ModroGorje - Croatian Chronicles

Croatian Chronicles

Between August and October 2011, we were running a number of Wanjina DreamRaiser public art events and performances in Europe, in Zagreb and at the magnificent Adriatic Coast, promoting Aboriginal forgotten spirituality, protesting against art censorship, and raising awareness of harassment of non-indigenous artists in Australia.

We thank Sensei Boro Ranitovic and his Do Centre students, as well as all of our Wanjina Rising Art events participants, who created amazing art under the guidance of Marina Lapadatovic. We thank our colleagues and associates, visual and performance artists and galleries, archaeologists and anthropologists, writers, intellectuals from all fields of expertise, media representatives and politicians, and the Croatian public in general. They have all provided wonderful support to our ModroGorje DreamRaiser artists in Australia, and their enthusiasm galvanised us to keep fighting for artistic freedom.

Everybody familiar with our ordeal seemed to share the same opinion – that Aboriginal claims to copyright and ownership of pre-Aboriginal Australian cave art are just ridiculous and that political correctness in Australia had reached absurd proportions.

Some of the highlights can be viewed by clicking on these links:

• Arrival and planning meeting with Sensei Boro Ranitovic and Do Centre students

• Wanjina Rising in Zagreb and Anan-Do Tai Chi workshops announcement

• "Dreamtime is over – it's time to wake up!"

Wanjina Rising mural painting at Rotor in Zagreb – Promotion of Aboriginal forgotten spiritual tradition and protest against art censorship

• "It's nothing to do with us…" and "Wanjina Law"

Wanjina Rising art censorship protest at Stari Park Tresnjevka in Zagreb, with Marina Lapadatovic and DreamRaiser artists creating art installation "It's nothing to do with us…" and Suncica Dzaic the calligraphy of the "Wanjina Law" poem; planting of Wanjina Watchers flowers; a joint event with Shifu Tenodi's Anan-Do Tai Chi workshop

• Good Morning Croatia

Croatian TV news segment: Anan-Do Tai Chi and Wanjina Rising art event and censorship protest

• Interview with archaeologists from Croatian Academy of Science and Archaeological museum in Zagreb

• "Painting Wanjina Everywhere"

Wanjina cups & spoons painting at Visnja Havelka home, with DreamRaiser project participants, under the guidance of Marina Lapadatovic

• "Sign Your Palm"

Wanjina Rising art performance and censorship protest with Suncica Dzaic at Bundek Lake in Zagreb; joint event with Shifu Tenodi's Anan-Do Tai Chi workshop

• Anan-Do Tai Chi workshop & Wanjina Rising Art Censorship Protest

• Meeting the President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic - the Mystic Fair Anan-Do and Do Centre exhibition

• Shifu Tenodi – 1-hour interview for Croatian TV

• "It's 5 to 12" and "Sign Your Palm" art performance at Opatijski Portun Gallery

Wanjina Rising exhibition at Opatijski Portun Gallery in Opatija, Adriatic Coast, included Wanjina Rising exhibition, art performance with Marina Lapadatovic and DreamRaiser participating artists creating "It's 5 to 12" installation with Wanjina and Bradshaw figures; "Sign Your Palm" panels; a joint event with Shifu Tenodi's Anan-Do Tai Chi workshop and Wanjina Watchers planting at Angelina Park

• Wanjina Rising in Opatija Art Performance & Anan-Do Tai Chi

• Wanjina Rising in Opatija – Liburnija.net

• Vesna Tenodi – 1-hour interview for Croatian TV

• "Armchair Traveller Part 2" radio interview

Vesna Tenodi and Vesna Juric Rukavina interview for Radio Sljeme, about ModroGorje artists and Aborigines, informing the listeners about Aboriginal issues in Australia

• Shifu Tenodi's Anan-Do Tai Chi workshop at Jarun Lake in Zagreb

• "Attitude Changes Everything" Shifu Tenodi's Anan-Do Tai Chi workshop

• Bela-Wanjina Rising over Kalnik Mountain art performance – installation of Wanjina on top of the mountain by DreamRaiser project participants

• Bela - Wanjina Art Performance on top of Kalnik mountain No. 01

• Bela-Wanjina Art Performance on top of Kalnik mountain No. 02

• Shifu Tenodi – Tai Chi segment for Croatian TV

• "Wanjina Scroll"

Art censorship protest scroll – creation of 26-meter scroll with DreamRaiser artists and "Sign Your Palm" handprint panels with Suncica Dzaic

• Free Wanjina Rising – DreamRaiser Art Initiative 2011 Part 1/4

Wanjina Watchers art performance all over Zagreb – art performance at various locations including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Office of Human Rights stage, with DreamRaiser project participants showing support for Andrew Bolt, Benedikt Osvath, Gina Sinozich, and protesting against art censorship in Australia