Marina: My first performance
was not in a (laughs) It was nothing to do with art, but I consider it was
the first performance. I really, really was very ugly as a child and I had this terrible
haircut over the ears and I wore orthopedic shoes
and I have a child face with a huge nose. It was impossible for me to even
look at myself in the mirror. I always asked my mother if she can go to the doctor with me
and we operate the nose and every time she would slap my face and say, "Out of the question." One day, I really made this perfect plan. I was absolutely fascinated
with Brigitte Bardot, so I took photographs from newspaper and I had all the photos of
Brigitte Bardot in my pocket and I had this plan of spinning
around fast, fast, fast, falling on the edge of the bed was sharp, break my nose, then we go to hospital, then I have Brigitte Bardot
photos already in the pockets, so in the case of, "There's
no time. We can fix it." I spin around, I miss the whole thing, I almost gave myself a cut and all the photographs of
Brigitte Bardot fall on the floor and my mother arrive in the
room and just slap my face. It was end of the Brigitte Bardot story. I consider this pretty much
as the first performance.