Love is not about making anyone stay. Love is hearing each other’s song, yet resting contented in each other’s silence. Love is not clinging, or bondage, but space in between your togetherness... and I think that we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud. Marina Abramovic and Ulay were artists who met and fell in love in the 70s. For a decade, they did avant-garde collaborative work, even referring to themselves as a collective being, “The Other.” Yet like many intense collaborations, it ran its course. The flames that burn the brightest sometimes burn out quickly. They parted ways after one final trip across The Great Wall of China. They began at opposite ends, each walking the 2500 kilometers to meet in the middle before they said goodbye. At her 2010 MoMa retrospective, Marina performed a piece titled, “The Artist Is Present.” She sat in silence for a minute with each stranger who sat in front of her. At the opening night of the show, Ulay was among them. This is that chapter of their story. It always make me cry...
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 10:10:27 +0000