Ulay Movies

  • 1988
    China Ring

    China Ring

    China Ring

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    China Ring is an "unedited video notebook" that documents the artists' journey to the Great Wall of China in preparation for their final...

    China Ring
  • 1975
    Freeing the Voice

    Freeing the Voice

    Freeing the Voice

    01975HD

    Serbian artist Marina Abramovic is lying on her back on the floor and screaming until her voice is lost.

    Freeing the Voice
  • 1977
    Expansion in Space

    Expansion in Space

    Expansion in Space

    01977HD

    In 'Expansion in Space' (1977, Dokumenta 6, Kassel), Ulay and Abramovic do not collide with each other, as they did in Relation in Space (1976), but...

    Expansion in Space
  • 1978
    Three

    Three

    Three

    01978HD

    Documentation of the 2-hour performance by Marina Abramović and Ulay, performed in 1978 at Harlekin Art in Wiesbaden. In this piece, the two...

    Three
  • 1977
    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

    01977HD

    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
  • 1975
    Freeing the Memory

    Freeing the Memory

    Freeing the Memory

    01975HD

    ‘Freeing the Memory’ is the second of three significant performances enacted in 1976 in which Marina Abramović attempted to achieve...

    Freeing the Memory
  • 1979
    Kaiserschnitt

    Kaiserschnitt

    Kaiserschnitt

    01979HD

    The starting point of Kaiserschnitt is a triangular construction. A horse stands in the centre of a large space, tied to a rope. Ulay and Abramovic...

    Kaiserschnitt
  • 1977
    Relation in Time

    Relation in Time

    Relation in Time

    01977HD

    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
  • 1983
    City of Angels

    City of Angels

    City of Angels

    01983HD

    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
  • 1997
    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

    01997HD

    '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
  • 1977
    Charged Space

    Charged Space

    Charged Space

    01977HD

    When the speed and the spinning becomes too much for them, they let go and collapse..

    Charged Space
  • 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
  • 2017
    How I Stole a Painting

    How I Stole a Painting

    How I Stole a Painting

    62017HD

    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