Rhythm 0

Rhythm 0 was a six-hour-long endurance art performance by the Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović performed in the Galleria Studio Morra in Naples in 1974. This was the final performance of Abramović's Rhythm Series, following four previous performances that took place throughout 1973–1974. The work involved Abramović standing still while the audience was invited to do to her whatever they wished, using one of 72 objects she had placed on a table. The items were specifically chosen to represent objects of both pleasure and pain. Some items included a rose, a feather, perfume, honey, bread, grapes, wine, scissors, a scalpel, nails, a metal bar, a gun, and a bullet. There were no separate stages. Abramović and the visitors stood in the same space, making it clear that the latter were part of the work. She said the purpose of the piece was to find out, when given the opportunity, how far the public would go: "What is the public about and what are they going to do in this kind of situation?"