Marina & Ulay @ MoMA (The Artist is Present)

[@lorrainew640]

Marina and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again. retrospective Marina performed ‘The Artist Is Present’ as part of the show, a minute of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Ulay arrived without her knowing it and this is what happened

[@Karolina-jo8yd]

thank you!

[@machin8593]

I didn't want to be the guy who starts a sentence with actually, especially 8 years after your comment, but actually they had prepared this performance 8 years prior to doing it while they were still going strong, but the Chinese government took so long to allow them to do it that in the time it took for them to get China's approval, their relationship plummeted. Anyway, this performance the Artist is Present always makes me cry.

[@phoenixrose8466]

@@machin8593 he cheated on her with his chinese translator and got her pregnant, that's why their relationship ended

[@tmr3109]

Not true....Marina and Ulay saw each other plenty of times after their goodbyes at the great wall of China, she talks about her in her book, which I'm reading. Ulay was flown in to this performance at Marina's request. Also, Ulay took her to court to get more money for their performance work shortly after this performance ended. She talks about all this in "Walk through Walls".

[@hitmixhyepock9405]

@@phoenixrose8466 oh it wasn't her satanic bullshit she does?

[@nhdaniele]

An entire life in a moment. Life is the real masterpiece.

[@gregoryallenn]

A’men

[@Takac1979]

More or less I go through my life feeling like that woman that sat after Ulay.

[@dislocational]

:(

[@user-tu3dw4wq7y]

что вы имеете в виду? 😢

[@whyilee]

I would've liked to be the woman after Ulay. Catching her after that intense moment. Sharing with her the feeling of what just happened. Being the first face she sees after being shaken. I am sure there was an intense connection and she remembers the woman's face as much as his.

[@jasonmartinez5045]

Imagine being the person who had to go after him.

[@mishaa7263]

ms frizzle

[@hunkydory3063]

I think the part of this that touched me the most is how she tries so hard at the end to compose herself to continue her art but she has to keep closing her eyes. You can tell that she is still so in love with him.

[@lauralouwhooo]

It was emotional sure, but they weren't in love. He later sued her (and justly won) because she tried to cut his name out of their joint works and robbed him of the profit. He won the case but passed a few years later

[@MagnusRender]

I love that you responded and clarified that 10 years after that comment was made.@@lauralouwhooo

[@McGovP]

That continuous closing of her eyes is called blinking.

[@parading_panda1210]

​@@McGovPGAWT DAMN. WHATS THAT SHIT ON HER HEAD??

[@JulyJuneJanuary]

It's perfect ​@@MagnusRender

[@littleghostfilms3012]

This proves that 'performance art' is legit and can be extremely powerful for both the artist(s) and the spectators who get a glimpse into their souls through the performance.

[@kuramafan300]

Marina and Ulay were partners in art and lovers in life for 10 years or so in their youth. They ended their relationship in 1988, and they haven't seen each other since until the weeks leading up to this exhibit in MoMA. Ulay visited Marina's home before the performance, but she didn't expect to see him again on the opening day of her exhibit. He went through the gallery and got in line like everyone else. It totally surprised her.

[@hertribe1978]

This is beautiful ❤️

[@PrashantSingh-ur7cp]

So beautiful ❤...I come back to this video whenever I doubt love.

[@GabyGibson]

That I didn't know. Wow

[@tikkiturtlegal]

I'm moved every time I watch this...just pure human connection. Amazing.

[@PavelSenko]

Because you don't know that they are former lovers and now he is suing her

[@biggusmunkusthegreat]

LOL what? Why is he suing her?

[@biggusmunkusthegreat]

Man she sounds like a piece of work...

[@jujubee4765]

That sparkle in her eyes as soon as her recognized him🥺❤️

[@DuaneStorey]

This is how I look when the Dominoes pizza guy finally shows up at the door.

[@jd6331]

😄😏

[@juliemagic]

I learned about this performance from an art history textbook. I went to KZbin to satisfy my curiosity. I didn't think I would cry. The language of gestures, eyes, and tiny facial muscle movements told more than words. I am impressed. It is a heartbreaking moment full of love and empathy ❤

[@floatingsara]

Love in the time of social media: I just managed to write to a man I loved 20 years ago. We were together very little time, he had long planned to go abroad on business and I had to go back to finish my studies. But he was handsome and possibly the sweetest man I'd ever met. After he left, I wondered countless times where he had gone and "what if....". He answered to me, with the same sweet kindness I remember. Today he is happily married, as I am. But I have never really forgotten him and I wish I could see him again, even if only for an hour.

[@MultiLex101]

smh hes married what is wrong with you.

[@sfroghy]

The way Ulay nodes his head ,like: "Yes I know ,what a mess!" 🥺

[@billy100308]

Truly beautiful. Connecting on this level is what everyone should experience at least once in their lifetime. This demonstrates that no matter how good something is, that unless you work at it to keep it it isn't guaranteed to work. However, some things are just meant to be.

