Celebrated performance artist Marina Abramovi\u0107 stated that she is proud of the student rebellion in Serbia and that she always cries when she watches their demonstrations, calling them \u201cthe heroes of today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am very, very proud of the students, of their rebellion. I wrote on my social media profiles, including Instagram and Facebook, that the students in Serbia are the heroes of today. They are strong, fantastic, incredible\u2026 Their demonstrations, their gestures carry such power, and at the same time peacefulness. Bright, determined, quick-witted, they completely open their hearts to everyone. When I watch those demonstrations, I always cry. It\u2019s moving. Also, so many, many people are with them \u2014 peasants, workers, intellectuals\u2026 And they truly are the heroes of today,\u201d Abramovi\u0107 said in an interview for the new issue of the weekly \u201cNIN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abramovi\u0107 said that she will come to Belgrade next year to film part of a documentary that covers her life with Ulay in Amsterdam after leaving her hometown, as well as her later period in New York, but she will not present her new work \u201cBalkan Erotic Epic\u201d in Belgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will not present it here, first because no one invited me, and also because I won\u2019t out of principle,\u201d said Abramovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to her, it is a large undertaking involving 120 people, based on research conducted across the Balkans, and it speaks, among other things, about the meaning of pagan rituals, which she has connected to communism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt begins with Tito\u2019s funeral, lasts four hours, I have connected various kinds of performers, it\u2019s imbued with humor, it has a special epic quality\u2026 It will have its own life in various places around the world until the end of 2027,\u201d she said, adding that this is the work containing the most autobiographical elements so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t have done it earlier because I simply didn\u2019t have the experience, the wisdom. I didn\u2019t have a clear picture of what really happened in my childhood, what was going on with Tito, communism, my country, the pagan heritage, my grandmother\u2019s religiosity, my father, my mother\u2026 I couldn\u2019t understand it all, many things caused me pain. At this age I have a clearer picture. This work is very personal, but it also speaks so much about that Yugoslavia which no longer exists,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abramovi\u0107 also complained about the attitude of Serbian authorities toward her art, noting as an example that when she had her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 2010, none of the Serbian officials attended, even though she was the first artist from the region to exhibit at MoMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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