Ulay Movies

  • 1997
    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

    01997HD

    'Talking about Similarity' took place in Amsterdam, on November 30th, 1976. The performance, which lasted ca. 45 minutes, contains two parts that are...

    Talking about Similarity
  • 1978
    Incision

    Incision

    Incision

    01978HD

    Ulay is fixed to a wall by a fixed rubber cord, while Marina stands at the limit of Ulay's expansion.

    Incision
  • 1977
    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

    01977HD

    Marina: we even use our car in the performance, in '77, for the Paris Biennale in the front of the museum we made this piece called Relation In...

    Relation in Movement
  • 1975
    Freeing the Memory

    Freeing the Memory

    Freeing the Memory

    01975HD

    ‘Freeing the Memory’ is the second of three significant performances enacted in 1976 in which Marina Abramović attempted to achieve...

    Freeing the Memory
  • 1988
    China Ring

    China Ring

    China Ring

    01988HD

    China Ring is an "unedited video notebook" that documents the artists' journey to the Great Wall of China in preparation for their final...

    China Ring
  • 1979
    Kaiserschnitt

    Kaiserschnitt

    Kaiserschnitt

    01979HD

    The starting point of Kaiserschnitt is a triangular construction. A horse stands in the centre of a large space, tied to a rope. Ulay and Abramovic...

    Kaiserschnitt
  • 1977
    Charged Space

    Charged Space

    Charged Space

    01977HD

    When the speed and the spinning becomes too much for them, they let go and collapse..

    Charged Space
  • 1977
    Breathing In/Breathing Out

    Breathing In/Breathing Out

    Breathing In/Breathing Out

    01977HD

    For this performance the two artists blocked their nostrils with cigarette filters and pressed their mouths together, so that one couldn’t...

    Breathing In/Breathing Out
  • 1977
    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    01977HD

    “Before the eyes of all, at least of those present, the naked and direct exhibitions of the body take place with all its extensions; but the...

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance
  • 1976
    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    61976HD

    A documentation of the live Action Ulay performed in Berlin in 1976. It shows step by step his arranged "art theft" of Carl Spitzweg's painting "The...

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art