | Ivan Chermayeff | Title Graphics |
| Crew | Tom Geismar | Title Graphics |
| Visual Effects | Matt Rigby | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katherine Burke | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Greg Rusling | Animation |
| Editing | David Smoler | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Editing | Ramon Coelho | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Sound | Ira Spiegel | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Marlena Grzaslewicz | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Matt Rigby | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Martin Czembor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Marijke Huijbregts | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | James F. Guerra | Legal Services |
| Crew | Kimberly P. Nguyen | Legal Services |
| Sound | Lori Fisher | Vocals |
| Sound | Nathan Halpern | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Robert Pycior | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Nathan Halpern | Musician |
| Sound | Mary Lattimore | Musician |
| Sound | V.S. Nabakov | Musician |
| Sound | Andrew Platt | Musician |
| Sound | Robert Pycior | Musician |
| Sound | Jody Redhage | Musician |
| Sound | Theo Aronson | Musician |
| Camera | Robert Hanna | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Marcus Ricci | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Axel Baumann | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Marcus Ricci | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Richard Fleming | Sound Recordist |
| Production | David Smoler | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Beth Levison | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Joshua Bennett | Coordinating Producer |
| Camera | David Smoler | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | John Bonafede | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jean Coleman | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jonathan Jackson | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Janet Kurnatowski | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | David Smoler | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Michael Velasco | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Alexander Bouton | Production Assistant |
| Production | Jean Coleman | Production Assistant |
| Production | Lou Lou David | Production Assistant |
| Production | Mark Kendall | Production Assistant |
| Production | Nadja Stabli | Production Assistant |
| Production | Emily Wettstein | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Georgia Gruzen | Production Intern |
| Crew | Olivia Koski | Production Intern |
| Crew | Benjamin Nimkin | Production Intern |
| Crew | Morgan Pearse | Production Intern |
| Crew | Sarah Phoenix | Production Intern |
| Crew | Lei Tokuda | Production Intern |
| Production | Igor Kecman | Production Manager |
| Production | Andrew Hall | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Dan Gilbert | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Amy Schewel | Researcher |
| Production | Sally Rosenthal | Researcher |
| Production | Jean Coleman | Other |
| Production | Brian Doyle | Other |
| Editing | Michael Ashburn | Project Manager |
| Editing | Mike Nilgitsalamont | Online Editor |
| Visual Effects | George Bunce | VFX Artist |
| Editing | Scot Olive | Colorist |