Some Internet Coverage of The Anxiety of Influence

http://notes.caseyagollan.com/

http://nosmarties.com/2010/seein-dis-the-anxiety-of-influence/

http://bombsite.powweb.com/?p=8919

http://gotagirlcrush.tumblr.com/post/482277986/got-a-girl-crush-on-marina-abramovic

http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/marina-abramovics-day-long-doppelganger-at-moma

http://www.sympathyfortheartgallery.com/

http://britticisms.tumblr.com/

http://andreainspired.tumblr.com/

http://www.sexartandpolitics.com/

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/meet_the_marina_abramovic_dopp.html

http://newyorkblips.dailyradar.com/story/marina-abramovi-s-day-long-doppelganger-at-moma/

http://www.bretkovacs.com/ogfromct/2010/03/the-anxiety-of-influence.html

http://gothamist.com/2010/03/29/performance_artist_mimics_performan.php

http://www.x-reference.com/2010/03/16/marina-abramovic/

http://topsy.com/trackback?url=http://bombsite.powweb.com/%3Fp=8919

http://minasdeouro.com.br/

feed://badatsports.com/feed/

http://showhype.com/story/marina-abramovi-s-day-long-doppelganger-at-moma/

http://troubledbyinsects.tumblr.com/

http://www.neoows.com/story/10628998

http://iplextra.indiatimes.com/quote/0awDc6fenzdvK?q=Entertainment

http://pierreism.tumblr.com/

http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/Marina-Abramovis-DayLong-Doppelganger-at-MoMA-2039121.html

http://letitbeknown.co.cc/marina-abramovics-day-long-doppelganger-at-moma

http://pop-culture.mattters.com/2010/3/29/fight-night-five-lessons-from-the-new-york-golden-gloves-finals

http://jstheater.blogspot.com/2010/03/1st-day-of-classes-abramovics.html

http://wf360.typepad.com/bev/2010/03/british-airways-and-obama-and-.html

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/craig-robins-sues-david-zwirner-over-marlene-dumas3-23-10.asp

http://jezebel.com/comment/21099999/

http://wildegallerygirl.blogspot.com/2010/03/interview-with-abramovics-doppleganger.html

http://animalnewyork.com/2010/03/marina-abramovic-doppelganger-amuses-artist-annoys-visitors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+animalnewyork+(ANIMAL)

http://www.cynephile.com/2010/03/imponderabilia-marina-abramovic-at-moma/

http://upcoming.current.com/items/1281185_marina-abramovic-doppelganger-amuses-artist-annoys-visitors.htm

http://outside.in/new-york-ny/tags/Museum%20of%20Modern%20Art

http://raabia.tumblr.com/post/483465865/anya-liftig-hijacking-marina-abramovics-moma

http://createbuilddestroy.com/wordpress/?p=8083

http://htmlgiant.com/random/second-mess-section/

http://nothingisinvisible.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-artist-is-present-still-more-on-marina-abramovic/

http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/bombsite.powweb.com/%3Fp%3D8919

http://www.zelvonberg.com/index/marina-abramovic-seated-facing-a-doppleganger

http://swellss.tumblr.com/post/484191506/amyrudnik-raabia-anya-liftig-hijacking

http://thestrycker.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/artist-as-imitator/

http://modernandmaterialthings.tumblr.com/post/485814545/anya-as-marina

http://ritaj.tumblr.com/post/484822636/britticisms-bomb-magazine-recently-posted-an

http://tttotallywired.tumblr.com/post/484527049

http://topics.philly.com/article/0aux5h3eAU5kb?q=Marina+Abramovic

http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2010/03/at_her_moma_sit.shtml

http://kellerabteil.soup.io/post/51072758/Marina-Abramovic-Doppelganger-Amuses-Artist-Annoys-Visitors

http://phreak20.soup.io/post/51050830/Marina-Abramovic-Doppelganger-Amuses-Artist-Annoys-Visitors

http://cvaldaisnotbig.tumblr.com/post/484624784/marina-abramovics-day-long-doppelganger-at-moma

http://flannypack.tumblr.com/

http://www.peterwknox.com/

http://blog.mocahill.com/

http://htmlgiant.com/random/second-mess-section/

http://www.verbeat.org/blogs/narghee-la/

http://teatar.hr/38322/klonirana-u-umjetnosti/

http://www.kunstbeeld.nl/00/kb/nl/469/nieuws/12862/Laatste_nieuws.html

http://www.veza.sigledal.org/novice/diego-de-brea-in-dostojevski

http://cuda.soup.io/since/51134219?mode=own&newer=1

http://mtcs-demo.apperceptive.com/testmt/recent_news/2010/03/performance-artist-mimics-performance-artist-at-moma.php

http://www.mondofineart.com/blog/2010/contemporary-art-news

http://walnutsdontfreeze.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/the-best-performance-art-of-all-time/

 

The Anxiety of Influence

On Saturday, March 24th I dressed as artist Marina Abramovic and sat with her for six and a half hours in the MOMA atrium. 

This guerilla performance was unannounced and was titled, "The Anxiety of Influence."  Here are some of the things that I was thinking about during our session:

I went through so many transformations as I sat there. Initially, I wanted some rise out of her, some acknowledgement of my gesture. Then I wanted to confess, as if I had been a bad child. Then, I felt myself get so angry that I almost started to cry. Why was she so special and why was I so small and weak? The glory of the venue wore off rather quickly. At a certain point, I felt like we were locking horns. She leaned forward and so did I. I started aping her every little movement and I kept hearing myself say, “move over bacon, here comes sausage.” Then I would crack again. She’s so strong. I was intimidated. She is like a mountain. She is my hero. But I knew I could make it through the day. I was hallucinating all over the place. She looked like a baby to me at one point. I thought about how hard it is to let myself be loved, I wondered if she felt that way too. I asked her with my mind. I wondered what I wanted out of her, why approval from anyone was so important. I wondered if I really just wanted all of the people in the atrium to loathe me so I sat there and let them loathe me. I thought about my parents and that one day they will die and I will be devastated. I thought I was hallucinating the whole thing. I thought that performance art is a more wonderful experience than any drug ever. I wanted to pee really badly. I wanted a way in. I wanted my contacts to stop falling out of  my eyes. Every time I thought about leaving the chair, I got pissed at myself. I got pissed at her. I got pissed at the museum. I just got pissed. And damn it felt GOOD.