Marina Abramovic in the MoMA and Ulay

In this one to one performance there were nowhere to escape except within
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[@bed5471]

Personally I think Marina Abrahamović is like a mirror. She shows people just themselves. She shows them their everything. But what happens if you put mirror in front of another mirror? The exact same thing that happened there with Ulay.

[@sublimespectrum]

I feel the same, all the fears, all the feelings just come back to you as an echo. I appreciate your words

[@bed5471]

Eduardo Guillermo Pérez De Santos I am glad someone understand :)

[@mylenenoire]

They were both born on the same day 3 years apart. They are fire.

[@sunsirisin5915]

At that moment whether she's in the past state of her own or mirror state of Ulay? ________________________________________________________________________________

[@sunsirisin5915]

There come an art that There no answer Its an emotion Only does Measure only by Heart in that presence And its gone So Find your own present from now And enjoy

[@mlavigne71]

She HAD to be the one to reach out first, and She HAD to be the one to let go first. So beautiful, so poetic.

[@mattarmstrong1320]

This is the ultimate in closure. Yes, the ending of their relationship occurred on The Great Wall, but I feel as though she always wanted one more time. She finally got that moment. When Ulay sat down, he looked her in the eyes. The eyes were telling her it's okay. All of this performance, it's worth it. Then he exhaled. The exhale told her to breathe. Take a breath, let it all out. And then he left, as sudden as he came.

[@flazzers1277]

I think a few years after this they got into a nasty lawsuit

[@brainbusterhq1]

Over the years I have watched this video a million times. I am always mesmerised. How I would love to have been there.

[@bocekbeyin]

Why

[@sbalogh53]

That was SO powerful. I had tears all through this video. Then when Ulay arrived, I completely lost it.

[@13thAssassin]

I bet you're gay.

[@nntiscordardime]

stessa cosa successa a me

[@Jeb9221]

Tears flowed as I watched this and I wept, finally, 3 mths after the love of my life abandoned me. I did not allow myself to feel any emotion until now.

[@sbalogh53]

2 years have since passed. I hope you are now OK and have managed to move on. Take care.

[@judsie]

One of the most beautiful performances of all time, I first saw an article on this by accident I never stopped thinking about it

[@dollface1162]

3:25 is when she realized it was him, her soulmate /past lover you see her pupils dilated, you can even see that strong and neutral image of hers disappear in a fraction of a second. She was still in love with him... Saying bye to him in 1970 was maybe the hardest thing she did, so to protect herself from a heartbreak which happend anyways she decide to become stronger looking neutral 24/7, as if this man was half of her soul and seeing him after all this year, was probably the most amazing surreal moment in a long time...•Closure•

[@lelatr85]

I wouldn't dare to sit after Ulay...

[@dejanjovanovic2298]

Why not? I was just wandering will she be able to sit further after Ulay. She was. But i am not sure if she was really watching women who sat after him, or continued to think about him. It looked impression of Ulay stayed in her eyes and in her mind

[@alexaustin3717]

@MrPippinsays look this hjajhajhaja kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5-7gK2fg55lha8

[@gsom7]

I think she was secretly, or subconsciously, hoping to see him again

[@Press_Eleven]

gsom7 They already saw each other before the show. Watch the documentary.

[@matthiasvonhelvete519]

I know that fucking feeling.

[@marianasimann3433]

Que hace esa mujer con su bebé delante de una persona así es terriblemente siniestro

[@mare-a-te2323]

A chi se ne frega di cosa sperava!!!! Dovevano per forza farne uno spettacolo pubblico,? Penoso! Mi sento presa in giro!!!

[@melshaw9653]

This is the most heartfelt and raw thing I have ever seen. Beautiful!!

[@joegonzalez8606]

Marina thanks that’s what I needed , if you read this ,” you opened my soul it’s really beautiful what you do.

[@wanderingangelstudio1359]

I have watched this one hundred times. It still brings tears to my eyes. Rest in peace Ulay.

[@13thAssassin]

I bet you're single and miserable.

[@awesomesaucesouls8200]

She saw 'forever' in this man once upon a time in her life. Their entire relationship flashed before her, reminded her of her humanity. I can believe this man gave her love, fear, peace and despair. She still loves him, he admires her growth, her artistry, her ability to be relentlessly limitless. I see her, and I feel abnormality, a disruption in presence facaded in a shroud of enigma. "We" are simple, we see evil, a chaotic being. I see freedom and ambition, I'm too strong to be enchanted and interrogated by your artistry. I see you.

[@cuwiknagajeeyaku9788]

I felt what she felt when she first saw him again. Infinite

[@angelwillforage3716]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brerabbit4233]

@@cuwiknagajeeyaku9788 try doing that on your own as you should.

