In this very special BONUS EPISODE of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most renowned artists alive today, Marina Abramović.

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The “grandmother” of Performance Art, Marina Abramovic has been instrumental in pioneering the genre as a visual art form for the last five decades – a genre defined by risk taking; being present; a state of mind; emptying yourself; and connecting the energies with the surrounding public.

Born in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia in 1946, to communist hero parents, Marina Abramović experienced a strict upbringing. Until the age of 29, she was under a curfew of 10 o’clock – resulting in the artist running away a few months later.

Since the beginning of her career in the 1970s, Marina Abramović has stretched the limits of the body and mind as both object and subject. Early works include Rhythm 0 (1974), where she became an object of experimentation for the audience – laying out 72 objects, including a pistol, and stating they could be used on her as desired; or Rhythm 5 (1974), where she lay in the centre of a burning five-point star. She has withstood pain, exhaustion, and danger in her quest for emotional and spiritual transformation.

Never slowing down, in 1997 she won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for a work that commented on war in Yugoslavia, and in 2010, she took over MoMA for The Artist is Present, where she sat motionless in a chair for eight hours a day – the show broke records, attracting 850,000 visitors.

In 2012, she founded the Marina Abramović Institute (MAI), a non-profit foundation for performance art, and has since exhibited at the world’s most prestigious institutions, earning her a global following. And in 2023, she will be the first woman to have a solo exhibition in the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

TODAY Marina Abramović launches The Hero 25FPS – @artistispresent / NFT.CIRCA.ART

For her first performance launching today on the blockchain, Marina Abramović revisits one of her most personal and autobiographical works ‘The Hero (2001)’ to present in collaboration with The Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Art (CIRCA) this digital exploration of time, immateriality and audience participation. Filmed at 25 frames per second, never before seen footage has been separated into 6,500 unique frames to create The Hero 25FPS, a genesis NFT collection by the warrior of performance art.

A call for today’s new heroes! Upon completion of THE HERO 25FPS, Marina Abramović, @nadyariot (Pussy Riot) and CIRCA will award a series of Hero Grants to people working within Web3 who demonstrate a desire to make the world a better place.

ENJOY!!!

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Marina Abramović

Some saucy and sexy classic and new Italo, hi-NRG and disco stuff for you!
Includes tracks by Drop Out Orchestra, Boys Noize, Superlover, Giorgio Moroder, HP VINCE, Stacey Q, Lovebirds, Hifi Sean & David McAlmont and more.
Artwork: Freddie Mercury and Samantha Fox, Kensington Roof Gardens, 12th July 1986. Courtesy of Getty

Sexy Disco   

Sexy Disco!

Dizzy K. Falola - Excuse Me / Esbee Family - Chicks and Chicken / Ozo - Disco Town (Asaba Town) / Joe Moks - Boys And Girls / Orlando Julius - Disco-hi-life / Livy Ekemezie - Holiday Action / Odion Iruoje - Identify With Your Root / Akin Richards & The Executives - Afrikana Disco / Honey Machine - Dooby Dooby / Tom Youms - Close to Me / Mixed Grill - A Brand New Wayo / Eno Louis - Hot Love / Peter Abdul - Don't You Know / Eji Oyewole - I'm A Dancer

DISCO HI-LIFE!!! Vol. 1: Nigerian Disco 1978-85

The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds -  Steve Sonius Photocopy Remix

1.	Loveride (Extended Version) - Nuance 
2.	You Used To Hold Me So Tight (Dub) - Thelma Houston 
3.	Never Give You Up – Sharon Redd
4.	Sunshine – Dr Packer
5.	That Sound – Butch Le Butch 
6.	Fabulous Boogie – Ziggy Phunk
7.	Where Is My Man – Drop Out Orchestra 
8.	Drumatic - Purple Disco Machine 
9.	The First Time Free (Claptone remix) - Ultra Nate & Roland Clark 
10.	Everything She Wants (Tareq Edit) - Wham! 
11.	Soul Power - Space Echo 
12.	Go Get The Money - DJ Vas
13.	Boogie (SOS remix) – Uptown Funk Empire 
14.	Love Sensation (Dimitri From Paris Edit) - Loleatta Holloway 
15.	Love Will Save the Day (Jellybean & Morales Mix) - Whitney Houston

2017 Mixes: Love Will Save The Day 

Love Will Save The Day

SUNSTROKE

First mix highlighting some Different Drummer classics from the last 2 years of the party. Promotional use only.

Different Drummer Classics Mix 1

Original Italo Disco Electro Classics In The Mix - October 2006
Tracklist at www.dmpmusic.in



DMP - Return Of The Flying Synthesizer

⁂⁂ MAGHREB K7 CLUB - EXCLUSIVE TAPE MIX ⁂⁂        

NOW AVAILABLE ON TAPE - BUY HERE: www.sofarecords.fr   

En vue de la sortie de leur compilation "Maghreb K7 Club: Synth Raï, Chaoui & Staifi 1985-1997" Sofa Records brasse ses archives et sélectionne ses morceaux favoris pour LYL Radio. Un mix 100% cassettes ! 

For their forthcoming compilation with Bongo Joe Records "Maghreb K7 Club: Synth Raï, Chaoui & Staifi 1985-1997", Sofa Records dig into its archives and selects its favorite tracks for LYL Radio. A Algerian tape-only mix!

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Sofa Records | Algerian tapes special (LYL Radio - 05.03.2020)

My humble take on Lydia Lunch's excellent track "Atomic Bongos" from her 1980 album 'Queen of Siam'

Lydia Lunch - Atomic Bongos (Erik Sumo Acid Beat)

These two tracks were composed before "DEEWEE Sessions Vol. 01" specially for a project of the Ghent University, where exercise bikes were linked to a system that played sounds of the EMS Synthi 100. By cycling on two-wheelers, visitors could influence the music and make it more expressive.

"EMS Synthi 100 105BPM Section" and "90BPM Section" were aired on Klara's Late Night Shift show on 28.05.2020
https://klara.be/zo-klinkt-de-ems-synthi-100-nu

Soulwax - EMS Synthi 100 105BPM Section / 90BPM Section [2020]

Created off the back of @thegreatwomenartists Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating women artists. Presented by art historian and curator, Katy Hessel, this podcast interviews artists on their career, or curators, writers, or general art lovers, on the female artist who means the most to them.

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