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)