Friday, August 1, 2014
Jobs Available at MAI
The word is out. The Marina Abramovic Institute, which raised $660,000 in a Kickstarter campaign last year, is now hiring. There are four positions open, but none of them pays a salary. Read all about it in Hyperallergic: "Marina Abramovic Institute Wants So Much Unpaid Work."
This image of Marina Abramovic, used in the Hyperallergic piece, is a screenshot from Vimeo. Note in the background the original south spire, which was toppled in the thunderstorm in May 2013, on what was once St. John's Lutheran Church.
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No salaries! Wonderful! That's economic development for you! Don't you just love rich artists?
ReplyDeleteThe emperor must be freezing by now.
ReplyDeleteMme Abromovic frequently appeared in public without any clothes.…
ReplyDelete-- Jock Spivy
Clearly, "jobs" should have quotation marks. Nobody should have to work for nothing.
ReplyDeleteApparently her wealth came about by not being paid for her 'work.'
ReplyDeleteInteresting point Vince. When asked, the Museum of Modern Art refused to say if she was paid for her big performance there in 2010. It was rumored that she received $1,000,000.
ReplyDelete-- Jock Spivy