From April 20 to May 11, Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol (NL), who have been working together as Bik Van der Pol since 1995, participated in an artist residency in Zagreb as part of the European project AFAR. During the residency, they became acquainted with the local art scene through visits to studios, exhibitions, and interesting new locations outside the city of Zagreb. They also created a new artwork related to the main themes of the project: ecology, sustainability, heritage, and textile arts, which will be exhibited in the final exhibition in Zagreb, Vienna, and Bucharest. In addition to their artwork, they gave a lecture at the Putolovac gallery on May 7 at 7:30 PM, followed by a discussion with the curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Leila Topić (AFAR Talk).

 

The first week we explored Zagreb, we had a city tour by a guide organized by HDLU, visited the art school which is temporarily located in a former office building of the American Express, a bit outside the center, Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum of Broken Realathionships. We also went on a field trip to Bosnia Hercegovina with Josip Zanski, to Karmel sv. Ilije, a charming and engaging modern monastery in wonderful surroundings. There was a research and painting workshop in relation to the landscape. We also visited a lake nearby, and the Muzej Franjevačkog samostana, an etnograpchic museum, in Šćit. We travelled to the Necropolis, an Unesco site located in the heart of Blidinje in Dugo polje. After we returned to Zagreb, we visited an urban developement in Novi Zagreb, called Zapruđe and Lauba. Josip Zanki also took us to Privlaka, Zadar and Pag island where we saw the interventions Zanski did with art students over a period of time, and very inspiring environment. We visited Rastoke as well. Back in Zagreb we went to Mirogoj Cemetry, the collection of Vjenceslav Richter and the Ethnografic museum.

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