12.3.13

LUCKY IN LOVE

IN THE 70's MARINA ABRAMOVIC AND ULAY BEGAN AN INTENSE LOVE STORY, PERFORMING ART OUT OF THE VAN THAT THEY LIVED IN. 
WHEN THEY FELT THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAD RUN IT'S COURSE, THEY DECIDED TO WALK THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, EACH FROM OPPOSITE ENDS, MEETING FOR ONE LAST FINAL HUG IN THE MIDDLE, BEFORE NEVER SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN.

IN 2010 MARINA PERFORMED "THE ARTIST IS PRESENT" AT A RETROSPECTIVE AT MOMA IN NEW YORK. 
SHE SHARED A MINUTE OF SILENCE WITH EACH STRANGER WHO SAT IN FRONT OF HER. 
ULAY ARRIVED WITHOUT HER KNOWING..... THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.



THIS VIDEO CATCHES A MOMENT THAT IS RARELY SEEN
AN APPRECIATION FOR A LOVE THAT WAS, AND THE RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR EACH OTHER 
THAT LIVES WITHIN TWO INDIVIDUALS, DESPITE NO LONGER BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
THIS BOND AND CONTINUED LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER 
IS WHAT YOU DREAM OF HAVING WHEN A RELATIONSHIP ENDS
TO ACHIEVE THIS IS RARE, AND FOR THOSE THAT DO, OH HOW LUCKY YOU ARE
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