Pia Herc

Born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1976

Biography

I am born because my mother views abortion as a deadly sin
I am born because my mother views abortion as a deadly sin
Ivanićgradska ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
From age 4, my mother brutally beats me whenever I enquire about my father, who is never talked about
From age 4, my mother brutally beats me whenever I enquire about my father, who is never talked about
Trg Volovčica , Zagreb , Croatia
From age 9, I play basketball and my mother rewards me
From age 9, I play basketball and my mother rewards me
Ulica Grada Gospića , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 11, I defend myself from my mother’s sadistic abuse and humiliation
At age 11, I defend myself from my mother’s sadistic abuse and humiliation
Draškovićeva ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 14, I lose any prospect of a career in sport
At age 14, I lose any prospect of a career in sport
Zapoljska ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 14, I leave school and am beaten by my sisters and my mother
At age 14, I leave school and am beaten by my sisters and my mother
Kišpatićeva ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 14, I try to kill myself so that my mother will be free of me
At age 14, I try to kill myself so that my mother will be free of me
E65 , Karlovac , Croatia
At age 16, I drop out of school and support Bosnian refugees in a UN refugee camp
At age 16, I drop out of school and support Bosnian refugees in a UN refugee camp
Martićeva ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 16, I learn from UN peacekeepers to smoke dope and to use ecstasy and LSD
At age 16, I learn from UN peacekeepers to smoke dope and to use ecstasy and LSD
Savska cesta , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 16, my mother forbids me to marry a Muslim Arab
At age 16, my mother forbids me to marry a Muslim Arab
Gavellina ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 17, I work and can afford speed, LSD, ecstasy, hash, marijuana and magic mushrooms at techno parties
At age 17, I work and can afford speed, LSD, ecstasy, hash, marijuana and magic mushrooms at techno parties
Aleja Matije Ljubeka , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 19, I fall in love with the party dealer and a symbiotic relationship begins
At age 19, I fall in love with the party dealer and a symbiotic relationship begins
Knežija ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 19, I am welcomed by my mother-in-law as a beloved daughter
At age 19, I am welcomed by my mother-in-law as a beloved daughter
Ulica Antuna Bauera , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 19, I use heroin as a downer after extreme quantities of cocaine, ecstasy and speed
At age 19, I use heroin as a downer after extreme quantities of cocaine, ecstasy and speed
Ulica Josipa Roglića , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 22, I am happy in our junkie relationship
At age 22, I am happy in our junkie relationship
Hribarov prilaz , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 22, I am clean and happy with the birth of the first of our four children
At age 22, I am clean and happy with the birth of the first of our four children
Vinogradska cesta , Zagreb , Croatia
From age 23, my husband provides drugs and money and I a nice home
From age 23, my husband provides drugs and money and I a nice home
Knežija ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 23, my mother reports my substance abuse to the police in order to take my children away from me
At age 23, my mother reports my substance abuse to the police in order to take my children away from me
Ulica Antuna Bauera , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 23, the police threatens to take my children away should I not confess to being an addict
At age 23, the police threatens to take my children away should I not confess to being an addict
Turopoljska ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 26, I feel relieved following my mothers’ death and can not continue our conflict
At age 26, I feel relieved following my mothers’ death and can not continue our conflict
Aleja Mira , Markovo Polje , Croatia
At age 29, while in detention pending trial, I am put in a coma in order to survive withdrawal
At age 29, while in detention pending trial, I am put in a coma in order to survive withdrawal
Svetošimunska cesta , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 30, I take methadone while my husband is in detention and suffer under the unbearable separation
At age 30, I take methadone while my husband is in detention and suffer under the unbearable separation
Kišpatićeva ulica , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 32, I am sentenced to serve time, am clean and suffer from the separation from my husband and children
At age 32, I am sentenced to serve time, am clean and suffer from the separation from my husband and children
Ulica doktor Luje Naletilića , Zagreb , Croatia
At age 32, I feel guilty about the suffering of my children
At age 32, I feel guilty about the suffering of my children
Osječka ulica , Požega , Croatia

The conceptual architecture of TBDWBAJ is based on the investigation of various social spaces, isolated space, cultural space, public space and virtual space. Each of these rooms describes a phase of the project and takes on a different perspective.

THE ISOLATED SPACE

THE PUBLIC SPACE

THE CULTURAL SPACE