The incredible break-up story of Marina Abramović & Ulay on China’s Great Wall

This excerpt from the 2012 documentary 'The Artist Is Present' covers the incredible break-up story of Marina Abramović and Ulay.
Initially, when the couple planned the trip, they intended to get married at the center of the Great Wall of China. However, after finally acquiring all the authorization required from the Chinese government, they decided to change their plan. What started out as a marriage celebration turned into last goodbyes for the couple
In 1988, Abramović would start walking the wall from the east while Ulay would start from the west. It would take three months for the couple to meet in the middle, where they would break up and go their separate ways. The couple titled the piece 'The Lovers'.
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[@allgood5710]

They are a living poem.

[@MercuryLove46]

Cheating ended their relationship... very sad. They loved each other.

[@widM_]

Cheating is not the right word for it, it's the reason behind the cheating.

[@MercuryLove46]

@짜장면먹자 Ulay did :(

[@yvonne767]

@짜장면먹자 they both did... at the same time!

[@beautifulbutterfly6669]

What happened?

[@tomkvideo]

@@beautifulbutterfly6669 Ulay cheated first, and then Marina cheated on him with a mutual friend. And then during the time it took for Ulay and Marina to negotiate with China for permission to do the Great Wall walk, Ulay got his translator pregnant, lol.

[@aeromodeller1]

"Like ships passing in the night." We meet, spend time together, then move on. The symbolism would have been more complete if they had continued past each other, all the way to the opposite ends.

[@alexasaltz4229]

Wow! Yes...

[@beautifulbutterfly6669]

This reminds me of the song sweet night by Kim taehyung

[@mrchesse5795]

I agree 😭😭😭

[@AIIISSSHHHH]

That's good idea ...but in private life they had a incomplete journey ...it ended in the middle of great Wall of china symbolises their relationship ended in the middle i mean incomplete way

[@cutzymccall7675]

She is a great conceptual artist. I love their story and how they met I think at MOMA once again years later during her "silent sitting" show.

[@alonzokincaid1362]

CutZy McCall i like her spirit cooking where she gets covered in coagulated pigs blood. Its so artistic!

[@aeromodeller1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3bGoqKnq9Grhrs

[@jupiterinaries6150]

@@alonzokincaid1362 Marina, the woman xtians love to hate.

[@seeeliwww]

so u support child murder & pedophilia?

[@dice1331]

Lesson: Don't fck a common friend and translator.

[@JPatelLive]

Stay committed and faithful! 💯 🙏🏾

[@user-dl7pi2mq2q]

Also the colour choice of blue and orange when meeting each other neutralise themselves in dead cold grey.

[@xx1willis1xx]

How nice it must be to have a relationship end with both parties in a neutrally agreed, mature ending with decent humanity and understanding. If only it could be this way for everyone. I know i have that capacity but those in which i have personally been involved with have not.

[@MrEmreWawa]

RIP Ulay

[@celebnone787]

Why is this not a movie ???

[@dirahmarazuki5457]

Hai there i came here because the tiktok vdeo of ulay came over when the red girl doesn't know her old boyfriend ex🥺 and that make me really cry same with the red girl dress 😢

[@highlightsreels6425]

Same

[@dusicakadric]

I keep watching over and over again

[@ComradeLeonTrotsky]

people take themselves WAY too seriously

[@sharonjack8582]

Romance that does not work out can do so much DAMAGE to people. It is like a fire that has to be managed. These were such passionate gorgeous-looking people. Hindsight usually shows us what we cannot see in the middle of the HEAT. I am so GRATEFUL for my platonic connections in life. Crazy romance can make one crazy and so unbalanced. It is also possible to love more than person at a time which really messes up one's balance, even if it is only emotional. What I have learned the very hard way is simple - just be careful WHO we love. LIKING people is so much easier to deal with in LIFE.

[@Syd.Stha98]

Watched this after 4 years again

[@WisamAbouHarb]

So powerful and always timely history wow

[@rawdog42]

RIP Ulay. We all will follow.

[@newt2049]

Have fun, I’ll watch🤣

[@jamesleftlion]

Think I'll walk up the street and meet the missus after work in dedication to Ulay. 8 mins instead of 8 years, but it's all relative.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

tbf the walkin part was three months, but still far longer than your walk heh

[@mariannemarianne4759]

💔 RIP Ulay

[@alexasaltz4229]

IRL it is not so simple. Still a beautiful piece.

[@wildlensbywaqar]

That was not love but lust for the body. When you fulfil it you search for a another body and so on. When you truly love another person you Don't even think of cheating let alone actually doing it.

[@usawrestling2842]

Good lord she is beautiful. Respect

[@reesebrunson9830]

She really was. And he was a handsome man. Their love for each other was so strong

[@1me3]

I'm weird that I'm watching this based on a question from a podcast .

[@bijoulille8816]

What was the question? What podcast?

[@ryanzacsanders]

where is the continuation?

