Pia Herc
Born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1976.
Biography
Ivanićgradska ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
I am born because my mother views abortion as a deadly sin
Trg Volovčica, Zagreb, Croatia
From age 4, my mother brutally beats me whenever I enquire about my father, who is never talked about
Ulica Grada Gospića, Zagreb, Croatia
From age 9, I play basketball and my mother rewards me
Draškovićeva ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 11, I defend myself from my mother’s sadistic abuse and humiliation
Zapoljska ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 14, I lose any prospect of a career in sport
Kišpatićeva ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 14, I leave school and am beaten by my sisters and my mother
E65, Karlovac, Croatia
At age 14, I try to kill myself so that my mother will be free of me
Martićeva ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 16, I drop out of school and support Bosnian refugees in a UN refugee camp
Savska cesta, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 16, I learn from UN peacekeepers to smoke dope and to use ecstasy and LSD
Gavellina ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 16, my mother forbids me to marry a Muslim Arab
Aleja Matije Ljubeka, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 17, I work and can afford speed, LSD, ecstasy, hash, marijuana and magic mushrooms at techno parties
Knežija ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 19, I fall in love with the party dealer and a symbiotic relationship begins
Ulica Antuna Bauera, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 19, I am welcomed by my mother-in-law as a beloved daughter
Ulica Josipa Roglića, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 19, I use heroin as a downer after extreme quantities of cocaine, ecstasy and speed
Hribarov prilaz, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 22, I am happy in our junkie relationship
Vinogradska cesta, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 22, I am clean and happy with the birth of the first of our four children
Knežija ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
From age 23, my husband provides drugs and money and I a nice home
Ulica Antuna Bauera, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 23, my mother reports my substance abuse to the police in order to take my children away from me
Turopoljska ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 23, the police threatens to take my children away should I not confess to being an addict
Aleja Mira, Markovo Polje, Croatia
At age 26, I feel relieved following my mothers’ death and can not continue our conflict
Svetošimunska cesta, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 29, while in detention pending trial, I am put in a coma in order to survive withdrawal
Kišpatićeva ulica, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 30, I take methadone while my husband is in detention and suffer under the unbearable separation
Ulica doktor Luje Naletilića, Zagreb, Croatia
At age 32, I am sentenced to serve time, am clean and suffer from the separation from my husband and children
Osječka ulica, Požega, Croatia
At age 32, I feel guilty about the suffering of my children
Related spaces
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.