Marina Abramović disappointed by Jay-Z, but NOT by Lady Gaga

[Andy McQueen 4,484]

"I will never do it again." 

READ: http://www.spikeartmagazine.com/en/articles/i-will-never-do-it-again 

 

[VANTABLACK 7,787]

tidal curse continues

[Didymus 32,745]

"This is very different from Lady Gaga, for example, who has done great work for me. Just by having 45 million followers, she brought all these young kids into my public."

Ugh. It's that kind of talk that made me dislike her.

[Serendipity 7,821]

"This is very different from Lady Gaga, for example, who has done great work for me. Just by having 45 million followers, she brought all these young kids into my public."

Ugh. It's that kind of talk that made me dislike her.

​Preach! some people

[My Little Phoney 658]

oh so we like Wendy now? noooope

 

EDIT woops wrong thread

[Supersonic 49,376]

oh so we like Wendy now? noooope

​Wrong thread.

Also: Marina is right. Gaga brought her mainstream attention, what's so wrong about admitting it? I don't get it.

[CannaeDrive 3,392]

"The day before, he came to my office and I gave him an entire power point presentation and said: okay, you can help me, because I really need help to build this thing. Then he just completely used me. And that wasn’t fair. This is very different from Lady Gaga, for example, who has done great work for me. Just by having 45 million followers, she brought all these young kids into my public. "

 

Edit: already posted, please delete

[My Little Phoney 658]

​Wrong thread.

Also: Marina is right. Gaga brought her mainstream attention, what's so wrong about admitting it? I don't get it.

​yeah I know I opened both in a new tab and then replied in the wrong one

[Pop 4,541]

So proud of Gaga! 

[Solar 604]

How did you feel when Jay-Z told you that he would be adapting “The Artist is Present” for his music video “Picasso Baby” in 2013?

I didn’t feel much. There are hundreds of people adapting my work. I have young pop groups who adapt my work. Just now, somebody’s made a ****o movie called “Zadie is present”, have you seen that? [laughs] It’s insane! 

But the difference with Jay-Z was that you yourself took part in his video shoot.

YES, BUT THERE WAS ONE REASON FOR THIS THAT I CAN’T TALK ABOUT. I AM VERY PISSED BY THIS, SINCE HE ADAPTED MY WORK ONLY UNDER ONE CONDITION: THAT HE WOULD HELP MY INSTITUTE. WHICH HE DIDN’T.



-You did plan the shoot and your appearance together?

The day before, he came to my office and I gave him an entire power point presentation and said: okay, you can help me, because I really need help to build this thing. Then he just completely used me. And that wasn’t fair. This is very different from LADY GAGA, for example, who has done great work for me. Just by having 45 million followers, she brought all these young kids into my public.

-Do you regret having supported Jay-Z?

I don’t look at things this way. Right now in my life, things happen. I don’t bother anymore. My life hasn’t been easy. There are very few performers from my generation even being considered. I’m a survivor. It’s very hard to be up there all the time. I could just do an exhibition at MoMA and go home, and it would be history. I didn’t need to kill myself with “The Artist is Present”. I also didn’t need to be here in São Paulo for two months doing workshops, doing eight lectures, working with this community. I do this because I believe in it. I feel responsible for performance in general.

- Jay-Z turned your structure into an economic model: everyone who showed up had been promised to be part of an exclusive event. You fed the one who held the attention capital.

And you were totally used and came out with nothing. It’s very unfair.

- When you rubbed your forehead with Jay-Z's, it seemed like an economical transaction: I grant you the right to use my piece, but in reverse you have to provide a space for my brand within your campaign

And in the end it was only a one-way transaction. I will never do it again, that I can say. Never. I was really naive in this kind of world. It was really new to me, and I had no idea that this would happen. It’s so cruel, it’s incredible. I will stay away from it for sure.

http://www.spikeartmagazine.com/en/articles/i-will-never-do-it-again

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LG  keeping her promises..

Shame on you Z-Jay

[Pierre 10,480]

-How did you feel when Jay-Z told you that he would be adapting “The Artist is Present” for his music video “Picasso Baby” in 2013?
-I didn’t feel much.

 

   

 

Shame on you Jay Z, DRAG HA MARINA ABROMJGIHSDDHAJDOUIWE7%&VIC.  

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

A real stan and not a traitor. Donatella.could never.

 

[XoXoJoanneGaga 629]

Not surprising, that whole era was the wackest thing he's done, such a corny half-assed attempt to seem artistic.

[Illuminati 15,379]

expose ha, drag ha Marina