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The inscription of Urboglyphs into the Urboth\u00e8que of Trnje continues on Zagreb City Day<\/strong>, May 29, 2025, at 6 PM<\/strong>, with a series of expert lectures and an exclusive film program at the Zagreb Public Open University<\/strong>.<\/p>\n We begin with a captivating lecture by art historian Sandra Uskokovi\u0107<\/strong> on “alternative forms of heritage<\/strong>“, followed by a powerful performative photo exhibition about Trnje by Boris Cvjetanovi\u0107<\/strong>, and conclude with a flip-flop lecture by Stanko Juzba\u0161i\u0107<\/strong> on “Sound and Music in Space<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n Following that will be the screening of two films:<\/p>\n Direction: Branko Ivanda \/ Script: Branko Ivanda, Alojz Majeti\u0107 \/ Cinematography: Ivica Rajkovi\u0107 \/ Music: Miljenko Prohaska \/ Editing: Lida Brani\u0161 \/ Set designer: \u017deljko Sene\u010di\u0107 \/ Cast: Rade \u0160erbed\u017eija, Sne\u017eana Nik\u0161i\u0107, Zaim Muzaferija, Jagoda Kaloper, \u0110uro Rogina, Zdravko Po\u0161ta, Mustafa Nadarevi\u0107, Jelica Lovri\u0107, Fabijan \u0160ovagovi\u0107 \/ Feature film \u2013 35 mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n We thank the Croatian Cinematheque<\/strong> and Jadran Film<\/strong> for their support in making this program possible and extend special thanks to film director Branko Ivanda<\/strong> for his collaboration in preparing the program, and to Momir Koni\u010d<\/strong> and Sven Pepeonik<\/strong> for their support.<\/em><\/p>\n With this program on Zagreb City Day<\/strong>, we pay special tribute to the tradition of film programming in Trnje<\/strong>, where today there are no cinemas left, though there were once as many as four. From 1965 to 1982<\/strong>, the Workers’ People’s University \u201cMo\u0161a Pijade\u201d<\/strong> hosted a Film Club where numerous world films had their Croatian premieres. This is where films such as Repulsion<\/em> by Roman Polanski, The Confession<\/em> by Costa-Gavras and Yves Montand, The Tin Drum<\/em> by Volker Schl\u00f6ndorff, but also Olympia<\/em> by Leni Riefenstahl and early experimental and documentary works by Karpo Godina, were first screened in Zagreb.<\/p>\n Biographies<\/strong><\/p>\n Sandra Uskokovi\u0107<\/strong> is an art historian specializing in modern and contemporary art of Central and Eastern Europe and is an Associate Professor<\/strong> at the University of Dubrovnik. She earned her Master\u2019s degree from George Washington University (USA) and a PhD from the University of Zagreb. She has worked as a research associate at international institutions such as ICCROM, UNESCO, and US\/ICOMOS, and has received prestigious research grants and awards, including those from the Graham Foundation, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and Getty Trust. She is the author of four books dedicated to modern architecture and heritage as well as art in public and shared urban spaces. She has published numerous scholarly articles and participated in many national and international conferences. As a visiting lecturer, she has taught at universities across Europe, Asia, and North America. Her research interests include art criticism, architecture, cultural heritage, modern and contemporary art, urban and cultural theory, and performance art. She is a member of the International ICOMOS Committee on Modern Heritage and the International Committee of the College Art Association of New York. Since 2013, she has been an active member of the artistic platform Shadow Casters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Stanko Juzba\u0161i\u0107<\/strong> \u2013 After completing studies in electrical engineering and Portuguese language and literature<\/strong>, he graduated from the University of Zagreb in 1983. As a Fulbright scholar<\/strong>, he studied algorithmic composition at Columbia University Department of Music in New York (1996\u201397)<\/strong>. As an independent artist, he has composed for over 80 stage, concert, and museum-gallery performances\/installations throughout prestigious venues in Croatia and Europe, earning numerous awards and recognitions. He has written several open-source music education software programs, which are used at several U.S. universities. He collaborates on projects aimed at preserving Croatian 20th-century musical heritage. He is a member of the Croatian Association of Independent Artists<\/strong>. With Shadow Casters<\/strong>, he has collaborated on over 100 projects across more than 20 countries.<\/p>\n Boris Cvjetanovi\u0107<\/strong> graduated from the Pedagogical Academy in Zagreb \u2013 Art Department. He worked as a restorer<\/strong> at the Croatian Conservation Institute<\/strong>, and later became a professional photographer<\/strong>. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world (Croatia, Europe, USA, Japan, Australia\u2026). He is the recipient of several prestigious awards (1st Tokyo International Photo-Biennale \u201995 in Japan, Grand Prix at the Croatian Photography \u201997 exhibition, Homo Volans Award \u201997) and is the author of the book Scenes Without Significance<\/em>.<\/p>\n Boris Bakal<\/strong> is a creative producer, theatre and film director, actor, intermedia artist, social and cultural activist, interdisciplinary public historian<\/strong>, and head of the international artistic platform Shadow Casters<\/strong>. Over more than forty years of his career, he has created various projects presented and\/or produced by festivals and events in over 20 countries around the world. Since 2001, he has led the Shadow Casters<\/strong>, an international artistic platform that has received numerous awards and recognition in Croatia and abroad, and in 2011 he founded the Frooom!<\/strong> film school for children and youth.<\/p>\n The Urboglyphs\u2013Urboth\u00e8que<\/strong> project is supported by the City of Zagreb<\/strong> through the \u201cCulture and Art in the Community\u201d program, in partnership with the Zagreb City Libraries<\/strong> (DK \u201cMarin Dr\u017ei\u0107\u201d, GK \u201cIvana Gorana Kova\u010di\u0107a\u201d, GK \u201cSavica\u201d), Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth \u2013 Pogon<\/strong>, State Archives \u2013 Croatian Cinematheque<\/strong>, Zagreb Public Open University<\/strong>, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/strong>, Local Committee Savica<\/strong>, Zagreb Film<\/strong>, and Jadran Film<\/strong>, and invites interested citizens and professionals to engage through workshops, panels, film screenings, Open Offices, lectures, urban tours, and film shoots and AV installations.<\/p>\n\n
\nDirection, camera, script: Gordan Lederer & Mojmir Koni\u0107 \/ Film collaboration in direction, camera, and script: Sven Pepeonik \/ Editing: Reni Maleva \/ Trick cinematographer: Teofil Ba\u0161agi\u0107 \/ Music supervisor: Vladimir Kos \/ Sound recording: Mladen Prebil \/ Short experimental film \u2013 35mm<\/li>\n
This subtle modernist cinematic study of the city, human relationships, and lost youth partly takes place in the building of the then Workers\u2019 People\u2019s University \u201cMo\u0161a Pijade\u201d<\/strong>, today the Zagreb Public Open University<\/strong>.\n