Djorđe Kaurin - Mr. Diamond

Author and performer

Magician and illusionist. Specialized in stage magic, big illusions and quick costume changes; performing around the world. Education (Ballet school Lujo Davico) and experience as a dancer (National Theatre Belgrade, Terazije Musical Theatre) has a significant influence on his stage appearance.

In his recent projects, he attempts to connect magic and illusion with various artistic forms. Apart from this, he is involved in charity projects with disabled children.

Irina Jankovic

Co-author and performer

Student of the Faculty Of Fine Arts - Belgrade, Graduate of College of Fine Arts And Design. Participated in projects with; ŠKART - HORHEŠKART, Blue Theater, City Reparation Workshop - Creative Writing. Since 1997 performs as an assistant in Mr. Diamond's magic and illusion shows. Involved in charity projects with disabled children.

Jelena Markovic

Director

Graduate of Faculty of Drama Arts - Belgrade, Department for film directing; She also studied on All Russian State Institute Of Film - Moscow. Graduate of Center for Women Studies - Belgrade. Directed several short and documentary films (Connections, ARTE Channel & Ohne Gepeack, 2003) shown on many international film festivals. She directs for Art and Culture program of national television RTS. She is also a peace activist in a feminist group Women In Black - Belgrade (UN Millenium Award for peace, 2001; nominees, Nobel Prize for peace, 2001).

Jovo Marjanovic

Animaton, Camera & Video Editing

3D Computer Animator, specialized in character animation. Graduate of Damelin College, Cape Town - South Africa and Vancouver Film School - B.C. Canada. Cooperated with numerous animation studios worldwide. He aims to explore infinite possibilites of blending computer animation into theater staging together with actors’ interaction.

Performance Defying the laws of physics we create new Art
The spot directed by Jelena Markovic

The project was conceived as a multimedia event, which explores and visualizes the interlude of different levels of reality with the aid of conjuring and/or magic.

By combining video, animation, stage motion and costume the unobstructed movement through the various planes of visible has been achieved, with the literal jumping out of two-dimensional screen into the real space.

Distancing from everyday position of reality, displacement within the frames of logical, default, experiencing, points to the possibility of a different view, and a new impression. Not only that slithering of the ratio opens the space for anillusion, magic, but it brings as well, a dilemma of the analytical approach itself. This relates especially to the art and its non-consignment, dodging from attempts of sorting, classification and reducing to recognizable.

Maja Stankovic