Information: Croatia

date: 01.09.2011. - 15.09.2011.
place: Zagreb; Dugave
organiser: MUU
url: http://www.muu.com.hr


The Street Art Festival is a new project by the Street Art Museum – MUU during which about 30 painters and conceptual artists from Zagreb's Dugave neighbourhood will try to make the biggest street museum in Croatia between September 1 and 15.

Taking the city as its canvas, the project uses space in pursuit of creative dialogue among visitors, art and the urban landscape. Organizers hope that the museum and activities undertaken under its auspices will offer a unique experience for tourists visiting Croatia.

The idea is to take often neglected city streets and buildings and turn them into art spaces.

What is MUU?
'Street Art Museum (MUU) is a project dedicated to forming a more coherent street art scene in Croatia, and raise people awareness about street art and it's esthetic, cultural and social value.
Street Art Museum doesn’t have it’s own space, working hours or pompous exhibition openings. It’s all about urban interventions and how they reflect our reality and the impact that they have on our surroundings.

Our aim is to bring art into neglected parts of the city where there is no cultural content. Since culture bears great importance in society growth this is our priority. By changing the city we are changing people as well..'



Text: MUU
(Source: HINA / MUU)
(D.H., 31.08.2011)

SPLIT

- During the actual conservation and restoration works in Split, very close to the Mausoleum inside the famous Roman Emperor Diocletian's Palace, built as his residence 295-305 AD, Croatian archaeologists found a stone fragment for which it is assumed that it was part of the Emperor's lost sarcophagus.

Founded stone is a piece of porphyry, volcanic rock, which in ancient times was appreciated for its special red and deep purple colors and composition suitable for carving. It is considered the "imperial stone", and was called "imperial porphyry". According to old records, Diocletian was buried in a porphyry sarcophagus set in the middle of his mausoleum, the present day Split Cathedral. Tradition says the sarcophagus, along with many other porphyry sculptures and details, has been destroyed or thrown into the sea. In possession of the Archaeological Museum in Split there are several pieces porphyry stones found on the Palace premises. According to Split archaeologists more about the findings will be known for at least two months. Founded fragment probably comes from the quarry at Mons Porphyritis (Mountain porphyry, the Arabic Jabal Abu Dukhan) in Egypt, which seems to have been worked intermittently between 29 and 335 AD. (ico)



Assumed original appearance of the Mausoleum of Diocletian with the missing Emperor's porphyry sarcophagus