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Ms. Abramovic said that the piece that best represented their romance and collaboration was “Rest Energy,” from 1980.

One of their pieces, Rest Energy, performed in Dublin in 1980, saw them balance each other on opposite sides of a drawn bow and arrow, with the arrow pointed at Abramović’s heart; one slip from Ulay and he could have killed her.

Three years later, the work Rest Energy saw Ulay point a drawn bow and arrow at Abramović’s heart – a slight movement of one finger could have killed her.

At one point, two dancers are arranged by the others to rest towards each other in a sort of inverse position to Marina Abramovic and Ulay’s famous Rest Energy piece.

But beyond the immediate affirmation of restating our moral convictions, I confess my nagging worry that ceaseless statement-writing as an act of protest is sucking us dry — of time, rest, energy, creativity and our place in the public square.