30.1.2016. - Unfortunately, the walls where the graffiti were painted got demolished recently (as I predicted in the text). However, I decided to keep this cache as a memory to the paintings, because the cache place is still there, together with the minions and the whole “abandoned place” experience.
EN: I am very sorry to say that walls of Zagreb (and this is not an isolated case among the cities) is covered by graffitti. And by “graffiti” I mean meaningless scribblings and autographs of a brainless morons, which should be, if you ask me, arrested for destroying of public property. With walls full of crap like this, it is a pleasure when sometimes (in very rare occasions) you find something truly artistic and meaningful on the walls of your town.
So, I’ll try to find the most impressive artistic graffiti/murals/paintings on Zagreb walls to share with you. Anyone is welcome to continue the series, or signal an interesting subject where a cache can be placed.
Lonac (which means “pot” in Croatian) is a pseudonym (derived from his last name, Lončarić) of one of the best street artists in Croatia. He is known for his big murals, which he often paints on totally inaccessible places, so they are difficult to locate.
As I see it, his favorite subjects are fish, birds and robots, but what is fascinating is with how much detail these murals are created. I've seen photos of his newest artwork, "AmBUSH" on a couple of sites, so I decided to look for it. Nothing about its whereabouts could be concluded from the photos, the only thing visible was the (almost) demolished wall. My preliminary search was in vain, because Lonac avoids all the answers about exact location of his murals. The only hint that I pulled from online magazine “Ja sam” ("I Am") is somewhere near my former university, Electronic Engineering. I rode my bike up and down through the neighborhood, and at the end I discovered not only one, but three murals (with "AmBUSH", there are also "Love Robots" and "Self-Portrait"), as well as lot of abandoned structures. Truly a “Lost Place”. Yipeeeee!!!
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Since I think it is likely that something is going to be built here soon, I recommend that you seek the cache ASAP, as the buildings can be torn down any day.
On Lonac's website you can find the entire creation process of his murals, so I am trying to present the whole cycle here.
This is a letterbox, so the cache is NOT exactly on the written coordinates, but you have to follow instructions which will lead you to the cache. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
Enter the house (abandoned and devastated) at the starting coordinates. Cache is hidden in one of the rooms, and information on its exact location is placed IN one of the Minions (if you don’t know who they are – the little yellow helpers from the movie “Despicable Me”. Just click on the link.), which you will also find in one of the rooms. Don’t worry, you'll know exactly in which one (MUAHAHAHAHAHA) ...
(Of course, needless to say that the location of the Minion and the cache will be changed through the room/building over time, so no “call a friend” joker...)
30.1.2016. - Na žalost, zidovi s grafitima iz opisa su nedavno srušeni, te je napravljeno parkiralište (kao što sam i predvidio u tekstu). Unatoč tome, odlučio sam ostaviti ovaj cache kao sjećanje na super slike jer je cache još uvijek tamo, kao i minioni te cijelo “napuštena kuća” iskustvo.
HR: Sa velikim žaljenjem mogu reći da su zidovi zgrada u Zagrebu (a to nije slučaj samo sa Zagrebom) pokriveni grafitima. Pod “grafitima” ovdje podrazumijevam bezvezno črčkanje i potpise obijesnih divljaka, koje bi, da se mene pita, trebalo hapsiti zbog uništavanja tuđe imovine. Sa gradom punim takvih sranja, još je veće zadovoljstvo kad tu i tamo (u rijetkim slučajevima) na zidovima svog grada nađete nešto stvarno umjetničko i smisleno.
Pokušat ću naći najimpresivnije umjetničke grafite/murale/slikarije na zagrebačkim zidovima, da podijelim s vama. Bilo tko je dobrodošao da nastavi seriju, ili prijavi zanimljiv zid kraj kojega se može postaviti cache.
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Lonac je pseudonim (izveden od njegovog pravog prezimena, Lončarić) jednog od najboljih uličnih umjetnika kod nas. Poznat je po svojim velikim muralima, koje često crta na totalno nepristupačnim mjestima, pa ih je teško i locirati. Koliko vidim, omiljene teme su mu ribe, ptice i roboti, ali je fascinantno s koliko su detalja ti murali na kraju naslikani. Na par sajtova sam vidio slike njegovog novog rada, “AmBUSH”, pa sam ga odlučio potražiti uživo. Na slikama se gotovo ništa ne vidi, osim skoro srušenog zida. Online potraga nije urodila plodom jer Lonac izbjegava sve odgovore o tome gdje su točno njegovi murali. Jedini hint koji sam izvukao iz online časopisa “Ja Sam” jest da se nalazi negdje blizu mog nekadašnjeg fakulteta, FER-a. Biciklom obiđoh bliže i dalje susjedstvo, i na kraju naletih ne na jedan mural, nego na cijela tri (uz “AmBUSH”, tu su još i “Zaljubljeni roboti” kao i “Autoportret”), kao i cijelo jedno napušteno naselje. Dakle, jedno odlično “Lost Place”. Jupiiii!
Kako je vjerojatno da će se ovdje uskoro nešto graditi, preporučam da se cache potraži što prije, jer nisam siguran koliko će trajati. Kod Lonca je dobro što se na njegovoj stranici može naći cjelokupni tok stvaralaštva murala, pa ja ovdje prenosim koliko se može.
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Pošto je ovo letterbox, cache nije točno na koordinatama koje pišu, nego postoje upustva koja će vas dovesti do cachea. DOBRO IH PROČITAJTE:
Uđite u kuću (napuštenu i devastiranu) na zadanim koordinatama. Cache je sakriven u jednoj od prostorija, a informaciju o njegovoj točnoj lokaciji se nalazi u jednom Minionu (ako ne znate tko su – mali žuti pomagači glavnom liku filma “Despicable Me” (“Kako je Gru ukrao mjesec”). Samo kliknite na link.), kojeg ćete isto pronaći u jednoj od prostorija. Ne brinite, znat ćete u kojoj (MUAHAHAHAHAHA)…
(naravno, suvišno je i reći da će se lokacija Miniona kao i cachea mijenjati unutar sobe/zgrade tijekom vremena, tako da neće vrijediti jocker “zovi”...)
