EN: I am very sorry to say that walls of Zagreb (and this is not an isolated case among the cities) is covered by graffiti. 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.
At the beginning of 2016, he did something which was yet unseen in the street art world. In an abandoned house, he painted a series of six images of a human heart, one over the other, and made an animated gif out of them all, showing a heart that pumps blood. It instantly became an internet phenomena, being published in dozens of domestic ( Večernji, Jutarnji, Dnevnik.hr, Studentski.hr, Index, Fashion.hr…), regional (from Serbia to Bosnia), and foreign ( Streetart news net, CityLab, Hypebeast, Urbanshit, Hi-Fructose, Widewalls…) news. In the following months, it was cited in various sources among the most amazing pieces of street art in the world (Brightside)
Nobody knew where this masterpiece was painted, and Lonac simply left unanswered all inquiries about its whereabouts on his FB page. It took me almost one year to find out the secret location where this heart was painted, so I’m sharing it with you now.
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 starting coordinates, which take you to the entrance of the abandoned shopping mall. You have to enter the building, and find the heart. You’ll find the cache BEHIND the heart. Read the hint.
In the meantime, on the opposite wall from where heArtbeat was painted, Lonac created another fantastic piece of art, called “Self vs. Self”. The theme is one of his favourite subjects, robots. He painted unbelievable 125 (!!!) coats of paint to create animation of a robot fight. Check it out on his blogspot and here below:
HR: S 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. U gradu punom 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, te da ih podijelim s vama. Bilo tko je dobrodošao da nastavi seriju, ili prijavi zanimljivo umjetničko djelo kraj kojega se može postaviti cache.
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.
Početkom 2016-e, napravio je nešto još neviđeno u street art svijetu. U nekoj napuštenoj kući, nacrtao je seriju slika ljudskog srca, jednu preko druge, te napravio animirani gif of cijele sekvence koja pokazuje srce koje kuca i pumpa krv. Rad je odmah postao internetski fenomen, te je objavljen u mnogim domaćim (Večernji, Jutarnji, Dnevnik.hr, Studentski.hr, Index, Fashion.hr…), regionalnim (od Srbije do Bosne), te stranim ( Streetart news net, CityLab, Hypebeast, Urbanshit, Hi-Fructose, Widewalls…) portalima. Tijekom sljedećih mjeseci je izabran među najznačajnije street art radove u svijetu (Brightside).
Nitko nije znao gdje je točno ova snimka nastala, a Lonac je sva pitanja oko njezine lokacije na svojoj FB stranici ostavljao neodgovorena. Trebalo mi je skoro godinu dana da konačno saznam lokaciju gdje se nalazi ovo srce (hvala Tanji na informaciji!), pa sad to promptno dijelim s vama.
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.
Ovo je letterbox, znači da cache NIJE na početnim koordinatama, koje vas vode na ulaz napuštenog shopping centra. Morate ući unutra, i naći srce. Cache se nalazi IZA srca. Pročitajte hint.
U međuvremenu, na zidu nasuprot onome gdje je nacrtan heArtbeat, Lonac je stvorio još jedno umjetničko djelo pod imenom “Self vs. Self”. Sadržaj je opet jedna od njegovih omiljenih tema, roboti. Naslikao je nevjerojatnih 125 (!!!) slojeva boje da bi dočarao animaciju borbe robota. Pogledajte na njegovom blogspotu kao i na gornjoj animaciji.
