For 12 days in November 2002, Marina Abramovic lived on three open platforms in the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. She did not eat or speak, nor did have any privacy: the rooms were open and spectators were even invited to observe the artist through a high-powered telescope. She was seen in her daily routine, from sleeping and showering to using the toilet. She had no escape: the ladders leaning against bedroom, sitting room and bathroom had rungs made of large butcher knives.