LaSTRADA, drive through museum on the real highway was an artistic research on the topic of space time continuum, travel culture and economy of transition. Getting to know the behind scenes of what really means concession in Croatian circumstances as a reflection of dominant political cluster who sold Croatian roads. Starting the idea we were not aweare in what we were heading at the time. It was in many aspects too early for such an idea. Many years later in 2015 the civil society starting the campagne “We are not giving our highways”.
:time 1999-2001
:authors branka CVJETICANIN, nedjeljko MIKAC, zdravko KRASIĆ
:production Branka Cvjeticanin, Nedjeljko Mikac;
:site specific, urbanism, sculpturing;
:location Istrian highway “Y”;
:presentation TransArt Festival, Labin, Marcell Hichter Foundation, Bruxelles;
:consultants Slaven Fisher, director BBDO; mr.sc. Boris Vucic Sneperger, Tihomir Milovac MSU Zagreb; […]
:visual identity Bruketa&Žinić o.m.
:mentorship Biserka Cvjeticanin, Sanjin Dragojević;
:support Ministry of Culture RH, Ministry of Transportation, Maritime and Connections RH, Bina Istra, Croatian Regional and Local Roads of Istrian County, Musem of Contemporary Arts Zagreb; Institut for International Affairs Zagreb; TZV Gredelj d.o.o., Kolano Air Cargo, TransArt Festival;
:Architecture of Travel_European Diploma in Cultural Project Management and Cultural Policy, Delphi, Greece 2001, Foundation Marcel Hichter;
La Strada Behind the scenes