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Vladimir Kostic’s attempt to respond to Emir Kusturica’s speech in a cultural way marked upholding the dignity of dialogue and the need to protect SANU from the onslaught of noise and anger from the crowd, the directors said in a joint written statement. Goran Markovic and Nebojsa Bradic. , writer Dragan Velikic, art historian Irina Subotic, and editor Zoran Hamović.
Photo: BETAPHOTO / MILAN TIMOTIĆ“The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the bearer of the values of civilization and one of the most important institutions of Serbian society. An attack by a director, accustomed to special treatment and permanent privileges in all regimes, on the president of the Academy is not only a form of personal recognition, but also a blow to the institution of civic spirituality in Serbia. “Vladimir Kostic’s attempt to respond to Emir Kusturica’s speech in a cultural way marked the defense of the dignity of dialogue and the need to protect SANU from the onslaught of crowd noise and anger, “said this group of artists and intellectuals gathered around the” Creative Serbia “Initiative.
For those wondering if this is the right time for divisions and rankings, the answer is where we were long before the founding of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bradić, Velikić, Marković, Subotić and Hamović stated in a statement. joint in writing. .
“If we now step back and withdraw before a force that does not hesitate to slander everyone and everything, leaving its president to the violence of the mafia and the tabloid press, are we complicit?” They asked.
This group of artists and intellectuals reacted to the exchange of open letters between the director Emir Kusturica and the president of SANU, Vladimir Kostic.
Explaining why he rejected the nomination for member of the Academy, the director accused Kostic of directly interfering in the process of proposing new potential members, adding that “he does not believe in his good intentions, and less in his vision for the future.” from Kosovo and Metohija “.
The SANU president responded that he appreciated Kusturica as a director, but rejected his accusations as incorrect, adding that “he is definitely not a person I can think of in these circumstances, much less devise incomprehensible conspiracies due to some revenge known only to him “. . “”, Adding that Kusturica was nominated as a candidate by the poet Matija Bećković.
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