For Seven Easy Pieces Marina Abramovic reenacted five seminal performance works by her peers, dating from the 1960's and 70's, and two of her own, interpreting them as one would a musical score. The project confronted the fact that little documentation exists from this critical early period and one often has to rely upon testimony from witnesses or photographs that show only portions of any given performance. The seven works were performed for seven hours each, over the course of seven consecutive days, November 9 –15, 2005 at the Guggenheim Museum, in New York City. Seven Easy Pieces examines the possibilities of representing and preserving an art form that is, by nature, ephemeral.
Unfortunately the movie Seven Easy Pieces is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Babette Mangolte | Director |
Writing | Bruce Nauman | Writer |
Writing | Vito Acconci | Writer |
Writing | Valie Export | Writer |
Writing | Gina Pane | Writer |
Writing | Joseph Beuys | Writer |
Editing | Babette Mangolte | Editor |
Production | Richard Haber | Line Producer |
Lighting | Mary Ann Hoag | Lighting Supervisor |
Camera | Trish Maud | Camera Operator |
Crew | Trokon Nagbe | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Anthony Burr | Sound Designer |
Production | Marina Abramović | Producer |
Camera | Babette Mangolte | Director of Photography |
Camera | Richard Haber | Camera Operator |