Marina Abramović: On the Erotic

For Marina Abramović, the erotic is by no means limited to the romantic relationship between two people, but acts as a collective force in many areas of life. For the performance artist, erotic energy must find a public form through artistic and political practices in order to prevent it from leading to violence and war.

In this book, Abramović talks about female sexuality after menopause, the erotic of the masses, and her love for the planet. This is the third volume in the book series ‚The Practice—What Moves Artists’ by Gropius Bau, Berlin.

The book series is an invitation to artists to focus on the practice, that has influenced them, or that has accompanied them for a long time. The artists use the 128 pages as a small exhibition space or as an artist book and share with us what moves them.

With contributions by Agnes Gryczkowska, Svetlana Racanović, Silvia Federici, Audre Lorde, Mithu M. Sanyal, Elizabeth M. Stephens and Annie M. Sprinkle.