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TIL about Marina Abramović's 1974 performance piece Rhythm 0. She stood still for six hours and allowed the audience to use her body without consequences. They could use any of 72 objects on her, from harmless to dangerous ones. The interactions started gentle but quickly escalated into violence.

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