中国的长城：在边缘的恋人  

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