Role Exchange

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In 1975, Marina Abramovic had been a professional artist for 10 years. On the evening of July 2 of that year, the artist exchanged places with Suze, a woman who was a professional prostitute for 10 years as well. Both took on each other's roles for four hours – Abramovic sat in the prostitute's display window in Amsterdam's red light district, while Suze stood in for Marina Abramovic at the opening of her exhibition at De Appel.
Both of them bore full responsibility for their unusual four-hour occupation. Their experiences where registered by means of two Super 8 cameras, to be shown simultaneously at De Appel during an exhibition till July 15.
Like many of Marina Abramovic' works, 'Role Exchange' deals with the female body – in this case in relation t…
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