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: Published in The Performative Artistic Process as Agent of Change , this chapter focuses on the connection between vulnerability, resistance, and gender norms evoked during the performance.

Emerging from conceptual art’s dematerialization of the object, Abramović (alongside figures like Gina Pane and Chris Burden) used the body as both subject and medium. Rhythm 0 was the final piece in her Rhythm series (1973–74), which previously involved self-inflicted pain (e.g., stabbing between her spread fingers with a knife). Unlike earlier works, Rhythm 0 externalized the violence onto the audience. marina abramovic rhythm 0

However, became her ticket to immortality. Alongside Rhythm 10 (with knives) and Rhythm 2 (with medication), this piece cemented her as the "grandmother of performance art." : Published in The Performative Artistic Process as