Galerija AŽ, Zagreb, Croatia
chalk, partly erased chalk
typeface: Vita
The piece belongs to Protean Cycle, a group of works being transformed succesively
over the duration of the presentation. Four lines from the song O vrime cestito, written by the Renaissance poet Džore Držić, were made visible step by step during 30 days.
The letters were appearing in the alphabetic order, being erased a day after and then rewritten, palimpsest-like, on the following day.
Džore Držić (1461–1501)
O vrime pridrago, kako se pritvori!
Sve dobro i blago gnjivno t‘ mi razori,
ter kad bih naučan uživat milosti,
od njih sam razlučan i svake radosti.
O hours dearest to me, so much you alter!
All good and gentle you waste in anger,
when I knew the joy I was forced to depart,
had to leave behind all that mirth and delight.
English translation by Miloš Đurđević
1. Januar 2017