Legendary dog
2014 Video
14.30 min
‘The legendary dog’ talks about a fragment from the life of Ulay, a famous conceptual artist. In fact, the film is about a journey that he and his partner -renowned artist Marina Abramovic conduct in Kosovo in 1977. Their journey is crowned with a performance which takes place inside the ironclad borders between then the-Yugoslavia (Kosovo) and Albania’s socialist dictatorship, with movements between the two states being impossible, that is a movement of the same people – of the Albanian living in two states. But the visit he and his partner make does not end with an only performance from Ulay – dubbed Quakovich explores Albania- they also get new family member, Alba. The unique dog-breed of Kosovo, the Sharri dog (know as Illyrian shepherd) – which at the time used to be considered national asses- spends 14 years with the famous conceptual art couple, and the includes five years in their famous van, which has now been turned into a work of art. Ulay, Marina Abramovic and Alba live perfectly well together, but at some point in time, life parts them in opposite directions.