[@thecobaltroom]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYSThZpmfs92ppY.... but look for the documentary called 'The Artist is Present' full version 2012

[@fathimamardiah5124]

So, they suppose to married there but they chose to still do the walk and split up? It's the same as you walk on aisle in wedding dress just to say "I'm breaking up with you"

[@clarasteuerwald2397]

it’s like the marriage took 8 years to organise, and in the meantime so many things changed between them. by the time it was ready, they no longer wanted to get married but they decided to do the piece anyways as farewell instead.

[@Anjali54032]

​@@clarasteuerwald2397why did they broke up

[@DarkSnP]

Well one big issue he literally slept and got pregnant with his translator​@@Anjali54032

[@velvetclaw2316]

Part 2: marina hires a woman to play herself marina, who then stalks Ulay who then hires an actor to have sex with marina - the two actors have a relationship and realise how much they hate ulay and marina and have them both kidnapped. They escape. The actors get married and live happily ever after. Marina and ulay take each other to court and issue restraining orders on each other. However this does not cover actors playing them.

[@Lindz0928]

lol wait is this a real story??

[@kittylouiselle7256]

So sad

[@guitarislife9831]

Marina ..... Teach me...... please ....

[@raybuckfernandez8880]

Let go and enjoy life 😔

[@laurenceat9136]

So true ☺️

[@ayushs4093]

rip ulay

[@Likethesurfaceofaclock]

They sacrificed their relationship for art

[@loyaltyoptimismversatilityerud]

Marina is Iron Woman.

[@andresm3537]

The Nazca Lines | The Orion Lines | United States

[@jadenmorales7376]

Unfaithful 😞😞💔💔

[@eldabasa]

Why she was getting slap what that art name

[@fucksampleclearance2106]

2 years late, but that particular art piece is called "Confrontation".

[@VickyVk1]

They were slapping Each other dude .. Not "she was getting slapped" 😒

[@eldabasa]

​@VickyVk1 thanks i keept wondering for almost 4 years 😅

[@jeromearanas4050]

man I regret watching this, curiosity got the best of me, really broke the magic for me. Ulay, you cheating bastard (You too Marina)

[@dan020350]

:)

[@ami7mina]

AC user.

[@jamesm5953]

Yeh whatever… don’t have to be a drama queen about everything

[@giovannaandrade4388]

Ele eram infiéis é? Meu inglês eh ruim kkkkkkkk

[@talora5991]

Yes

[@axelfoley2495]

The last time an evil ex girlfriend stared into my face,i bashed her across the head with my jukebox.She became a WWE wrestler after that.

[@ThemanIusedtoBe]

Funny

[@velvetclaw2316]

I find a lot of this hilariously pretentious and very comical - like a parody of pretentious artists. I can’t believe a comic has not satirised this !

[@j.bluderivera5785]

They did this already lol episode is amazing with cate blanchet

[@acarnecdet]

🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@april8044]

freaks

[@watchmanofchrist8667]

Elites Top Witch Marina Abramovic. With Her Sick And Vile Art Work & Spirit Cooking Ceremonies. How Could Anyone In There Right Mind Give Her Praise & Worship

[@jupiterinaries6150]

You dont speak for Christ.

[@watchmanofchrist8667]

@@jupiterinaries6150 Jesus Is Lord.

[@jupiterinaries6150]

@@watchmanofchrist8667 please keep your religion to yourself its much more attractive.

[@watchmanofchrist8667]

@@jupiterinaries6150 God Bless You. Don't Be Deceived. By The god Of This World.

[@jupiterinaries6150]

@@watchmanofchrist8667 sadly you have been decieved by the superstitions of men.

[@bryanramirez4827]

Stop messing with that pigs blood baby!!!!!!

[@theturtlesmasher]

Wait, I thought she sells herself as enlightened? In enlightenment, there is no self-concept and, therefore, no depression. She's a fraud.

[@hello-vs4dc]

She isn’t a fraud. She’s human. No matter what an individual’s philosophy is about life/spirituality/anything else, it HURTS to lose someone you love. It hurts at the time it occurs, for quite some time afterward, and if the love that individual felt was real (even if the other person didn’t feel the same way), it will also continue to ache in the future whenever they think of their past with that person - this is true even if happiness has been found with someone else.

[@rupertrozells5816]

That is what you get when you are a devil worshipper, & whoever said you are a great artist? You cannot paint to save your life.

[@Gamepablo]

why do you take painting as the epitome of art. clearly ignorant in the topic.

[@trollface865]

Rupert Rozells fuck off. You saying she is a devil worshipper just cuz Alex Jones told you so?

[@DopeForeverBeats]

Jesus love you, he died on the cross for you, accept him as your lord and savior he can change everything. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" (Jn 3:16" But you must repent too. From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near. (Matthew 4:17),

[@mn9120]

This is not loving, this is symbiosis. This is NOT art because it is destructive... real art is grand Mozart ... these two sick people are just Salieri!!!

[@alinepacheco9517]

Oh no, we have another case of eurocentric mind