The Ego Nickel

carlosbaila:

Marina Abramovic meets Ulay

“Marina Abramovic and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again. at her 2010 MoMa retrospective Marina performed ‘The Artist Is Present’ as part of the show, a minute of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Ulay arrived without her knowing it and this is what happened.”

“En los años 70, Marina Abramovic mantuvo una intensa historia de amor con Ulay. Pasaron 5 años viviendo en una furgoneta realizando toda clase de performances. En 1988, cuando su relación ya no daba para más, decidieron recorrer la Gran Muralla China, empezando cada uno de un lado, para encontrarse en el medio, abrazarse y no volver a verse nunca más. En 2010 el MoMa de Nueva York dedicó una retrospectiva a su obra. Dentro de la misma, Marina compartía un minuto en silencio con cada extraño que se sentaba frente a ella. Ulay llegó sin que ella lo supiera, y esto fue lo que pasó”

(via soupsoup)

kickstarter:

Before, After, & In Between is a new comics anthology that just won’t quit. Twelve talented artists are coming together to tell new tales that revolve around a single date: December 21st, 2012. 

The art student behind the project has already blown through her Kickstarter goal, but new backers keep trickling in. Just four days left to join in the fun.

beforeafterandinbetween:

This is the final stretch!! We have less than a week left and would love to convert any stragglers into our backers! I was pondering on what would be the best way to do so… Then I realized I have a partial-dummy book I was looking over for any technical edits and thought to indulge you guys with it too! Well snippets anyways. 

And just to remind you, we have grand total of 12 artists in the mix! This is only 5 of them; you do the math. Our project gets funded on the 14th, so hurry in while you still can!

nevver:

Gormley