"Some at MoMA Show Forget ‘Look but Don’t Touch’ "

The instances of spectators inappropriately touching the performers participating in a Marina Abramovic retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art can be traced to the idea that in performance art, the performer's own body acts as the object of the art piece. Due to the context of a museum gallery and the disconnect that people feel toward objects, some spectators seem to feel that their participation in the form of cat-calling and uncomfortable touching is fair play. The performers have also recalled fun, but unusual moments with spectators in the form of dancing, "thank you's," and innocent touching of bare skin. The pros and cons of interaction in these specific performance art pieces are all a result of how people view other people when they are redefined as an object in their performance art pieces.