Webcam captures artist's 736+ hour performance piece

Here's the deal. Marina Abramovic, one of the world's most famous living artists, sat in a chair for 8 hours a day, for 3 months, while people (those who were lucky enough to be at the front of the line) could sit with her. The thing is, each person could sit with her for as long as they wanted for that day. Some days, one person would sit with her for the entire 8 hours. They could also not talk. This webcam captured each 'audience' member's participation.

From Wiki: "From March 14 to May 31, 2010, the Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective and performance recreation of Abramović's work, the biggest exhibition of performance art in Moma's history. During the run of the exhibition, Abramović performed "The Artist is Present," a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile in the museum's atrium, while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her. A support group for the "sitters," "Sitting with Marina," was established on Facebook."

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