I chose this piece as a photograph I enjoy because the context behind it is interesting and the final result looks absurd. It's from a performative art exhibit by Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic and Ulay, where the latter pulled back on an arrow in a bow and they both leaned back. One slip up, and the arrow could have actually pierced her body. Not to discredit the idea, but the extremity of this has always seemed needless to me, it's a type of performance art that didn't need to rely on potential death, so that's what this photo represents to me. Needless self-sacrifice for the sake of art that ultimately looks kinda silly.
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