'I’ve never done anything like this in my life': Marina Abramović on making art with balloons

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Marina Abramović's new installation "Snowy/Windy/Spring on Planet Z" is featured at the Balloon Museum in New York.
The Balloon Museum is described as the "first permanent home for inflatable art" and aims to blend playful experiences with traditional art.
Abramović initially found balloon art kitschy but saw resonance with its temporality in relation to her performance art practice.
The museum's "Daydream" exhibition includes works by artists like Martin Creed, Karina Smigla-Bobinski, and Onionlab.
Other notable installations mentioned are Thom Kubli's "Black Hole Horizon" and Boris Acket's work involving a fabric wing and mirrors.
Abramović's installation forgoes mirrors, focusing on disorientation and a personal soundscape to create an alien, timeless experience.
The 79-year-old artist sees this as an opportunity for the public to have a direct experience of presentness.
Abramović compares taking on diverse projects to Renaissance artists commissioned by patrons, valuing the challenge of creating masterpieces within strict parameters.
The Balloon Museum director, Roberto Fantauzzi, positions the institution as being "completely in the middle" between entertainment and art.
The author reflects that while the museum was fun and evoked wonder, the levity dissipated upon leaving, leaving them unchanged.

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