Mambo (projection)

The work includes a video projection of Marina Abramovic dancing the Mambo, a performance she gave in an empty mental hospital in Voltara, Italy. She is dancing on a steel platform identical to the one on the floor of the exhibition room. Surrounding the platform are ten pairs of shoes custom-made with magnets on its soles for visitors to try and dance on the platform with. As the mambo song from the video loops, the visitors can 'live' Marina's performance by using the installation objects. 'Mambo' is based on Marina Abramovic's idea that she and her audience can reciprocate energy during a performance. Through the combined use of video and objects she tries to continue that exchange of energy by inviting the visitors to dance with a video projection of h… Read more...