[@saidpasha8659]

"In reality, people are not most disappointed by their failures, but by the happiness that they never experienced, because they never allowed themselves to experience it" from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment.

[@agapesatori8041]

Yes she is and she doesn't hide it, she even mentioned something about it in her interviews, but she still managed to keep herself together and continue her performance. What a woman, what a professional, what an artist!

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

“We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to untie.” ― Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table

[@Pujext]

I come and watch this when I want to feel emotion

[@TheKiddOnDrums]

She’s evil

[@jennylynarcher8986]

The truest most purest form of long lost love 😊❤! The connection they share after all those years, you can see it in their faces, and their eyes speak out loud! This is the most beautiful thing ever, and I need to just watch this when I need a reminder 🤗. I can see the hurt,the passion, the love, that look of just don't speak cause I can already read you & feel you! Noone truly needs words, we are bound by energies & connections!

[@youcrazycat1]

This is how I will greet my friends after Covid.

[@TheDemonhunter333]

Did you?

[@IIAOPSW]

"no description available" is uniquely the most apt description possible here

[@janicecooper119]

still love after all these years. I think of my lost love as a young girl. thank you

[@SD-ym9bd]

I do not know her until I have come across this video. this is really beautiful. Great emotions has just been displayed.

[@cavalier127]

Bad emotions*. He sued her and won for joint artwork. He impregnated his translator and cheated on her multiple times during their relationship. Can’t judge a book by its cover

[@TheLapper13]

the beauty of raw human connection and true human emotion. The memory may get blurry but the heart never forgets. ❤️V. ‘93

[@JayB2]

That's so beautiful. They had such a connection.

[@punkerz250]

she is a satanist : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbWe3-EfLt9bac&t

[@UFOcomputers]

@@punkerz250 • Nobody’s perfect

[@Dhirajkumar-xf6xq]

@@UFOcomputers what did you say?

[@mariotoro6927]

@@punkerz250 no one cares, ooo spooky devils, look at you, so scared of imagined demons and goblins and satans lolol

[@oscarreyes2946]

u will never forget the first love, bad or good he's/her will always the first one.

[@TheHolyFoolLee]

I find it funny that people are saying "is this what art has come to/become?" She us doing something that has been done cor 50+ years! Shes a performance artist. She is showing emotion and crying as if seeing a long lost lover each time someone sits down. That is Art in its truest form. Its not a painting or a sculpture, its true love and emotion, thats what Art is. She did this everyday for 7 1/2 hours for 3 months.

[@ahmettopacoglu45]

this may be the first thing which is totally art and totally real at the very same time.

[@RogerNuncioMusic]

An entire life in just one minute true the eyes.....

[@GabyGibson]

You can see how happy she is to see him. And he is, too. Absolutely moving.

[@christinapetrova3067]

It’s the fact that he came back 🥲

[@stealth_mode_8313]

"The eyes chico they never lie"

[@veroniquedelphi7689]

How beautiful. Thank you for inspiring and daring to expose yourself for art.

[@nashesolnishko]

Как она погладила его пальцы...Это любовь женского сердца

[@lilai786]

At first I thought how I like her blood red dress then I noticed Ulay's shirt collar has colour of a calmer shade of red--this whether by accident or done intentionally, is very endearing. Thank you for the vid x

[@ninapollock5267]

The immediate smile is everything!

[@roebunnie]

just absolutely beautiful. i love coming back to re-watch this powerful and moving moment during this performance. their love is one of the greatest.

[@jktealord]

the body language in this video is insane

[@mrdcnas]

beautiful performance art piece! those tears mean more to me, than some random painting...

[@logon900]

My Art History professor showed us this as one of her lessons. I'm so glad I found it again. Every time I need a good happy cry I'll come back to this video.

[@whizkiddreloaded]

...and now they're suing each other!

[@joshuahuizing1142]

+The RailTechie crazy www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/11/marina-abramovic-sued-by-former-lover-and-collaborator-ulay

[@PeachTea38]

Thats what i heard too

[@rudy93170]

extraordinaire ,pas de mots, des sensations ,de l'histoire ,au coeur de l'être humain depuis le AAAA

[@northsun7950]

ดีมากเลยครัช โอโห ผในี่น้ำตาไหลเลยครับ ผมจะติดตามงานคุณต่อไปครับ

[@peacepalestinesyria]

he was her partner in life and work for a long time, and i think this was their first encounter after the end of their relationship.

[@TheAccountMaking]

I was touched even without knowing what was going on, lmfao.

[@Esotericyoga]

She is me. I am we. We are one.

[@francazedda5250]

Adoro Marina Abramovic e la sua arte concettuale che ti tocca dentro. È controversa, spudorata, coraggiosa, creativa, fantastica, lugubre, geniale e unica.

[@thetopbird]

Ulay: I love that dress Marina: Thank you Ulay: OK

[@G_Lyon]

Wow que profundidad, que intensidad y que momento más tenso e introspectivo… obvio hablo de la música lo otro es una payasada!!!

