We are living in a time when the borders between the spheres of action of a human mind are disappearing. The spheres interpenetrate each other. Theoretical physics, at a certain point, become philosophy, philosophy "fades into" metaphysics. Visual arts, owing to computers, enter domains of electronic and science in general. Art, using new technologies, changes in accordance with altered human environments. We are bombarded, simultaneously, completely accustomed to this type of "future shock". The result is a new aesthetic, but that does not mean that this new aesthetic has anything to do with superficial "mass culture". On the contrary, mixed media, by using the entire age-old cultural inheritance in and around us, offer artists numerous possibilities to express their ideas in deeper and more complex ways. Among newer forms of expression multimedia installations and environments are the most widespread. Both have a definite substance, which can never be exhausted by simple sensual impressions.

Both require a greater effort by the observers in the search for the expounded idea.
Information offered to us by physics, information that most of us, cannot probably comprehend, leads to the theological debates of Gnostics and Agnostics, to Metaphysics. We find ourselves, once again, in a world of poetry, beyond reality, a world which is known to us only through our imperfect senses. And even the worlds we imagine with absolute freedom are created only within the framework of our human values.

The concept of the video, in this case, relies primarily upon the aesthetics of classical animated film. With it’s abstract content this concept emphasizes music as a higher dimension.

As far as form and technology are concerned, experiences from pop music video spots are and will be used as a form of aesthetics present in our everyday life. From the musical point of view this is a contemporary presentation of classical music that uses paintings for visualization, as the starting point for the music. In moments of contemplation visions of inconceivable and uncharted space are formed. Space consisting of quarks, photons, temporal levels, particles of matter carrying remembrances of the Big Bang. There is an awareness of that even the smallest events in space/time cause the most colossal cosmic changes. There is a feeling of togetherness with cosmic pulsation, togetherness with the Universe that is simultaneously both infinite and finite.

Form of the perfomance is based on the projections of the silent film. In the ambience of the Gordana Novakovic’s paintings, the video projection is being conducted. The pianist is improvising according to the pre-recorded tape music, thus giving additional dimension of the live sound.

Essay:
Gordana Novakovic, 1989

"Parallel Worlds", Exhibition of paintings and drawings with computer music, Zemun Art Gallery, Belgrade, 1989
music by Marjan Sijanec
paintings by Gordana Novakovic

Exhibition/performance "Parallel Worlds" incorporating live piano and computer music, video and paintings , ULUS Gallery. Belgrade 1990
composer Marjan Sijanec
piano Dragomir Stanojevic
paintings, performance and video by Gordana Novakovic

"Parallel Worlds", performance works of five international artists, SKUC Gallery, LJubljana, Slovenia, 1993
piano Dragomir Stanojevic computer music Marjan Sijanec
performance, video and drawings by Gordana Novakovic