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sometimesbrilliant:

#except for you #since you murdered most of them

3-cstasy:

resilientkate:

softgore:

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her.  She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted. 

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly.  “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

I’m so glad someone had sufficient knowledge on something they posted about and were able to correlate other psychological studies into their comment

(Source: andrewfishman)

bethelightthatshinesbright:

theluckycloud:

distraction:

this is the arrow of destiny. reblog this and see what comes up next. this person/saying/thing will have something to do with your future

omfg i got a couple in bed god bless life

last time I reblogged this i got cereal so I can’t wait to see what I get this time

I got Jared Padelecki. I am so okay with this