Marina Abramovic (b. 1946)

Marina Abramovic is a famous performance artist, also known as "the grandmother of performance", born and raised in former Yugoslavia. Some of her most iconic performances are Rhythm 0, Rest Energy or The Artist is Present.

"I was walking into the forest with my grandmother one morning. It was so beautiful and peaceful. I was only four years old, a tiny little one. And I saw something very strange - a straight line across the road. I was so curious that I went over to it. I just wanted to touch it. Then my grandmother screamed, so loud. I remember it so strongly. It was a huge snake.

That was the first moment in my life that I really felt fear -but I had no idea what I should be afraid of. Actually, it was my grandmother's voice that freightened me. And then the snake slithered away, fast.
It is incredible how fear is built into you, by your parents and others
surrounding you. You're so innocent in the beginning; you don't know. "

Marina Abramovic in "Walk Through Walls - a Memoir"