阿布拉莫維奇

626週三在家，看海島探案《death in paradise》、天津衛視的投資真人秀《非我莫屬之藏龍臥虎》、歐洲警匪劇《crossing lines》、律師老美劇《the guardian》、一堆台中港綜藝，以及《marina abramovic：the artist is present》。三年前的紐約MoMA，瑪瑞娜·阿布拉莫維克就像真人版的大黃鴨，連續三個月每天多個小時逐一與觀眾對視凝望；很多觀眾都留下眼淚。marina是行為藝術教母，她與ulay的那一段愛人同志式感情撇除了最後的背叛（他們要來中國進行最後一個合作的作品，ulay把翻譯的肚子搞大了）固然浪漫得很（朝夕相對生活創作表達，其中幾年住在一輛小貨車裡流浪歐洲，生活充滿激情，是「最好的時光」），她的信念、力量、專注、堅持實在強大、極具感染力。「三個月裡上萬人坐在她對面的椅子上，她與他／她彼此注視，更多的人注視著他們。羞澀、激動、好奇、質疑、挑釁、渴望、敬仰、交流、封閉、恐懼……Marina慢慢抬起頭，用同樣靜默的、堅毅的、一絲不苟的雙眼，注視著他們，直到他／她起身離開，然後她會閉上眼晴，低頭調整。」紀錄片裡只斷章取了幾句她的《藝術家宣言》，原文（或有錯漏）如下：

AN ARTIST’S CONDUCT OF HIS LIFE
An artist should not lie to himself or to others
An artist should not steal ideas from the other artist
An artist should not compromise for themselves or in regard to the art market
An artist should not kill another human being
An artist should not make themselves into an idol
An artist should not make themselves into an idol
An artist should not make themselves into an idol

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO HIS LOVE LIFE
An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO EROTIC
An artist should develop an erotic point of view on the world
An artist should be erotic
An artist should be erotic
An artist should be erotic

AN ARTISTS RELATION TO SUFFERING
An artist should suffer
From the suffering comes the best work
Suffering brings transformation
Through the suffering an artist transcends the spirit

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO DEPRESSION
An artist should not be depressed
Depression is a disease and should be cured
Depression is not productive for an artist
Depression is not productive for an artist
Depression is not productive for an artist

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO SUICIDE
Suicide is a crime against life
An artist should not commit suicide
An artist should not commit suicide
An artist should not commit suicide

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO INSPIRATION
An artist should look deep inside themselves for inspiration
The deeper they look inside themselves, the more universal they become
The artist is universe
The artist is universe
The artist is the universe

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO SELF CONTROL
The artist should not have self control about his life
The artist should have total self-control about his work
The artist should not have self control about his life
The artist should have total self-control about his work

AN ARTIST’S RELATION WITH TRANSPARENCY
The artist should give and receive at the same time
Transparency means receptive
Transparency means to give

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO SYMBOL
An artist creates his own symbols
Symbols are an artists language
The language must be translated
Sometimes its difficult to find the key
Sometimes its difficult to find the key
Sometimes its difficult to find the key

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO SILENCE
An artist has to understand silence
An artist has to create a space for silence to enter his work
Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean

AN ARTIST’S RELATION TO SOLITUDE
An artist must make time for the long periods of solitude
Solitude is extremely important
Away from studio
Away from the family
Away from friends
An artist should stay for a long period of time at the waterfalls
An artist should stay for a long period of time on exploding volcanoes
An artist should stay for a long period of time looking at the fast running rivers
An artist should stay for a long period of time looking at the horizon where the ocean and sky meet

AN ARTIST'S CONDUCT IN RELATION TO WORK:
An artist should avoid going to the studio every day
An artist should not treat his work schedule as a bank employee does
An artist should explore life and work only when an idea comes to him in a dream or during the day as a vision that arises as a surprise
An artist should not repeat himself
An artist should not overproduce
An artist should avoid his own art pollution
An artist should avoid his own art pollution
An artist should avoid his own art pollution

AN ARTIST'S POSSESSIONS:
Buddhist monks advise that it is best to have nine possessions in their life:
1 robe for the summer
1 robe for the winter
1 pair of shoes
1 begging bowl for food
1 mosquito net
1 prayer book
1 umbrella
1 mat to sleep on
1 pair of glasses if needed
An artist should decide for himself the minimum personal possessions they should have
An artist should have more and more of less and less
An artist should have more and more of less and less
An artist should have more and more of less and less

A LIST OF AN ARTIST'S FRIENDS:
An artist should have friends that lift his spirits
An artist should have friends that lift his spirits
An artist should have friends that lift his spirits

A LIST OF AN ARTIST'S ENEMIES:
Enemies are very important
The Dalai Lama has said that it is easy to have compassion with friends but much more difficult to have compassion with enemies
An artist has to learn to forgive
An artist has to learn to forgive
An artist has to learn to forgive

DIFFERENT DEATH SCENARIOS:
An artist has to be aware of his own mortality
For an artist, it is not only important how he lives his life but also how he dies
An artist should look at the symbols of his work for the signs of different death scenarios
An artist should die consciously without fear
An artist should die consciously without fear
An artist should die consciously without fear

DIFFERENT FUNERAL SCENARIOS:
An artist should give instructions before the funeral so that everything is done the way he wants it
The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving
The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving
The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving

紀錄片糾正了一個美麗的誤傳，marina與ulay二十多年後的再遇並非在博物館裡一睜開眼前塵舊事突襲，那天之前在展覽籌備期間他倆已久別重逢過幾回。真實的現實實在沒那麼戲劇。