How many of you guys can do this without getting exhausted or feeling uncomfortable because of the fact that there's a person of the opposite sex "aah"-ing in your mouth. Not to mention ones breath or how annoying the sound is when heard repetitively for 9 consecutive minutes. Think you could handle it? Some of Marina's collaboration pieces introduces the opposite sex and incorporates factors that other beings may deem uncomfortable...
How about this act?
Now if this is not a trust exercise, I don't know what is. How many of you would trust the opposite sex with a bow and arrow pointing straight to your heart? I know I wouldn't risk it.
What about a slapping contest? I know this would go against some people's beliefs that men should never hit woman but did you ever think as humans we are equal. You have to look at the video as if it's a piece of art versus thinking about it being a wrongdoing.
In any case, her works with Ulay, the German artist has gotten a lot of attention due to her acts with him. It caused a lot of controversy on what was right or wrong. In anyway, the fact that it got a reaction from the audience made it aesthetically successful.
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