[@sixchiensblancs]

How moving... I read about this couple earlier... I came here sneering and thinking " What the heck is this..." I watched... I felt uncomfortable watching complete strangers sitting on facing chairs, staring at each other in a huge room, empty but for other people watching them... But when Ulay sat down... And Abramović at last moved to touch him... and they separated one last time... I cried... my heart ached for them... their immense Love still visible... In 5 minutes, I went from curiosity, disdain and sarcasm to deep emotion and tears... I FELT so deeply... That... is ART.

[@mrv1271]

Abelis You are correct there are people hurting the earth and animals and they will pay. Why don’t you do a bit of research and see that this witch belongs to a group of demons who hurt children. May be you’re just like them.

[@pauletteleboanc2037]

luciferian

[@marypena8595]

Reminds me of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham how you can see the love a love that never does

[@rickjames7576]

Yeah, the black arts.

[@rickjames7576]

@Scott Allen Evil can not do good without evil intentions for it. Research her.

[@marilynbrounstein4820]

I’ve seen this so many times. It never ceases to move me to tears. Powerful beyond words.

[@mare-a-te2323]

Mi urtano! Mi sento presa in giro!!!!

[@joyskov6048]

The love of my life and I parted 12yrs ago, neither of us wanted to, but it was the way things needed to be. 3 weeks ago, he suddenly reappeared, after 12yrs of silence, no social media, nothing. And it was just like this.

[@dagmargrandt7850]

This is so intense, just watching it , makes me cry

[@ShawnBagleys]

Rest in peace, Ulay

[@jacjolly8214]

@JUNKfindergood van show some respect

[@Somebodysomewheresometime]

I’ve done this exercise before at a retreat. We stood in 2 lines and moved down a person after a minute of gazing in their eyes. Everyone was crying and sobbing- it’s intense

[@silviagentili4382]

C'è un mondo dietro quel minuto...senza parole ❤️

[@fatovamingus]

the most telling thing about a person's commitment is when they are willing to return to it when they would rather not - she lets his hands go. I would have had to keep my eyes closed if I were to sit after him. I wouldn't want to feel it, break the spell.

[@jumbobiscuits1510]

The idea is we are all vulnerable and somewhat misunderstood and feel confused about the purpose of life. This is an exercise in human connection and emotional bonding between humans based on sympathy. It could have the power to heal someone who feels unseen, unheard and all of your pain comes to surface. In functional families this is how it should be between family members. I would do this with my sisters years ago. She was really struggling then and this helped immensely. Marina has just taken it on a large scale. Every human is capable of it.

[@javiertafran3075]

So pure. I cry every time. No words , just love.

[@dejanjovanovic2298]

you should see her paining with pig blod, or in occult orgies. Will she stay pure for you?... This was pure. In a gothic way... Could be scary as well. For someone who never was scared to death

[@jeremyb5468]

@@dejanjovanovic2298 yea she is a sick ass crowley worshiper

[@alexaustin3717]

@@jeremyb5468 encima puro fake jaja kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5-7gK2fg55lha8

[@mikejameson3823]

The little girl with her arms crossed says it all. "My parents are idiots." Lol

[@nosmoke247]

Mike Jameson asleep

[@jonassouza3020]

Yes, you admitted that all the alt right wing brats that criticize Marina have a mentality of a child

[@malorie8557]

@Jonas Souza spirit cooking is not normal. Period. You can criticize right wingers but art DOES have limits no matter what leftist say. Some art IS distasteful. Some art is better left in the mind and not for display. I know I'll get a lot of backlash from the art community but I'm not saying all art just that that crosses the line. And baking an extremely human-like body, cutting it up into pieces while laughing and having other eat it is NOT art. It's a ritual.

[@SkyeLght]

I don't understand. What did the little girl crossing her arms mean to you? What did you see/feel?

[@Carmelita71111]

@@SkyeLght when your little kids you're open before you get shut down by society ext that little girl said it all . when you cross your arms you are protecting yourself she picked up on her energy everyone that sat in that chair cried or had to distorted look on their face. I feel sorry for her to she is projecting seems to me she was molested as a child Marina.

[@mayaravieira1679]

Dude, I'm crying with Marina

[@13thAssassin]

I bet you're single and miserable.

[@zeldaclements1617]

I still cry everytime so sad he had died x

[@JuicyLuXy]

In performance art 'the hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing, because it's demanding all of you'.

[@dejanjovanovic2298]

Well said

[@magdaleneschaaefer2584]

takes an IQ of 80 to do it, and an IQ of 55 to really appreciate it.

[@elfuego121212]

@@magdaleneschaaefer2584 hahahaha you just wrote my thoughts

[@elfuego121212]

This is so stupid

[@billbillerton6122]

@@magdaleneschaaefer2584 BINGO!

[@lenamello2551]

Master in this kind of art!

