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 partisan warfare and communist politics, her early experiences profoundly shaped her artistic trajectory. Her parents, both involved in the Yugoslav Partisan resistance during World War II, instilled in her a deep awareness of national identity and its often fraught complexities. This backdrop, coupled with her upbringing withi…