“Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in the disturbed societies of cities. I think modern technology is one of the worst things human beings have invented.”

Serbian conceptual and performance artist

Marina Abramović is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Active for more than four decades, she is known for work that has helped define performance art. Her art explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Her work has been described as reshaping the language of contemporary performance art.