4| 2009 Umjetnička Intervencija i Izložba TBDWBAJ:

27-04-09 Umjetnička intervencija, Zagreb
18.00 [javni prostor]

27-04-09 Otvorenje izložbe i javna debata, Galerija SC
18.30 [kulturni prostor]

27-04 | 02-05 Izložba Ljudski park, Galerija SC

THIS BABY DOLL WILL BE A JUNKIE [TBDWBAJ] je socijalno angažirani
umjetnički projekt nizozemske umjetnice Ulrike Möntmann, koji se
odvija paralelno u nekoliko različitih europskih zemalja (Nizozemska,
Njemačka, Austrija, Švicarska, Mađarska) u duljem vremenskom
periodu. Riječ je o audiovizualnom portretu žena, ovisnica o drogama
u ženskim zatvorima. Ta je društvena skupina odabrana kao indikator
društvenog stanja.

Prva faza hrvatskog dijela projekta izvedena je u Ženskoj kaznionici u
Požegi tijekom dvotjedne radionice s ženama zatvorenicama u studenom
2008. godine, u suradnji s Ministarstvom pravosuđa RH i Udrugom
B.a.B.e.

Realizacija projekta na različitim lokacijama moguća je jedino kroz
intenzivnu suradnju s institucijama, stručnjacima i profesionalcima iz
širokog područja društvenog djelovanja.
Do sada je na projektu sudjelovalo više od 38 institucija i 400
pojedinaca na svim njegovim nivoima, od provedbe zatvorskog dijela
projekta do realizacije umjetničkih intervencija i sastanka stručnjaka na
javnim debatama u sklopu izložbenog dijela projekta, ne uključujući širu
publiku.

Namjera je projekt prilagoditi aktualnom prostoru i kulturno-političkoj
situaciji pojedine europske zemlje i uključiti ljude i institucije iz različitih
polja društvenog djelovanja (kulturnog, socijalnog, vladinog). Na taj
način socijalno angažirani umjetnički projekt služi kao medijator za
aktualiziranje društvene problematike.
Hrvatski dio europskog projekta na različitim nivoima provode pojedinci
iz 5 institucija: Ministarstvo pravosuđa i Ženska kaznionica u Požegi
(realizacija zatvorskog dijela projekta – studeni, 2008. godine) te
Udruga B.a.B.e. i Galerija SC (realizacija izložbe i javne debate – travanj
2009. godine) uz financijsku potporu Nizozemske ambasade u Zagrebu.

Projekt se provodi na nekoliko razina [prostora] unutar jednog društva:
[izolirani prostor]
[kulturni prostor]
[javni prostor]
[virtualni prostor]

THIS BABY DOLL WILL BE A JUNKIE je kolekcija priča ovisnica, kakve
se rijetko mogu čuti, o okolnostima njihovih života prije i nakon početka
ovisnosti.
Ovisnice pristaju sudjelovati u projektu u zatvoru [izolirani prostor] jer
inače rijetko imaju priliku ispričati svoju stranu priče. Na taj način bilježe
osobne biografije i rezultat izlažu u javnom prostoru kao dio javne
imovine [kulturni prostor] [javni prostor]. Arhiv životopisa na web stranici
www.thisbabydollwillbeajunkie.com obuhvaća širi pregled društvenih
izopćenika [Outcast-Registration] europskih društava i osigurava da
izvještaji ostanu sačuvani i nakon što lutke nestanu iz javnog prostora
[virtualni prostor].

[izolirani prostor]
Ženska kaznionica Požega: 11|2008

Radionica s ženama ovisnicama u Ženskoj kaznionici zatvora u
Požegi (studeni, 2008.god.) Cilj radionice je pozitivno stimulirati žene
zatvorenice na predan volonterski rad vezan uz osobne životne priče u
namjeri da ih takav rad učini sretnijima.
Umjetnički projekt THIS BABY DOLL WILL BE A JUNKIE vizualno je
popraćen serijom identičnih porculanskih lutaka, koje portretiraju
ključna životna iskustva žena ovisnica. Klasična porculanska lutka
producirana je i napravljena u suradnji s ženom ovisnicom, na licu
mjesta u zatvoru. Lice porculanske lutke ima crte lica pojedine žene,
a sama lutka ugrađenu zvučnu jedinicu, koja po podizanju lutke
producira rečenicu iz biografije žene ovisnice. Na poleđini lutke utisnut
je pseudonim ovisnice koja je izradila lutku i godina njezina rođenja.

