Eating Out with Daniel Libeskind and Marina Abramovic

Eating Out with Daniel Libeskind and Marina Abramovic

2014

The performance art pioneer and one of the most important architects on the international scene meet on the stage of the Aula Magna for a debate on the theme of Food. The dialogue is accompanied by a gallery of images selected by the two, to share their personal visions of nutrition with the public. A prototype will be shown of the furnishings (in collaboration with Moroso) designed by Daniel Libeskind for the performance, in the Abramovic Method, entitled “Rice Counting” held from 1 to 11 May in Geneva, where participants are asked to sit down to count two different types…

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Counting the Rice

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Counting the Rice

Moroso
Counting the Rice
Counting the Rice
Counting the Rice

In collaboration with performance artist Marina Abramovic, Daniel Libeskind created a limited edition table based on Abramovic’s exercise “Counting the Rice”. The table is an embodiment of the performance staged by the Marina Abramovic Institute that involves counting grains of rice for six hours or more—the type of physically demanding experiment for which the contemporary artist is known. “I wanted to create something austere, but also beautiful that speaks to Marina’s work in a very direct way,” said Daniel Libeskind.  “The design comes from the idea of a church pew or monastic cloister.” Produced in an edition of 30 by the…

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