简介：In1988,UlayandAbramovicdecidedtoendtheirrelationshipandtomarkthiswithaperformance,whichbecamethelegendaryendpointoftheircollaboration.AfteryearsofnegotiationswiththeChineseauthorities,theartistsgotthepermissiontocarryout'TheLovers:TheGreatWallWalk',inwhichtheystartedtowalkfromdifferentendsoftheChineseWallinordertomeetinthemiddleandsaygood-byetoeachother.AbramovicstartedwalkingattheeasternendoftheWall,atShanHaiGuan,ontheshoresoftheYellowSea,GulfofBohai,walkingwestward.UlaystartedatthewesternendoftheWall,atJaiyuguan,thesouth-westernperipheryoftheGobiDesert,walkingeastward.Aftertheybothcontinuouslywalkedfor90says,theymetatErLangShn,inShenMu,Shaanxiprovince.Here,theyembracedeachothertogoonwiththeirlifeandworkseparatelyfromthenon.Astheirworkhadoftenemployedritualizedactions,mythologyandEasternthought,'TheLovers:TheGreatWallWalk'hastobeconsideredtheperfectendofthecommonoeuvre-alsoduetotheWall'smythologicalandphilosophicalconnotations.TheperformancewasrecordedbyMurrayGrigorfortheBBC(16mmfilm,transferredtovideo),whichresultedinthedocumentary'TheGreatWall:LoversattheBrink',ofwhichthereexistalongscreening-versionandashorterVHS-version. -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaso0j9x098…