Solo performance by Marko Mandić
Performance as a contact with the self. “I played masturbation in 3 performances. Considering that my penis was always hidden from the eyes of the public, I could easily fake that I was masturbating, but in order to be as authentic as possible, I decided to masturbate for real. I never managed to get it up, let alone ejaculate. I couldn’t understand what blocked the brain and made it impossible to do it on the stage. As if impotence occurs just by stepping on the stage. And the real Marko Mandić stays hidden behind the curtain. The only moment that has nothing to do with acting is the ejaculation. I can’t act that. I would be able to come on stage only if I could make some room to let Mandić come in his own rhythm…”
Conceived by Marko Mandić as a part of performance Would Would Not by Via Negativa, directed by Bojan Jablanovec
Performer: Marko Mandić
Text: Marko Mandić and Bojan Jablanovec
Producer:> Špela Trošt
Production: Via Negativa, 2005
, with the support by Ministry of Culture of RS and the City of Ljubljana
First presentation: 20 September 2009, Via Nova Museum, City Museum Ljubljana
Duration: 15 min