They ran away.
"What I learned was that if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you. I felt violated: they cut my clothes, put thorns in my stomach, washed me with water, and someone even put a gun to my head. The audience destroyed me." Part 5: The Legacy – Why Rhythm 0 Still Matters in 2024 Visual: Modern parallels – TikTok mobs, Twitter pile-ons, anonymous internet culture. marina abramovic rhythm 0 video
At 2 AM, the performance ended. She stepped off the platform and walked toward the audience. They ran away
Marina Abramović was 28 years old. She had already tested her physical limits in Rhythm 10 (stabbing between her fingers with knives). But Rhythm 0 was different. It wasn’t about her pain; it was about their morality. The audience destroyed me
The audience wasn't a crowd of individuals; it became a system . Each act of violence lowered the bar for the next. "If he can cut her dress, I can draw on her." The group diffuses guilt.