[kulturni prostor]
Galerija SC: 27-04-09|02-05-09
Službeno otvorenje izložbe: 27.04.2009. u 18.30

Pet serija iz projekta TBDWBAJ produciranih u Njemačkoj, Nizozemskoj,
Austriji i Hrvatskoj bit će izloženo u prostoru Galerije SC u monotonoj
liniji od stotinu bijelih porculanskih lutaka, koje pri podizanju izgovaraju
rečenice iz biografija žena zatvorenica
Prostor nazvan Ljudski park bit će namijenjen privremenoj brizi za lutke.

[javni prostor]
Intervencija: 27-04-09 u 18.00

(p)ostavljanje lutaka (drop off) u javnim prostorima grada
Mjesto okupljanja: SC, Savska cesta 25, Zagreb

Prije samog otvorenja izložbe nekolicina predstavnika/ca iz kulturnog,
političkog i drugih segmenata javnog života Hrvatske sudjelovat će u

(p)ostavljanju lutaka koje predstavljaju životne trenutke Zagrepčanke
Pie Herc (rođene 1976.)

(P)ostavljanje 24 lutke održat će se 27.04.2009. u 18.00 sati na
gradskim lokacijama kao dio umjetničke intervencije THIS BABY DOLL
WILL BE A JUNKIE. 24 taxi vozila prevozit će grupe sastavljene od
popularnih i ‘običnih’ građana do mjesta za (p)ostavljanje, predviđena
biografijom Pie Herc. Na svakoj točki (drop off point) bit će (p)ostavljena
po jedna lutka i prepuštena stanovništvu na čuvanje.

Drop off je (p)ostavljanje lutke u javnom prostoru grada Zagreba, u
područjima grada vezanim za biografiju ovisnice. Na svakoj točki (drop
off point) bit će (p)ostavljena po jedna lutka i prepuštena stanovništvu
na čuvanje bez ikakvog oblika kontrole, kako bi ih pronašao netko od
slučajnih prolaznika ili drugih ovisnika vezanih za mjesto koje je nekada
pripadalo životu ovisnice. Sudbina lutke prepuštena je rukama nalaznika

Ako prolaznik ignorira lutku, ne događa se ništa.
Ako prolaznik podigne lutku, lutka izgovara rečenicu teksta iz biografije.
Ako prolaznik podigne lutku i okrene je, vidjet će ime (pseudonim)
ovisnice i godinu rođenja utisnute na poleđinu lutke.
Ako prolaznik spusti lutku, ona će prestati govoriti.
Ako prolaznik ponese lutku kući, smatrat će se da ju je usvojio.
Ako prolaznik uništi lutku, smatrat će se da je to njezina sudbina.

Po nestanku lutaka iz javnog prostora grada, serija će nastaviti svoj život
kao dio internacionalne kolekcije biografija na web stranici i arhivu
projekta posebno izrađenom za tu svrhu:
www.thisbabydollwillbeajunkie.com.

Javna debata|27-04-2009-18.30

Nakon (p)ostavljanja lutaka grupe će se vratiti u Ljudski park, gdje će
pod stručnim vodstvom moderatora biti održana diskusija o učinkovitosti
i legitimnosti intervencije u društvo sredstvima umjetničkog djelovanja.
U debati će sudjelovati nekolicina ljudi direktno ili indirektno vezanih za
zatvorski projekt: socijalno angažirani hrvatski umjetnici, udruga B.a.B.e.
te stručnjaci koji se bave problematikom nasilja nad ženama u Hrvatskoj
i s time povezanim problemom ovisnosti o drogama.

Moderatorica debate: Nataša Škaričić
Sudionici debate: Vesna Babić, Barbara Blasin, Iva Kovač, Alexandra
Landré, Ljubica Matijević-Vrsaljko, Željko Mavrović, Slavko Sakoman,
Sanja Sarnavka, Benjamin Perasović, Robert Torre

[virtualni prostor]
www.thisbabydollwillbeajunkie.com
2003-2011

Na internet stranici: www.thisbabydollwillbeajunkie.com je dostupan
arhiv čitavog europskog projekta, koji će tijekom godina rasti. On će
omogućiti da se spomenutu, inače anonimnu skupinu Europljanki vidi
i čuje, ali i usporedbu kulturnih, socijalnih i političkih uvjeta života u
različitim europskim zemljama.

