Relation in Time described a static relation, the artist couple are sitting back to back, and their hair is firmly tied together, symbolising the bond between them. For the first 16 hours in Bologna’s Studio G7 (October 1977), they sat there without an audience. In the 17th hour, the public were admitted, and Abramovic/Ulay continued to sit motionless for another hour. Each hour, a photograph was taken. There are few visible changes – sometimes Ulay sits with his eyes closed, sometimes Marina, or both have them open and look into the void. Their shared plait, their external connection, their umbilical cord, works loose as the hours pass. There is a contrast to the outward connectedness in their inward separateness, their different feelings. Again, as with the previous ones, this is an experience that the viewer can only follow visually, but cannot experience himself. Therefore Abramovic/Ulay’s Performances live primarily on the intensity of their own experience and then in their visibility for the observer who, of course, may perceive both as role models. As in Relation in Movement, these Performances expose the principle of the individual as they progress, although they begin in a synchronised way, like two alarm clocks that were set at the same time, then gradually follow their own pattern.