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Marina Abramovic has terminated plans for her NY art center that was designed by OMA, and people are curious to know where the project?s raised money went. 2.2 million dollars were donated to the art institute by several celebrities, in addition to 5,000 other donors.
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The project, that was announced by the artist in 2012, was publicized as a turning point in the future of Hudson, New York. Dubbed ?Marina Abramovic Institute? or ?MAI?, the center aimed to provide space to enhance the ?collaboration between art, science, technology, and spirituality.?
The performance artist resorted to Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas, from OMA, to design the institute -which was supposed to occupy an old NY theater of a 33,000 square-foot area. Courtesy of OMA
The first ideas proposed for the project were insanely creative, including seats that would move on their own, if the spectator happens to fall asleep during the show.
The project?s cost was expected to be around 20 million dollars, but that number has puffed up to 31 million dollars.

Abramovic?s declaration surprised the public especially the donors, but MAI claims that the raised money was used to pay the architectural firm.
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?The funds were raised not for the renovation itself but specifically for the schematics and the feasibility study,? commented a spokeswoman from MAI, ?They were used for exactly that purpose.?
MAI has posted the statem...