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margaret iversen

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MARCEL DUCHAMP MARCEL DUCHAMP JOHN CAGE JOHN CAGE SOPHIE CALLE SOPHIE CALLE FRANCIS ALYS FRANCIS ALYS

chance: a gap between intention and outcome

in performativity & chance, there is a slight element of risk: a tension between the viewer and the bodily experience of the artist. re: marina abramovic’s rhythm 10 (1973) in which she rhythmically stabbed a knife between her splayed fingers.

to note:

chance is not chaos. chance is not “unbridled uncertainty.�

chance occurs in the context of certain conditions, created by the artist.

WE DESIRE TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN