Marina Abramovic

Breathing in - Breathing out

It just looks like a kiss between lovers, but actually it is one deep breath.

Performance by Marina Abramovic and Ulay

We are kneeling face to face, pressing our mouths together.

Our noses are blocked with filtertips.

Ulay

I am breathing in oxygen.

I am breathing out carbon dioxide.

Marina

I am breathing in carbon dioxide.

I am breathing out carbon dioxide.

Ulay

I am breathing in carbon dioxide.

I am breathing out carbon dioxide.

Duration: 19 minutes

April, 1977

Studenski Kulturni Centar, Belgrade.

Visitors: 250

(Artist Body, p.148)

Marina Abramovic

 "I dream that I wake up in another dream, talking to my shadow.”

M. A. about her performance with Ulay “The Lovers – The Great Wall Walk” (1988)

(Artist Body, p. 302)

They walked the entire length of the Great Wall of China. Marina Abramovic started walking at the eastern end and Ulay at the western end of the Wall. They both continuously walked for 90 days over a distance of 2,000 kilometers until they met.

Marina Abramović