Marina Abramovic at Home: The New Yorker During the New Yorker Festival last weekend, Marina Abramović, the performance artist, sat down with us in the living room of her Manhattan loft, to discuss consciousness and the art of being present. As soon as the interview came to an end, she was whisked over to speak with Judith Thurman. Read Judith Thurman's 2010 Profile of Marina Abramović.