Ulay
Ulay, born Frank Uwe Laysiepen, 1943 is a German artist, actor, and photographer, now based in Amsterdam, Holland, and Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ulay received international recognition for his work as a photographer, mainly in Polaroid, from the late 1960s, and later as a performance artist, including his collaborative performances with Marina Abramovic from 1976 to 1988.
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
as SelfPerformance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum...
Movie pageBalkan Baroque
as SelfBalkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina...
Movie pageUlay
as HimselfUlay is a conceptual artist whose photography pushed boundaries, and whose love affair with...
Movie pageMarina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End
as Self - ArtistThirty years after their separation, performance artists Marina Abramović and Frank Uwe 'Ulay'...
Movie pageRelation in Space
as uncreditedIn the first 58 minute Performance, Relation in Space, which took place in July 1976 at the...
Movie pageImponderabilia
as uncredited"Naked we stand opposite each other in the museum entrance. The public entering the museum has...
Movie pageThe Way Between Two Points
as uncreditedEl camino entre dos puntos (The way between two points) investigates Patagonia’s tainted nature....
Movie pageThe Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink
as HimselfIn the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind...
Movie pageThe story of Marina Abramovic and Ulay
as uncreditedLegendary couple in performance art – Marina Abramović and Ulay – lived together for 12 years...
Movie pageExpansion in Space
as himselfIn 'Expansion in Space' (1977, Dokumenta 6, Kassel), Ulay and Abramovic do not collide with each...
Movie pageThe Pink Biennal
as uncreditedTelevision special of five episodes directed by Alfredo Di Laura dedicated to the exhibition...
Movie pageAAA-AAA
as himselfThe video tape shows the half-length portraits of Abramović and her husband Ulay standing...
Movie pageHow I Stole a Painting
as The artistThe story of one of the most radical performances in art history told by German artist Ulay, who...
Movie pageRest Energy
as SelfUlay and Abramovic draw a large bow and arrow, one holding each side. The arrowhead is pointing...
Movie pageBalance Proof
as uncreditedUlay and Abramović are standing holding a double-sided mirror between their bodies.
Movie pageRelation in Movement
as himselfMarina: we even use our car in the performance, in '77, for the Paris Biennale in the front of...
Movie pageDocumentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance
as uncredited“Before the eyes of all, at least of those present, the naked and direct exhibitions of the body...
Movie pageRelation in Time
as selfMarina Abramovic's performance 'Relation in time', with her long time partner Ulay. "We are...
Movie pageIncision
as uncreditedUlay is fixed to a wall by a fixed rubber cord, while Marina stands at the limit of Ulay's...
Movie pageThere Is a Criminal Touch to Art
as uncreditedA documentation of the live Action Ulay performed in Berlin in 1976. It shows step by step his...
Movie pageBreathing in/breathing out
as UlayFor this performance the two artists blocked their nostrils with cigarette filters and pressed...
Movie pageLight/Dark
as HimselfUlay and Abramović take turns hitting each other in the face, gradually increasing speed and...
Movie pageTalking about Similarity
as himself'Talking about Similarity' took place in Amsterdam, on November 30th, 1976. The performance,...
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