Marina Abramović. Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places

"This book should be seen as a diary filled with writings, poetry, cut-outs, collages, photographs, and drawings printed on the stationary papers which keep the memory of my journeys." Marina Abramovi Never before published, this self-curated, intensely personal collection of travel notes and sketches by the worlds most revered performance artist offers readers a kind of iconography of Abramovis daring and utterly original body of work. An artists notebooks are arguably the most authentic means of understanding her process, techniques, and impulses. And, for a performance artist, a rare, permanent record of how she develops her craft. Compiled over the course of four decades on stationery from various hotels, and other temporary residences, this collection of Marina Abramovis original drawings, collages, poetry, writings, cut-outs, photographs and doodles offers glimpses of a brilliant mind in constant motion. Beautifully produced and packaged, it takes readers on a journey through Abramovis thoughtsand traces the evolution of the most fruitful phase of her career. My home was everywhere I went because my home was my own body. With the archival material elegantly reproduced in their original size on high-quality paper, this collection offers Abramovis enormous fanbase unprecedented access to her creative process.