Hate to be a skeptic, but I would wager this being staged.
I mean, apparently the last thing they did together before separating was starting at opposite ends of the great wall of china so that they could walk its length to come together one last time or some shit.
They're eccentric performance artists with a history of performing eccentric artsy things together, so I really wouldn't put it past them.
[QUOTE=Pretty Obscure;47875225]Hate to be a skeptic, but I would wager this being staged.
I mean, apparently the last thing they did together before separating was starting at opposite ends of the great wall of china so that they could walk its length to come together one last time or some shit.
They're eccentric performance artists with a history of performing eccentric artsy things together, so I really wouldn't put it past them.[/QUOTE]
I would believe that it's possible that they planned not to see each other in 30 years, tell her manager or who ever helps her out to plan a meetup which she will forget so it becomes a shock to her when it happens. I'm not being sarcastic either.
I'm just going to enjoy the moment thank you very much.
Staged or not, sometimes you just got to appreciate these videos for what they're meant to be. A small burst of emotion. Life isn't fun looking at everything as a skeptic.
If it is staged, then that makes it art, and that still has worth. It's a touching video either way.
From Wikipedia:
[QUOTE]At her 2010 MoMa retrospective, Marina performed The Artist Is Present, in which she shared a period of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Although "they met and talked the morning of the opening",[22] Marina still seems to have had a deeply emotional reaction to Ulay when he arrived at her performance, reaching to him across the table between them.[23][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;47875750]From Wikipedia:[/QUOTE]
The link for the source in that citation is dead.
[QUOTE=Furioso;47875901]The link for the source in that citation is dead.[/QUOTE]
It isn't, actually. I don't know why it's listed as that.
[url]http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/34134/klaus-biesenbach-on-the-abramoviculay-reunion[/url]
[QUOTE]Marina and Ulay have been in contact sporadically over the years. This past summer, they saw each other for the first time in several years on the occasion of an interview. They met and talked the morning of the opening.[/QUOTE]
Not trying to say the performance is faked or anything, as they seem like genuine emotions and it's a nice video regardless, but the video really stretches the truth about them not having seen each other since breaking up.
There's a documentary called "the artist is present" which is all about this. It's quite good.
Oh my god I'm crying like a bitch what is wrong with me
isn't this pretty old? I'm seeing this video posted all around facebook recently!
If she's not single I only feel bad for her partner.
Heart hurts
[video=youtube;YcmcEZxdlv4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcmcEZxdlv4[/video]
God I hate pretentious modern art.
[QUOTE=luigi1107;47875720]Staged or not, sometimes you just got to appreciate these videos for what they're meant to be. A small burst of emotion. Life isn't fun looking at everything as a skeptic.[/QUOTE]
Life isn't as "fun" if you're unwilling to accept bullshit.
[QUOTE=Furioso;47875734]If it is staged, then that makes it art, and that still has worth. It's a touching video either way.[/QUOTE]
The question is, did they meet up 30 years later and stage that, or did they plan to do that from before they even broke up. Like, "In 30 years, I want you to interrupt one of my art shows, until then never see me again." Because that would be some hardcore shit.
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