Ulay Movies

  • 1977
    Relation in Time

    Relation in Time

    Relation in Time

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    Marina Abramovic's performance 'Relation in time', with her long time partner Ulay. "We are sitting back to back, tied together by our hair, without...

    Relation in Time
  • 2017
    How I Stole a Painting

    How I Stole a Painting

    How I Stole a Painting

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    The story of one of the most radical performances in art history told by German artist Ulay, who in 1976 decided to steal Hitler's favorite painting...

    How I Stole a Painting
  • 1977
    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

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    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
  • 1977
    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

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    “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
  • 1977
    Breathing in/breathing out

    Breathing in/breathing out

    Breathing in/breathing out

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    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
    Light / Dark

    Light / Dark

    Light / Dark

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    Ulay and Abramovic face each other in a kneeling position, and take turns to slap each other hard in the face. Due to the strong light shining onto...

    Light / Dark
  • 1983
    City of Angels

    City of Angels

    City of Angels

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    Combining video, performance art, documentary, and tableau vivant, this short piece set in what appears to be part of the Ayutthaya Ruins in Bangkok,...

    City of Angels
  • 1976
    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

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    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
  • 1997
    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

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    '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