Marina Abramović: The Body as Battlefield Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia – now Serbia – in 1946, Marina Abramović’s life has been a relentless exploration of the boundaries between self and audience, body and mind. Raised within a complex family history intertwined with both partisan resistance during World War II and subsequent involvement in the communist regime, her early experiences instilled a profound awareness of societal constraints and the potential for individual agency. This backdrop profoundly shaped her artistic trajectory, leading her to confront not just aesthetic challenges but…