--- title: Marina Abramovic: '512 Hours' at the Serpentine Gallery in London description: Marina Abramovic's latest exhibition, "512 Hours" has opened in London to queues of eager fans canonical: https://time.com/2882156/watch-waiting-hours-in-line-for-marina-abramovics-512-hours/ author: Mirren Gidda article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-19T18:46:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T08:57:35.237Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Marina Abramovic: '512 Hours' at the Serpentine Gallery in London og:description: Marina Abramovic's latest exhibition, "512 Hours" has opened in London to queues of eager fans og:url: https://time.com/2882156/watch-waiting-hours-in-line-for-marina-abramovics-512-hours/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db44645cb6a1755/69869864169ab0786d279fcc/marina-abramovic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6012 og:image:height: 3382 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-US-SERBIA-ART-ABRAMOVIC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marina Abramovic: '512 Hours' at the Serpentine Gallery in London twitter:description: Marina Abramovic's latest exhibition, "512 Hours" has opened in London to queues of eager fans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db44645cb6a1755/69869864169ab0786d279fcc/marina-abramovic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:55 video:published: 2014-06-19 section: entertainment topics: Marina Abramovic, performance art, exhibition, waiting in line, audience participation, silence, visitor experience, interactive art genre: vox pop, arts coverage tones: curious, reflective, candid, light emotions: curiosity (high), surprise (medium), amusement (low) sentiment: positive audience: art enthusiasts, general readers, culture followers, people interested in performance art people: Marina Abramovic transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Watch: Waiting Hours in Line For Marina Abramovic's '512 Hours' > Sponsored content. 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Visitors say they expected something different and found the experience curious and interactive, with people leading them through the space and giving simple instructions. Several speakers say the experience was worth it and that it was nice to set their own pace. ## Key points - A speaker says they expected Abramovic to be washing the floor in red rubber gloves. (00:00) - A speaker says people had warned them they would be disappointed, so they were not that disappointed. (00:27) - Marina came, took a speaker's hand, sat them on a chair and whispered a few words in their ears. (00:52) - The speaker says Marina told them to take their time to listen to silence, which we don't do anymore. (00:56) - People lead visitors around the space and get them to do specific, very simple things, often taking their hands. (01:05) - A speaker says the experience is quite interactive and probably a bit confronting if you are a little repressed. (01:14) - A speaker says visitors cannot tell who is part of the exhibition and who is just a punter like themselves. (01:29) - A speaker says it was nice to have their own pace and that the experience is very curious because you become part of something. (01:43) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:45] Expectations before entering the exhibition. Visitors describe what they expected Abramovic to be doing and how they had been warned about disappointment. - [00:45 to 01:01] Finding space and first moments inside. Visitors describe settling into the space as Marina sits them down and asks them to listen to silence. - [01:01 to 01:55] Interactive experience and verdict. Visitors describe being led through simple interactions, the blurred line between performers and visitors, and conclude that it is worth it. ## Key quotes - [00:27] Visitor: "People warned me that I would be disappointed" - [00:56] Visitor: "take your time to listen to silence which we don't do anymore" - [01:05] Visitor: "There often people that lead you around." - [01:29] Visitor: "you can't work out who is part of the exhibition and who is just a punter like yourself" - [01:56] Visitor: "It's definitely worth it. It's interesting." ## Questions this video answers - What do visitors expect when they go to see Marina Abramovic's exhibition? [00:00] - What does Marina Abramovic say to visitors when they enter the exhibition? [00:52] - How do visitors experience the interactive parts of the exhibition? [01:05] - Is it hard to tell who is a performer and who is a visitor at the exhibition? [01:29] - Do visitors think the exhibition is worth the wait? [01:56] by [Mirren Gidda](https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Jun 19, 2014 6:46 PM UTC Marina Abramovic, the self styled by [Mirren Gidda](https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Jun 19, 2014 6:46 PM UTC [Marina Abramovic](http://time.com/70823/marina-abramovic-2014-time-100/), the self styled “grandmother of performance art,” might be 67-years-old, but she shows no signs of slowing down. Her latest exhibition, [_512 Hours_](http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/marina-abramovic-512-hours), opened at London’s Serpentine Gallery last week to lines so long they spawned their own [hashtag](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sgqueue) on Twitter. For 8 hours a day, for 64 days – a total of 512 hours – Abramovic and her assistants will walk amongst gallery entrants, directing them to various places around the room, and encouraging them to breath, to relax and to heighten their awareness. _512 Hours_ is a long way from the Serbian artist’s solo performances of the 1970s. In her infamous _Rhythm_ series, Abramovic stabbed herself, jumped into a burning star, took drugs to induce catatonia, and, most memorably, offered visitors 72 objects, including a scalpel, which they could use on her. Over the ensuing decades her reputation continued to grow, culminating in her previous show, [_The Artist Is Present_](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/14/10-best-movies-we-missed-this-year/slide/marina-abramovic-the-artist-is-present/)_,_ at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art in 2010\. Visitors, among them James Franco and Lady Gaga, were invited to sit across from Abramovic and gaze at her, with many moved to tears. The artist has attracted such a following that she has created the Abramovic method, which music icon [Lady Gaga said she used](http://www.complex.com/art-design/2013/08/watch-lady-gaga-practice-the-abramovic-method-in-the-woods) to kick her marijuana habit. The method involves fasting, slowly drinking water, counting rice grains and gazing into mirrors to develop mindfulness. Aspects of the method have clearly found their way into _512 Hours,_ where some visitors are invited to stare into mirrors. Abramovic has also suggested she might incorporate furniture into forthcoming performances. _512 Hours is running until August 25, entry is free and on a first-come, first-served basis._ ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:27] [ MUSIC ]. I thought, I thought she was gonna be like, [00:30] on the floor washing the floor with, with some red [00:33] rubber gloves. People warned me that I would be [00:35] disappointed so I wasn't that much disappointed [00:37] because I, I knew, I knew I'm gonna be disappointed. [00:42] Quite a curious experience. While we were walking in [00:45] everyone kinda just found [00:49] their own space and nobody was quite sure what was [00:52] going to happen. Marina came, take my hand and sit [00:56] me again on a chair and just told me a few word in, in [00:59] the ears. That take your time to listen to silence which [01:01] we don't do anymore. There often people [01:05] that lead you around. And they lead you around the [01:07] space and get you to do specific things. Very simple [01:09] things, but they always, they like, they take your hands [01:11] and stuff, so it's quite sort of Interactive I think if you're [01:14] a little bit repressed like, it's probably [01:19] a bit confronting. I think in [01:23] Marina's shows, you never know what to expect and [01:26] then, what happens is not what you really thought was [01:29] going to happen. The curious thing is you can't work [01:33] out who is part of the exhibition and who is just a [01:33] punter like yourself. It was cool to see Marina cuz she's [01:39] like, she's like God artist kind [01:43] of thought. It was nice to just have your own pace and [01:46] yeah. It's very curious, cuz you are part of something [01:47] that [ INAUDIBLE ] within yourself. [01:52] It's, it's [01:56] definitely worth it. 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