As MoMA's official Flickr account shows, the power of sharing a gaze with Marina Abramović brought some participants to tears during her "The Artist Is Present" performance in 2010. In her new "Mutual Wave Machine" project, Abramović introduces neurological sensors to this familiar posture to illustrate the power of the gaze from a scientific perspective. Instead of a museum atrium, participants sit opposite of one another in an enclosed egg-like space, and manipulate audiovisual elements using the synchronization of their brain waves. While the surroundings are manipulated, brain activity is recorded and displayed for visitors outside the enclosure to observe. [via Creators Project]

Back in March, Abramović visited WNYC to talk about a version of the project. Check out a video of the interview below, after a trailer for "Mutual Wave Machine."

"Mutual Wave Machine" will be presented by the Marina Abramović Institute as part of the TodaysArt festival in the Netherlands on September 27 and 28.

Like Rocky training in a Siberian forest in Rocky IV, Lady Gaga went to the woods to prep for her next album. Artist Marina Abramovic recently took Gaga under her wing to instruct her in the Abramovic method, a kind of meditation which is designed to heighten awareness for performance and long durational work. It appears, in this video, to involve hugging a block of ice in your birthday suit. The clip reminds us a bit of a Fluxus performance piece, but we'll leave you to judge how seriously to take this one.

Arbamovic also has a Kickstarter going to raise money for her Marina Abramovic Institute. 

The Abramovic Method Practiced by Lady Gaga from Marina Abramovic Institute on Vimeo.