May, 4th, 2012

New York | On set with Marina Abramović

“If we go for the easy way, then we never change,” says Abramović in her seductive rasp. At 65, she is still statuesque, with jet-black hair and an aquiline profile, and is prone to such flights of enthusiasm that spending time with her is like taking a roller-coaster ride led by a Serbian circus master. James Franco, who met her through MoMA cura tor Klaus Biesenbach, is among the many who have fallen for her charms. “She is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met,” he says. “Also, very attractive.” “I just want to create situations where people forget time,” she continues. When she was sitting at MoMA, looking in to people’s eyes, she says: “I never saw so much pain. People are afraid to express their inner feelings, but when you go inside, you’ll see it. People live in so much pain. I underst and it.

No wonder Riccar do Tisci’s Givenchy-esque Amour…

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