around 2012 — Billy Zhao among the early team hired by Marina Abramović and Serge Le Borgne; the team was sought from young people who believed in the Institute's mission.
2013 — Kickstarter for the planned Hudson Institute.
2015 — Terra Comunal in São Paulo, co-curated by Paula Garcia; identified as MAI's first full programme.
since 2018 — Paula Garcia teaches Cleaning the House.
2023 — MAI opens its space in Karyes, Greece.
10 August 2026 — documented Cleaning the House Day I.
11 August 2026 — documented Cleaning the House Day II.
12 August 2026 — documented Cleaning the House Day III.
NUMBERS
Kickstarter target: $600,000.
Kickstarter amount raised: $620,000.
Estimated asbestos removal: $700,000.
Estimated time until bankruptcy under the former expenditure model: 3 months.
Approximate time Thanos needed to establish this: 3 hours.
Participants per bedroom: 3.
Breathing sequence: 1 to 9.
Jump and Scream: 7 repetitions.
Child Pose / Cobra: 3 repetitions.
Spinal rolling: 3 repetitions.
Name-writing: 60 minutes / 1 hour.
Colour posters: approximately A2.
Paula teaching Cleaning the House: since 2018.
Karyes MAI space: opened 2023.
SOURCE WEBSITES
MAI: https://www.mai.art/
Paula Garcia: https://paulagarcia.net/
Centre Pompidou-Metz reference from the colour exercise: https://www.centrepompidou-metz.fr/en/programme/exposition/marina-abramovic-1