: As time passed and Abramović remained passive, the atmosphere shifted. Participants began to take more aggressive actions, such as cutting her clothes or using the thorns of the rose against her skin. The Climax
The items ranged from benign to lethal, categorized broadly by their potential impact: TheCollector Marina Abramović. Rhythm 0. 1974 | MoMA
Abramovic’s response was haunting: "You have to live with that for the rest of your life."
Abramović noted that the violence only stopped when the gun appeared. It wasn’t empathy that saved her; it was the fear that another audience member might become a murderer. The crowd saved her not out of love, but out of liability.