[@dforreallogup5683]

Anyone notice they showed the lil girl just before he went to set at the table Marina. The love story of them walking the Great Wall from one end to the center to end there lovely and complex relationships is a classic love story no matter how you feel about her.

[@renatamarini3392]

Un grande amore fa sempre piangere a qualunque eta',solo uno nella vita....

[@tampa813thefye8]

2:46 when the plug keeps saying he’s 5 minutes away

[@wolf.eye._-]

😂 fr

[@brendakerber7923]

The write up at the beginning is completely wrong. She sat with people for as long as they wanted, not just a minute. AND most importantly, she had seen Ulay many times since they split - quite recently in fact. She did not know he was planning to sit in the chair that first day, but she had seen him quite recently.

[@sublimespectrum]

Brenda Kerber thx for the the insight, do you have any source I can include. I have no means of changing the embedded text of a video but I can annotate or include on a subtitle along a source. Thanks again!

[@brendakerber7923]

@@sublimespectrum sorry, no I don't. I watched another documentary on her and this piece but I cannot remember the name of it. It showed him working with her on this retrospective. He had come to see it before it opened. The Artist is Present got all this press on this show but it was a part of an entire retrospective of her work at the MoMa. Ulay was involved in many of those pieces so he came to see it and talk to her about it.

[@thanaaaltamimy5133]

نبي ترجمه بالعربي وشكرااا

[@666nstaff]

@@sublimespectrum hi I can provide a source! Her autobiography

[@elaineflores4465]

Time is up God wins!!!!!

[@user-bq7xx4wv9u]

God is the greatest!

[@teja9336]

He always wins 🏆💪

[@user-ru3zw6lz9h]

Actually, they had spent time together earlier that day so this wasn't the first time she'd seen him since 1988, but clearly it was very emotional!

[@505234]

affascinante in ogni sua performance

[@luksxyz]

BORA BAEA

[@jennkeller4914]

Second time I've seen this in 10min. I'm drawn to this energy. Their love

[@patriciaobrien4703]

I love this I love the both of them This touches my soul deeply'

[@serenequeen8973]

He knew he was dying and wanted to know he could leave this world on good terms with someone he had spent a substantial part of his life with. That was profound 😞

[@subi7740]

My goodness she is amazing

[@befreextcify]

I believe this is about....just being human...and how gorgeous it is to be alive and all togather misery of it all

[@dejanjovanovic2298]

you should see her in differnt edition. With goat horns and part of goat scull still bleeding. Or painting with pig blood... What do you think about that? I don't know what to think. This is impressive performance, but there is much more that totally changes impression. That's why i am here. Curious. Want to know more

[@jaquelinespinal1263]

Sorry my dear you are lost. She’s a satanist.

[@beaman4338]

Need a movie like their story

[@cutzymccall7675]

i love her.

[@dejanjovanovic2298]

Go and have a bath with her in pig blood... ( This is not a provocation. I am curious about her, and calling people for converzation here. She can be seen in much different editions)

[@florafani274]

This is the strangest thing I have seen in a long time.

[@elizwilson3443]

If all these post are true about sex abuse and devil worship why are they not in jail. If they ging to be why the hell you telling them so they can get away???

[@arminiuscherusci4410]

@@elizwilson3443 Because everybody in the establishment knows or sometimes does that kind of stuff. Apart from that, this is only the peak of the iceberg, you cant imagine how evil and degenerated they are

Staged or not...this shows how much folks need connection.

[@liliamuseum196]

Incredible

[@ASMRLiBrIeArTe]

È davvero commovente questo video.

[@sshowgirl933]

love so much marina

[@shawnanderson3589]

She's 75 years old. Why does she look so young? I have a pretty good idea.

[@klow4491]

Shawn Anderson right?adrenchrome !

[@shawnanderson3589]

@@klow4491 google graphic processing unit is adreno. Then they added chrome. Look it up.

[@catinamiller1934]

Andrenchrome eating babies

[@JustMaylee]

Shawn Anderson it was 10 years ago

[@heartbreak8796]

JustMaylee she still looks young tf

[@Unsarcastic]

This documentary changed me

[@Floating_Thoughts]

1:43 Jemima Kirke!

[@malayameansfreedom]

they have each others soul atached to each other.

[@alteredillusions100]

Awesome!

[@GigaRonta]

RIP Ulay ❤️

[@AlbertO-sg1pk]

U were hot

[@phobiazzzero4935]

kids..tune in cause this is your only chance to see a real witch in flesh and blood

[@spacewitchvulcan]

They had seen each other before MOMA.

[@javiertafran3075]

Supreme!

[@pangeaaegnap8812]

Razumeli smo jako dobro sta si htela da kazes, igraj se sa emocijama onih koji su kao ti.

[@catinamiller1934]

The people who sitting in front of her is letting her steal their SOULS.

