It's time to put on make up."When you open your mouth you lie."(Zen teacher=
).I wake up after terrible dream.In dream I was 35,I thought it's to much.L=
ife's so short…I need to do so many thing…It was 10 years ago.Meanwhile=
-war.If I say that I wasn't involved directly it's just part of some himeri=
c truth(there's nothing like truth,in best case there's many truth,endless =
progression of "truths").Serbia was in isolation,sanction.Now,so called dem=
ocracy, flowering and bring nice life for about2-3% of Serbian people.Mostl=
y criminals,politic and members of non government organization,people who =
take George's Soros's or who-ewer salaries(in time of hyper inflation durin=
g 1993 salary for high educated scientist was about 10 to 20$ per month,So=
ros crowd been paid approximately 10 to 20 times more).After all, they rep=
resent our culture.It's bastard between neo pop,searching for "strong sign"=
,which mean washing past and national history(like red star,titoism,communi=
sm…),memorycid,and recent cultural phenomena like turbofolk,…etc.During=
90-is we were in fanny situation.Nobody want us,so critics,moderators… w=
as against their will with local artist involved in creating cultural scene=
.During 90-is they make many books,studies,exhibition,with and about Serbia=
n art.It's strange,but in that time we were connected with most recent idea=
in Europe - Neomodernism,or Modernism after postmodernism.Of course Soros =
foundation pay for some of that project,but also they make their own produc=
tion(art,school,books…).Local mainstream was born in that time.Potentiall=
y different voices in local cultural ambient become one,and only voice,path=
etic "His master voice"about our quilt,reminiscence about past(master said =
there's no future for us,first we need to make our past clear,which mean to=
take role of World pariah,and represent example for the others.)We are cou=
ntry without future,with fake past.Actually our past is like screenplay wro=
te,rewrote,to satisfy model for next slavery countries(Iraq,South Korea..?)=
After all Hague is institution for instrumentalisation new World order,low =
segment.Many movement against globalization means that something much more =
dangerous arrive. Cruel,hard slavery.We are body for experiments in vivo.Wh=
at do you care about it?Dyske Suematsu,as I see is Japanese.Deconstruction,=
post-structuralism…Well educated man know all that stuff.It's one more op=
portunity to put hard question about existence and existing individua into =
intellectual patterns.What's her background.Which is her angle?After Hirosh=
ima Japan become example for others.National proud crushed in one day.How t=
o be human in that circumstances?Easy.To work,to rebuild what's ruined,to m=
ake economically progress…to be peaceful member of human society.Not to b=
e like Yukio Myshima!Not think!War is bad option .But "peace"in today's con=
stellation and condition is also really bad option.Who's role is to prescri=
be what's important for non western culture?Who's interest is to speak loud=
ly against war,but on the other side to show completely indifference for co=
nsequences of changing ancient tradition and customs?Something in chain of =
human gender which is signified as"I"standing in that ambivalence.After '99=
in Serbia is about30% more cancer,50%suicide, bad education.About half of =
grown people take strong sedative(Benzedine,Diazepam,Lexiliym…),social in=
surance can't cover even easiest operation.Poor people died like flies.I wa=
s shame because Belgrade is not on the list of cities who organize demonstr=
ation against war in Iraq.Dyske is young,I hope,and she hadn't see war.If h=
er attitude include reflection about post war happening,I can understand he=
r distance.OK,we wrote petition against war.We also worried about young peo=
ple who is going to die.But,we understand Dyske and her reasons.There's our=
schizoid projection,our position in"eternal return"in time which is not ye=
t and not anymore."When you think there's problem,there isn't any"(Wittgens=
tein).So let's play games with language.There's no obligation.Covered behin=
d gigantic example of human mind we live our post war illness.There's probl=
ems,but in language they are visible.We are afraid of invisible ones.
MANIK