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I made a tape recording of a bridge collapsing and I wanted to play it suddenly and very loudly when people were walking over a big bridge in Belgrade. The council forbid it. Their imagination is tiny mine is big. I want always to shake everything up.

Marina Abramovic

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Marina Abramovic
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 30
Artist
Film Director
Film Producer
Performance Artist
Performing Artist
Photographer
Photojournalist
Scenographer
Sculptor
Sound Artist
Belgrade
Serbia
Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramoviæ
Marina Abramovicz
M. Abramovic
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