Marina Abramovic attends a Preview of ‘Traces‘ by Marina Abramovic and WePresent by WeTransfer, at Old Truman Brewery on September 9, 2021 in London, England (foto Dave Benett WePresent | WeTransfer)

Marina Abramović’s New London Pop Up Features Crystals, a Martian Rock, and an Immersive Van Gogh Room of Her Own

The Performance Artist’s Partnership with WeTransfer has yielded a Multisensory Experience in a Former Brewery in Shoreditch.

In her Quest to Transcend her Physical Body and Live Forever, Marina Abramović has done a Lot of Weird Stuff.

Throughout her Career, this Pioneer of Durational Performance Art has pushed the Limits of her Body and Mind, Withstanding Pain, Exhaustion, and Bodily Harm in her Pursuit of Emotional and Spiritual Transformation – from a Three Month Sojourn across the Great Wall of China with her Former Partner Ulay in 1988 to her 700 Hour Long Performance The Artist Is Present at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2010.

But in recent years, she has been Experimenting with Different Media in an Effort to Bestow her Work an Afterlife Beyond Her Own. Some have been more successful than others. I’ve Locked Eyes with a Blank Faced Hologram of the Artist at the Serpentine Galleries, and even Eaten Her in Macaron Form. But in her latest effort to Surpass this Mortal Coil, the Serbian Artist has Partnered with the Internet Based File Transfer Service WeTransfer on an Immersive Experience in London.

Yes, you read that right. Well, technically it’s WePresent, which is the Company’s Lesser Known Digital Arts Platform, but you get the Idea, and together they have created a Pop Up Marina Abramović Experience. Called “Traces,” the Exhibition is set in the Old Truman Brewery in London’s Vibrant Shoreditch Neighborhood and features Five Rooms, each of which commemorates an Object that has been important to her Life and Work over the Past Five Decades.