Brittany Bailey Performs Luminosity At Moma 201... File

Brittany Bailey was a re-performer for the piece (1997) during the Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in 2010 . In this performance:

: While Marina Abramović originally created and performed the piece in 1997, it was one of the historical works re-performed by a group of trained artists (including Bailey) during the 2010 MoMA exhibition to maintain a continuous live presence for visitors. A Short, Slow Walk with Marina Abramovic - Gallery MAR

: It is an endurance-based work where the performer balances in this fixed, often painful posture for extended periods—typically two hours at a time—while being bathed in shifting light.

: The performer is suspended nude on a bicycle seat mounted high on a wall, with arms and legs fully extended, evoking Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man .