[@LittleMonsterMan93]

This is so beautiful.

[@harborwolf22]

The type of performance an actor would give their life to recreate.

[@noorusmah]

how can something so simple gets me bawling

[@jode68]

She knew he would be there, she wore red

[@TheAlexMomo]

ce moment... Un véritable luxe

[@MrpachecoX]

Human connection tells all. Its enough.

[@ingridmaeda7823]

Nos anos 70, Marina Abramovic viveu uma intensa história de amor com Ulay. Durante 5 anos viveram num furgão realizando todo tipo de performances. Quando sentiram que a relação já não valia aos dois, decidiram percorrer a Grande Muralha da China; cada um começou a caminhar de um lado, para se encontrarem no meio, dar um último grande abraço um no outro, e nunca mais se ver. 23 anos depois, em 2010, quando Marina já era uma artista consagrada, o MoMa de Nova Iorque dedicou uma retrospectiva a sua obra. Nessa retrospectiva, Marina compartilhava um minuto de silêncio com cada estranho que sentasse a sua frente. Ulay chegou sem que ela soubesse, e foi assim...

[@maytti1646]

Que história maravilhosa

[@tonyflow21]

Y es ahi en ese preciso momento en el que la mirada se combierte en voz y el cilencio es el grito que despierta el alma ........

[@KavitaSingh-jw9lz]

My heart filled with pain and eyes with tears after watching this

[@alessandro.carvalho]

Talvez a cena mais bonita da arte performática.

[@majajovanovic321]

So emotional.. ❤

[@MrMystere68]

intensissimo...se l'arte deve fare emergere emozioni, allora questa è arte

[@AzAllurista]

I did that nearly too. It is a truly moving moment of the film.

[@jacobchow1483]

She looks like she does the same facial expression Ulay made at 1:26. Like it's something they did when they were together. Anyone else see that?

[@anthonyn.9228]

Love this.

[@hypnosis07]

Instant tears

[@Judithdoodle]

Love that she let go first

[@nerminartt]

Woman really beautiful

[@janeccameron]

so beautiful

[@zackcovell]

so very beautiful and touching!!!

[@kaileemae7348]

What people have to understand is art is subjective. Weather someone says this is art or not they are right no matter what. That’s what is so cool about art it’s neither right or wrong, correct or incorrect.

[@todorela]

Odgledala sam danas ceo film. Plakala i plakala i vraćala ovu i još neke scene po ko zna koliko puta. Predivna je.

[@mortic0n]

I cried at this part. Just cried and cried.

[@williamcecil5280]

Lovely!

[@zypister1]

how touching!

[@PeachTea38]

I hv watched this sooo many times

[@punkerz250]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbWe3-EfLt9bac&t

[@fiorebella3179]

I cry everytime i see this

[@Mellymelwaddahell]

Imagine if after you die you have to sit down with every single person you’ve ever crossed paths with, to rencounter how you treated them.

[@VasiliiTsar]

Beautiful

[@joanna1699]

just beautiful, made me cry.

[@punkerz250]

she is a satanist : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbWe3-EfLt9bac&t

[@ohsweetyno]

i'm sobbing

[@gloriaglo4156]

L'amore vero non muore mai...

[@ann_jee]

To have so much to say but just to converse with the eyes..❤True art

[@pereiraxnd]

Eu chorei muito.

[@Doctorcammez]

Absolutely fantastic

[@Exmortis369]

She : Want some cake ? He : Ok, Im out :(

[@punkerz250]

she is a satanist : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbWe3-EfLt9bac&t

[@jamiewhite5839]

such emotion in this........

[@goku21youtub]

only for the weakminded

[@FasterFaster196]

So lovely. He began suing her in 2015. 🤣

[@bufboston1]

Ha!

[@R.Kinney1492]

They don't call it performance art for nothing ~ The apotheosis of kitsch.

[@sh0352]

This is how i feel when i eat the last cookie

[@punkerz250]

she is a satanist : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbWe3-EfLt9bac&t

[@Max-yk5mo]

omg this made me cry.. I WANT ANSWERS ugh :o

[@jkellogg2]

No one seems to mention that he looks basically unemotional. He feels awkward in the moment, that’s very clear, and makes sense. I don’t see anything at all like what so many other people seem to see with him here.

[@emiliagajda6581]

Dusza cierpi.........❤

[@slavkosaric3804]

R.I.P. dear Ulay!

[@MEXICOTKD83]

thanks for this.

[@brenocalixto6253]

Pica Pau e Chapeuzinho vermelho eram contadas pela minha mãe quando eu era BaBY!

[@attilaszabo2603]

I missed the hugs. The hand touch is very deep, but...but..

[@simonetta53logan]

Yup, great love, infidelity and litigation.

[@FakeMyWorld]

What many ppl don't know is that he actually cheated and Marina with his chinese translator and he got that woman pregnant and then told Marina

[@ChrisPatti]

Read the earlier comments, it's explained in detail there.

[@is67987]

Que Dieu vous bénisse.