CONNECTION CRYSTALLISED

Ahead of the opening of her first museum exhibition in China, Marina Abramović makes a case for ditching the digital in favour of embracing the transformative power of energy

By Aaina Bhargava.

Many people would be unlikely to take up the chance to drink water that’s billions of years old water out of an ancient geode lined with amethysts—but then, performance artist Marina Abramović isn’t most people. In her own words, she “is all about the experience”. The compulsion came about from an insatiable curiosity, a love of crystals and an innate desire to test the limits of the human body and experience transformation. “I drank it thinking it was the most primordial water on the planet. I mean, can you imagine having something in your body that old?” she says, describing the water as a kind of elixir. “I wouldn’t recommend it, though, because I got really sick,” she admits. “But I drank it anyway because I was so excited to…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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