El museu de l'amor modern

Synopsis of El museu de l'amor modern

Composer Arky Levin finds himself in a creative dead end. The unexpected separation from his wife could give him the space he needs to compose film soundtracks, but he fails to find the mental tranquility he needs, feeling guilty and restless. In this state, almost by chance, he discovers an art exhibition that will transform his life. Based on a real artistic performance that took place in 2010, the installation that Arky Levin discovers is inexplicably powerful. Visitors to the Museum of Modern Art in New York sit in front of the artist Marina Abramović, for a short or long period of time, and although some are skeptical, almost all are impacted. Arky returns day after day and, as the performance unfolds over seventy-five days, he too is transformed. By interacting with other people at the exhibition, he slowly begins to understand what may be missing in his life and what he needs to do to change it. This book is about art, success and failure, death and happiness. But, above all, it is a story about love, its limitations and its transcendence. A novel about what it means to connect and be present in the modern world.