
STATEMENT<br/> Hereandnow<br/> InthefilmBalkanBaroque,onehastheimpressionthatthecharacterinventsthepastasshespeaks,hereandnow.Thispastseemstohavenorealityoutsidethemomentitisevokedwiththeforcethatischaracteristicoffilmwork.Here,inBalkanBaroque,ithasbecomethepresent,thepresentofthefilmunwindingbeforetheviewer'seyes.<br/> Whatweseeonthescreenisintheprocessofhappening-itistheverygesturethatisgiventousandnotareportonit.Theuniverseofthefilmisgiveninaperpetualpresent.Inotherwords,thisbiographyofMarinaAbramovic,whichimpliesanumberofpastthings,isinprocessofunfoldingbeforeoureyes,hereandnow,aswewatchBalkanBaroque.'Elsewhere'and'formerly'donotexist.Thereisnolongeratruereality,inherentandexternaltothefilm,sothereisnolongeranythingbutthesolerealityoftheprojectedimages.Thefilm,theuniversethatitreveals,sufficesbyitself,ateveryinstant,erasingitselfasitgoesalong,withinaloopthatisliterallynever-ending.<br/> Wearethereforedealingwithasubjective,mentalunwinding.TheworkBalkanBaroqueisnotaccountofanexteriorreality;itisitsownreality.Theonlytimetobeconsideredforthisbiographyistheprojectiontime(63').BalkanBaroqueispurefiction,animaginaryproductioninwhichMarinaAbramovicplaysdifferentroles,includingtheroleoftheartistdoingperformances.