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Talking about performance is such a strange thing because it's so immaterial. We are talking about soft matter. We are talking about something that is invisible. You can't see it. You can't touch it. You just can feel it.
Marina Abramovic
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Marina Abramovic
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
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Marina Abramovic
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