In 2009 , Abramović was featured in Chiara Clemente 's documentary '' Our City Dreams '' and a book of the same name . The five featured artists – also including Swoon , Ghada Amer , Kiki Smith , and Nancy Spero – " each possess a passion for making work that is inseparable from their devotion to New York , " according to the publisher . Abramović is also the subject of an independent feature documentary movie entitled '' Marina Abramović : The Artist Is Present '' , which is based on her life and performance at her retrospective " The Artist Is Present " at the Museum of Modern Art in 2010 . The film was broadcast in the United States on HBO and won a Peabody Award in 2012 . In January 2011 , Abramović was on the cover of Serbian ELLE , photographed by Dušan Reljin . Kim Stanley Robinson 's science fiction novel '' 2312 '' mentions a style of performance art pieces known as " abramovics . " A world premiere installation by Abramović was featured at Toronto 's Trinity Bellwoods Park as part of the Luminato Festival in June 2013 . Abramović is also co-creator , along with Robert Wilson of the theatrical production '' The Life and Death of Marina Abramović , '' which had its North American premiere at the festival , and at the Park Avenue Armory in December
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Marina Abramović