乌雷 & 玛丽娜其它頭條網

这段视频拍摄于2000年，纽约现代艺术博物馆（MoMA）。封面里牵手的两人分别是

玛莉娜·阿布拉莫维奇（Marina Abramović）和乌雷（Ulay），最著名的行为艺术家。乌雷先生在今年3月3日去世，也让这段经典的视频重新走红。

在玛丽娜这场名为“The Artist is Present”的表演中，她选择长时间坐在桌子的一侧，面无表情地凝望对面来参观MoMA的观众。在MoMA的展览介绍里，我们看到如下的描述：

In 2010 at MoMA, Abramović engaged in an extended performance called, The Artist Is Present. The work was inspired by her belief that stretching the length of a performance beyond expectations serves to alter our perception of time and foster a deeper engagement in the experience. Seated silently at a wooden table across from an empty chair, she waited as people took turns sitting in the chair and locking eyes with her. Over the course of nearly three months, for eight hours a day, she met the gaze of 1,000 strangers, many of whom were moved to tears.

“Nobody could imagine…that anybody would take time to sit and just engage in mutual gaze with me,” Abramović explained. In fact, the chair was always occupied, and there were continuous lines of people waiting to sit in it. “It was [a] complete surprise…this enormous need of humans to actually have contact.”

这场艺术表演长达三个月，每天玛丽娜静静坐在木桌边，每天八小时，面对1000个陌生人的目光。而且在现场，这把椅子一直都有人坐，而且一直排着长队等着坐。她的创作初衷是想通过一场长度超出预期程度的表演，来帮助我们改变对时间的看法，促使人们在情感更深层次的体验上投入更多。在最后一个月的表演中，玛丽娜连桌子都移走了，就剩她和对面的访客，四目相对。就她而言，The Artist is Present，无处可逃。就访客而言，他们带着各种各样的态度坐下来，或呆或笑或哭或懵，人们透过别人的眼睛却没想看到的竟然都是自己。

生活形形色色，每个人都有着各自的忙碌。有人说，幸好人们生来自带情感天赋，将人们联系在一起，多层次的情感生活被赋予希望，来对抗孤独和暴力。现代社会中，比起来自外界的暴力，内心的孤独，或许更摧残我们。再情深至极的恋人，也很少如此彼此凝视，看着对方，也静静地看对方眼中的自己。这是艺术家理解的情感更深层次的投入。而且玛丽娜这一次安静的过分，可怕到几乎连表情都是凝固的，和过去充满对抗的表演完全不同。