Why is Marina Abramović on the State Department's website? A thread 🧵
Why did Zelensky ask Abramović to be an ambassador for Ukraine? How could a performance artist help with US foreign policy?
This is just a recent example of a long history of the US using artwork as an instrument of statecraft.
Video by @MikeBenzCyber @Lukewearechange
She is connected to some of the most powerful people in the world. Here she is with the Rothschilds.
In 2015, a WikiLeaks released email from Abramović revealed that she emailed this to Tony Podesta (the brother of Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman, John Podesta) asking if his brother, John Podesta, will be attending her upcoming "Spirit Cooking dinner."
This is a video of what her "spirit cooking" looks like:
Original footage of Marina Abramovic’s spirit cooking event at 2013 Devil’s Heaven Annual Watermill Summer Center Benefit. This is the event that went viral online with Lady Gaga, Marina Abramovic, Alex Soros, and Hugh Jackman attended.
Video Credit: @dom_lucre
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