http://www.academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/ en info@wmd.hr Copyright 2007 2007-10-18T10:00:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/the_knot_in_the_rock_the_cravats_of_imota_exhibition_open/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/the_knot_in_the_rock_the_cravats_of_imota_exhibition_open/#When:10:00:00Z 19.09.2007 In the Ethnographical Museum in Zagreb, an exhibition of photographs has been opened, entitled “The Knot in the Rock - the Cravats of Imota” organized by the Academia Cravatica. The exhibition consists of about 220 old photographs taken in the period from the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. The photographs, as unique documents of time, show the people of the Imotska krajina over that one hundred year period, a variety of people and groups, from labourers to “gentlemen”, in a variety of life situations, but with one common characteristic - they are all wearing cravats as ornamentation. The editors of the exhibition are Sanda Lončar and Suzana Budimir, and the exhibition collection is also the work of Nikola Albaneže. It is open until the 30th September. On 26th September 2007 in the Ethnographical Museum a monograph was presented from the series “Cities, Regions, Countries and the Cravat”, entitled “A Knot in the Rock - the Cravats of Imota”, sponsored by Academia Cravatica. For you, our dear friends and visitors to our web site, we present the introduction to this book, by Sanda Lončar, entitled A remembrance and sign. 2007-10-18T10:00:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/the_tie_in_the_rye/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/the_tie_in_the_rye/#When:09:10:00Z Cultivating land is the foundation of human civilization in general. Cultivating fields (agera) leads to agriculture, and in a figurative sense every area of man’s work is a field. So also in art, we talk about the field of a picture, which in land art has becomes the literal field on a background of land. If we turn our attention to what is added to the field, we can talk about formation, whether in pigments of colors or anything else. Here in this case, it is the grain, an elementary food, which feeds the human race, which receives a blessing as food, a value which we should never cease to appreciate and honor in a special way. In the series of art projects by Marijan Bušić - a series which began with the thunderous Tie Around the Arena - a spectacular, symbolic message, a mega attraction, installation and performance brought together in a unique way, whereby the concept and performance find maximum expression. Then came the turn of the project The Tie in the Rye. The tie in the rye is a true acknowledgement of value; with concern for the environment it could be described as ecologically aware, a nature-friendly project. Through the material of which it was made it glorified the grain, by its form, it glorified, of course, the tie. This unusual, wondrous article of clothing, praised and criticised for its lack of practicality, which makes some people attack it and seek to do away with it - is identified as a work of art. That is to say, it is well-known that art is defined as a product which does not, strictly speaking, have a specific function, or any practical value. However, despite the lack of this component, art is the highest product of the human spirit. 2007-10-18T09:10:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/cravat_around_croatia/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/cravat_around_croatia/#When:11:24:00Z Academia Cravatica has performed another spectacular project in the summer of 2006 . The basic idea of the project is to connect all Croatian regions with a red thread (ribbon), which symbolises connecting Croatian cultural and geographical diversities into a whole, along the state borders and organise various activities in cities and interesting tourist locations. 2006-11-08T11:24:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/picture_book_the_story_of_the_cravat/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/picture_book_the_story_of_the_cravat/#When:07:03:01Z It was published in 2000 in three editions: Croatian, English and Japanese. The author of the text is Božidar Prosenjak and the illustrator is Radovan Domagoj Devlić. The book had received the Grigor Vitez literary award. On 44 pages and in a modern way using both pictures and words, the book tells the story about the cravat through the life of Ivan who meets a young American girl, Patricia, and tells her the history of his people and the heritage his people left to the world. 2006-08-19T07:03:01+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/installation_a_cravat_around_the_arena/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/installation_a_cravat_around_the_arena/#When:06:58:00Z Over a billion people around the world have seen Academia Cravatica’s largest project. The project was performed in Pula on 18th October 2003. The author of the installation is prof. Marijan Bušić. The installation around the Arena, the best preserved Roman amphitheatre in the world, symbolically connected the past and the future, the ancient times and the modern civilisation. 2006-08-19T06:58:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/picture_book_veli_jozes_cravat_or_the_fairy_wedding_in_the_arena_of_pula/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/picture_book_veli_jozes_cravat_or_the_fairy_wedding_in_the_arena_of_pula/#When:06:55:00Z Daniel Načinović wrote the text for the picture-book and academic painter Ivan Gregov illustrated it. The picture-book was published in 2003 as a tribute to 2000 years of the Arena in Pula. Inspired by the art installation “A tie around the Arena”, the picture-book was published in three editions: Croatian, English and Italian. 2006-08-19T06:55:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/challenge_of_cravat_cravat_as_croatian_contribution_to_global_culture/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/challenge_of_cravat_cravat_as_croatian_contribution_to_global_culture/#When:06:54:00Z The first visual arts exhibition about the cravat as a specific communication media and a part of Croatian an world cultural heritage was organised in Pula by the Academia Cravatica at the same time the installation “A cravat around the Arena” was performed. Twenty, mostly Istrian authors participated in the exhibition. In 2004 the exhibition under the name “Challenge of cravat - the cravat as Croatian contribution to global culture” visited Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar) with 40 works of art. Later it opened in Egypt (Cairo and Alexandria) with 60 works and then in The Republic of South Africa (Johannesburg and Pretoria) with 85 works of art. The exhibition will be presented in major cities on all continents. Next year the exhibition will open in Poland, Austria and Bulgaria. 2006-08-19T06:54:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/installation_the_bans_cravat/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/installation_the_bans_cravat/#When:06:48:00Z In June 2003 as a part of Marko’s fair, a cravat, in the 19th century fashion, was placed on the monument of ban (viceroy) Josip Jelačić in the city of Zagreb. The installation was prof. Marijan Bušić’s idea and Marta Crnobrnja, an academic painter, carried out the project. A picture wall of a Croatian soldier from the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was placed next to the ban Jelačić’s monument. In the picture, the soldier was wearing a symbolic pre-cravat around the neck. 2006-08-19T06:48:00+01:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/realised/a_play_the_first_cravat/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/projects/a_play_the_first_cravat/#When:06:16:01Z The opening night of the play The first tie was on 12th November 2005 in Oktogon in Zagreb. The historical framework of the play is the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). The play is about a young Croatian soldier Ivan who is on the battlefield. The centre of the play’s dancing sequences is a scarf, a symbol of love and fidelity for Ivan and his girlfriend Marica. The first tie is a story about the power of love and faith that overcomes everything. 2006-08-19T06:16:01+01:00