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Greek Artist Takis, Who Used Magnets to Create Pioneering Kinetic Art, Has Died

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If you are in or plan to visit London please pay a visit to this exhibition of his works:

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/taki...

While all us techies have probably spent a lot of time studying (electro)magnetism, seeing seemly heavy objects suspended in mid-air is still a magical experience.

Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5ktkR-xSoM

Is this serious?:

  After a moment, she started weeping. I think she was just so tired. Then a guard tapped me on my shoulder and just said ‘the performance is now over, sir.’ I think she needed to reset. She didn’t cry for everyone, though. I got a cry.

Why wouldn't it be? The performance was called "The Artist is Present". It was all about actually having an encounter between the artist and members of the public. Abramovic does a lot of performances that are physically demanding; this one was emotionally demanding as well. I suppose the line "I got a cry" is meant in a wry sense, but it's not a misrepresentation of what the performance was about.

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