Od 2004. godine je u Njemačkoj, Nizozemskoj (Friziji), Švicarskoj,
Austriji i Hrvatskoj nastalo devetnaest biografija. Sljedeći projekti
predviđeni su za Island, Španjolsku, Tursku i Rusiju u razdoblju između
2009-2011 godine.

Pia Herc series [24]

GALERIJA SC
Savska 25.
10 000 Zagreb

11| 2008
Workshop, Ženska kaznionica Požega [izolirani prostor]

04| 2009
Umjetnička Intervencija i Izložba TBDWBAJ:

27-04-09
Umjetnička intervencija, Zagreb
18.00 [javni prostor]

27-04-09
Otvorenje izložbe i javna debata, Galerija SC
18.30 [kulturni prostor]

27-04 | 02-05
Izložba Ljudski park, Galerija SC

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From the age of four my mother hits me violently whenever I ask about my father, who I know nothing about

From the age of nine I play basketball and my mother rewards me

At the age of eleven I defend myself from my mother’s sadistic abuse and humiliation of me

At the age of fourteen I lose any prospect of a career in sport

At the age of fourteen I leave school and am beaten by my sisters and my mother

At the age of fourteen I try to kill myself so that my mother will be rid of me

At the age of sixteen I drop out of my course and help Bosnian refugees in a UN refugee camp

At the age of sixteen I learn from UN peacekeepers to smoke dope and to use XTC and LSD

When I am sixteen my mother forbids me to marry a Muslim Arab

At the age of seventeen I have a job and I can afford to take speed, LSD, XTC, hash, marijuana and magic mushrooms at techno parties

At the age of nineteen I fall in love with the party dealer and we get into a symbiotic relationship

At the age of nineteen I am adopted by my mother-in-law as a much-loved daughter

At the age of nineteen I use heroin as a downer after consuming extreme quantities of cocaine, XTC and speed

At the age of twenty-two I am happy within our junkie relationship

At the age of twenty-two I am clean and happy with the birth of the first of our four children

From the age of twenty-three my husband takes care of the drugs and money and I make sure we have a nice home

When I am twenty-three my mother reports me to the police to get my children taken away from me

When I am twenty-three the police threatens to take my children away if I don’t confess to an offence

At the age of twenty-six I am relieved after my mother’s death and miss the continuation of our conflict

At the age of twenty-nine I am put in a coma while on remand so that I will survive withdrawal

At the age of thirty I take methadone while my husband is in detention and suffer from the unbearable separation of living apart from him

At the age of thirty-two I am sentenced to time in prison, I am clean, and I despair at being separated from my husband and my children

At the age of thirty-two I feel guilty about what my children are suffering (more…)

When I am one year old my parents leave me behind with my grandmother, furious, in the Yugoslavian countryside

When I am five years old my parents come and get me and take me to their guest worker Germany and leave me alone while I go through the lonely adjustment to the strange new place

When I am eleven my father is my confidant and our nostalgia is replaced by prosperity

At the age of fourteen I am not afraid of the use of cocaine among my circle of rich kids

At the age of sixteen I escape to follow a course in the city, far away from my parents’ supervision

At the age of eighteen I marry a Yugoslavian criminal and adapt to a traditional wife’s role

When I am nineteen my husband escapes from a German prison to Yugoslavia, he doesn’t like it there, and I get him to come to Switzerland

At the age of twenty I am living a life of bored luxury and every day I do some money-laundering for my husband’s drugs and arms trade

When I am twenty-five my husband terrorises me with violence and death threats and I start taking cocaine regularly

At the age of twenty-five I abort my unwanted child and try to kill myself

When I am twenty-six my parents come and take me home and have me locked up in a psychiatric institution and my father threatens my husband

When I am twenty-six my husband shoots his way into the institution and frees me, and I use his cocaine, alcohol, crack and heroin

When I am twenty-six I use my power as a wife to put pressure on another dealer and accept lovers with money and drugs

