Marina Abramović
Performance artist
Twenty-one grams of energy goes into the universe.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗
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What happens when we die?
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When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗
You have to go to the end of the line.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 May 2025 source ↗
Nothing at all.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗
We drift off to a beautiful place where we live a better, fuller life than what we’ve left.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗
The rest is silence.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
There are no more interviews.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
I hope I’ll find my mother and father in heaven. Only my father would probably say, “You can’t come and live here, boy!”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗
That’s the 64-million-dollar question.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗
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