[@carson21211]

lmao you lunatic

[@catinamiller1934]

@@carson21211 you are the lunatic. ⏰ and take the RED PILL sheep. You can attack me all you want to!!

[@catinamiller1934]

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[@carson21211]

@@catinamiller1934 yeah youtube video's that will show you the truth lol

[@carson21211]

Careful, I might STEAL YOUR SOUL if you reply again lolololol

[@pushpuspushpush437]

That was Super powerful when Ulay showed up

[@agil151]

I see pain n sufferring in this woman..

[@malorie8557]

She needs Yahweh

[@NoafUckinway]

Oh, Pain and Suffering will be the last thing she will feel!

[@milicaivanovic7944]

Tebi i takvima kao sto si ti blizi se kraj!!!!!!!!!!!!JEDVA CEKAM DA TO GLEDAM !!!!!

[@pamwesson156]

So touching

[@agil151]

Anyone can do this playing a mind games. Goes beyond psychology

[@kokoalert]

Well in her book she says the Curator was super happy about it

[@danceNdee]

She definitely wants him back. She misses him. But she can't

[@user-jo8kf8yh5v]

Как прекрасны люди...

[@coka2407]

❤❤❤ !!!

[@miauraunique6236]

The moral of the story is... Just Live, Laugh & Love... None of us are here to stay. ♥️

[@Lyndanet]

So contrary to one of her earlier works in which she presented a stationary display of herself to the public was so much more brutal reacted to I recall she was naked and people chose to degrade abuse and display acts of violence against her and brutalized her I am grateful this received a better reaction.

[@marcelacouy8685]

❤️

[@nathaliadepaula6121]

SICK

[@betsyhartmann3022]

Rest in peace Ulay.

[@JaneDoe-em7un]

Those shoes in the room at the courthouse 🙄😭 my lawyer says, "that's really weird...someone just left their shoes here..." yeah..really weird ❤ I will see you soon my one and only..under better circumstances 😍😍❤❤❤

[@majaabramovic]

kako je divno videti njene suze steta sto bol ne postoji pa je ne boli ...

[@jokt1697]

Ulay passed away today..

[@helenahandbasket6287]

"I'm just gonna sit in a chair and think about how good babies taste"

[@sixchiensblancs]

"I am going to watch this on KZbin because I couldn't be there live, then I will make some dumb mass comment and pretend to hate it..."

[@dejanjovanovic2298]

oh, that is also possible. She could be a canibal. Maybe she really eat babies. I wan't be suprised even if i saw her eating babies. Real babies, not a cake of baby-shape. She can be extremly emotional and sympathetic. But who says sathanists, psychopats, murderers, can't be extremly sympathetic... I know it is not true, becouse i witnessed psychopats extreme sympathy outcome

[@PolonusMedia]

Unglaublich !

[@sukhjeetsingh4798]

no wonder just tears

[@m1ke1981]

RIP Ulay

[@mariob1060]

Once, she was staring at me this way... and then started to cry heavily

[@hellokittied]

1:44 Jemima Kirke ("Jesse" from Girls)

[@pacco9532]

The purest evil

[@gabrielmcwethy3441]

She is such an amazing artist. Marina Ambromovic shows us why we need art.

[@MobileMetaphysics1111]

She manifested him..

[@ningyi7262]

Why I am tear R.I.P

[@Sunstepa]

That's deep.

[@AudioStorm1980]

2:40 check out the old lady....and she puts it mildly!

[@JustJulie_C]

😂

[@tanyastewart3451]

LMAO underrated comment

[@fantasiazplatkami]

ha ha ha

[@h.b.p1197]

Some very impressionable people there. I’d have laughed uncontrollably

[@KeenyNewton]

Oh man .. this was the most epic performance art I have ever seen .. this just moved me .. and the backstory of this (the great Wall of China) has to been seen before this one to feel the gravity of what's happening in the silence .. 🙌

[@NOWtheband]

Beautiful. She's a good lass. 🙂

[@thomasmcevilley9338]

there is my father, 4:16-4:24

[@Olahve982]

❤️❤️

[@tulipmcfay2939]

Has everyone gone mad.

[@ladyameliecharlotte]

Reading all these 'she's a satanist' comments, then yep, they're barking mad!

[@culluts2755]

Look her up. She doesn't hide it.

[@arentakaishi710]

prolly the best way to wear a black chuck taylor's converse. classy. nice.

[@baharuygun1538]

Nope, Marina was aware that Ulay was there, because she was the one who invited him as a guest of honour. But it’s also true that she wasn’t expecting him to sit in front of her.

It's Jessa at 1:44!

[@mare-a-te2323]

Mi urtano! Mi sento presa in giro!

[@winkybinx]

You can't tell me that wasn't staged

[@ludovicjeanson3820]

POWERFULL, the power of humans.