At the age of twenty-eight I lose my Swiss residence permit and deal Swiss drugs in Germany

At the age of twenty-nine I am sentenced to five years in prison in Germany and let myself be carted off to Croatia

While aged thirty and thirty-one I am clean, lead a normal life and am frightened

At the age of thirty-four I deal, and use endless quantities of heroin and cocaine

At the age of thirty-four, I follow my husband to our seaside house, am helpless in the fatalistic use of drugs and allow myself to be terrorised, raped and abused

At the age of thirty-seven I leave my husband and start a relationship with a young Croatian war invalid

At the age of forty I am serving my prison sentence, suffer from Hepatitis C, am clean and will sacrifice kicks for a happy family life

(more…)

At the age of two I am surrounded by the god-fearing aunts of my father and of my mother
who sleeps around

At the age of four I want to be a priest and don’t feel at home in the girls’ world

At the age of six I am ashamed of my father, who drinks and swears at my mother,
calling her a tart and a whore

At the age of twelve I run away and stay with my aunt and live a normal life

At the age of fourteen I have to return home and am unable to concentrate at school

When I am fourteen my father is admitted to a clinic and I tell my mother it’s her fault

At the age of fifteen I hang around in the streets, pinch stuff,
start drinking and take my aunts’ tranquillizers

At the age of sixteen I leave school and get a job.
The court threatens to have me forcibly admitted to a reform school

At the age of seventeen I feel sorry for my sick father

When I am twenty my little sister, who I have been taking care of as my own child,
dies of meningitis, aged eight months

When I am twenty my mother sinks into a deep depression and we are all devastated

At the age of twenty-two I am addicted to alcohol and my mother sends me to my aunt in Germany

At the age of twenty-three I try to keep my friends on the island away from drugs

At the age of twenty-five I fall in love with a boy from the drugs scene

At the age of twenty-five I share the feelings of loneliness and isolation in an exchange
of letters with my boyfriend, who is in detention

When I am twenty-seven we both deal marijuana, we are convicted,
and the prison system shocks me

At the age of twenty-nine I am released from prison, I use heroin and deal

At the age of thirty my life consists of heroin, depression, blaming, endless loneliness,
chaos and a sense of solidarity with my boyfriend

When I am thirty-one we are sent to a drugs rehab commune in Spain
and my mother threatens to report me to the police if I break off the treatment

At the age of thirty-one my psychological dependency on cocaine is stronger
than the physical dependency on heroin

At the age of thirty-six I am treated for my hepatitis C while I am in prison

At the age of thirty-six I am in detention for the fourth time, expect to be convicted again,
and am full of fear of life with and without drugs, of sickness, isolation and freedom

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When I am nine months old my uncle saves my life and loses his own life

When I am two years old, my alcoholic father regularly ill-treats my mother, who is constantly accusing

At the age of three my parents get divorced and I am tormented by my mother’s lover

When I am six, my father hits my mother so hard she ends up in hospital and I am glad that my parents are back together and that we move to the family’s countryside commune

When I am nine we move to the city and I hit the boys who tease me at school

At the age of ten I identify with the love-story of Christiane F

When I am eleven my drunken father says that I am to blame for my uncle’s death

At the age of twelve I drink and smoke dope

When I am thirteen, the boy I look up to rapes me

At the age of fourteen I am happy and doing well at school by using heroin

At the age of fifteen I am in love with a man who is eighteen years older and we each keep our drug addiction a secret from the other

When I am sixteen my parents report me to the police and forbid me to go on with the relationship

At the age of seventeen I am in a depression and deal heroin to provide for my own habit

At the age of nineteen my father reports me to the police and I am sent to prison

At the age of twenty-one I am released and start dealing drugs on a large scale

At the age of twenty-one I meet my husband and introduce him to the drugs scene

At the age of twenty-three I hope that the beneficial effects of the shaman plant Ibogaine will help me to have a child while being free from drugs

When I am twenty-five my daughter is born and my husband is imprisoned

From the time that I am twenty-five, my single father supports me in my drug dealing and I provide him with money to live on

When I am twenty-six my father claims part of the responsibility for my possession of drugs, as a result of which my sentence is reduced

At the age of twenty-seven I am clean and live from one day to the next

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