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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: 78
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
Wanted
Bridges
Loudly
Everything
Suddenly
Forbid
Play
Tiny
Recording
Made
Mines
Council
Always
Mine
Shake
People
Walking
Bridge
Imagination
Shakes
Belgrade
Bigs
Tape
Collapsing

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