The image cannot show movement. It fixes a specific moment and any movement is excluded from classically understood painting. The movement is ushered in by another art form, film. I believe that a picture can only exist as it is presented to you, as it stands as a picture. If you include it in other media, give it the dimension of a film, that what is potentially begins to move, that the character begins to speak, act, the image will lose all significance. If one goes beyond the framework of the essential image, which is static, the image will lose its true value. The image is static, and you watch the movie in time. The difference between a picture and a film is simply in the continuity of time and in the way of perception. One is simultaneous in one moment, the other is successive and lasts in time", said prof. Ph.D Siniša Jelušić, who was a guest of the tenth session of the forum "Imaginarium" organized by JU "Zahumlje" Nikšić.
Speaking on the subject of paintings and films, as well as literary works, Jelušić said that a painting is a segment, a single moment in time, and that it depends on the painter at which moment it will be shown, thereby transcending concreteness, while a written work is good a work only when it includes some deep images.
"That is completely lost today. We live today mostly connected, if these are values at all, with some easy and superficial values. No one will delve into the seriousness of reading. But when you dig deep, when you get into the deepest questions of reading, then you penetrate into a universe that is something completely different from our usual everyday way of life, in which the real, deep things don't really touch us. And I fear that this crisis is increasing. It is related to both the crisis of reading and the crisis of true values. Very soon we will lose what is most important for man, which is his spiritual substance. The spirit is completely lost, and another category comes to the fore, which is extremely dangerous and which Dostoevsky spoke about very seriously, and that is the category of evil. "If you look around you, you will see that at every step we live today in a world of extremely widespread evil, and the big question is how much art can help in this and whether something can be done," said Jelušić.
However, according to him, although art cannot teach a person something in a practical sense, although it cannot influence on a global level, through art we can change ourselves, because the connection that exists between art and man is the depth of emotions and souls.
Jelušić showed about the connection of artistic directions and their intertwining, but also the differences between a picture and a film, that is, a literary work, through the example of Bergman's "Magic Flute" and "Octoi".
"In the introductory part of Bergman's 'The Magic Flute', a whole series of character portraits appears. These are psychological portraits given in a cinematic way, conveying a visual language basically, because the portraits are singled out in the sense that real painters do. "Bergman is normally known for large-scale shots that are completely artistic, and this is especially evident here - he combined painting, music and, of course, film," Jelušić pointed out.
In a conversation with the editor of the forum, an art historian Kristina Radović, Jelušić revealed that he is closer to the idea of Christian philosophy than other theories, although he believes that today it is in a complete crisis, that he is particularly fond of Russian literature, but also of great German writers, as well as that a special place is occupied by Ivo Andric i Njegos. In an intimate confession, he said that his maturation was influenced by the visual arts, primarily painting and film, that as high school students they had a magazine called "Naša riječ" which they edited themselves and where they published art pieces, film reviews, and engaging opinions.
The conversation with Jelušić, who has been an associate member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2018, was organized as part of the May repertoire of the Nikšić cultural scene.
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