‘A living laboratory, a station producing creative energy’

Marina Abramović

AS ONE is considered to have been the largest performance art project to have taken place in Greece and one of the largest in Europe. As the 7 weeks drew to a close NEON + MAI (Marina Abramović Institute), who jointly conceived and organized the project, were justifiably praised for achieving such enormous success in promoting performance art and Greek performance artists.

AS ONE:

• 320 applications submitted from which 29 artists were selected by the NEON+MAI teams.
• 2,680 hours of performance.
• 2 months of 150 people collaborating at the Benaki Museum, filling it with their energy.
• Almost 50,000 visitors – predominantly young people – filled with enthusiasm to absorb new experiences.
• Around 9,500 visitors inspired to describe their experiences and impressions in the AS ONE visitor’s book.
• 26 talks and 16 workshops – including sessions about the history of performance art and its relation to other art forms – led by the 29 participating artists.

There was considerable interest in the project from the international media with at least 10 in-depth articles in publications including The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNN Style, NZZ Am Sonntag, Forbes.com, Art Monthly, ArtNet, ArtInfo, Wallpaper* online, Calvert Journal.  In Greece, AS ONE was featured in more than 600 newspaper, magazine and online articles.