Mizzart in Strip Core : proto street art na Slovenskem

Konda, Helena (author)

Umetniška kolektiva Mizzart in Strip Core, ki sta v osemdesetih in devetdesetih letih 20. sto­letja izvajala izvirne umetniške prakse v sloven­skem javnem prostoru, sta se s svojim delova­njem uveljavila tako doma kot v tujini. Knjiga predstavlja prvo celovito akademsko obravnavo njunih umetniških praks, ki jih imenuje »proto street art«. Termin »proto street art« je kot materialna in ideološka kategorija novost na področju aka­demskega raziskovanja grafitov in »street arta«. Monografija se teoretsko navezuje na klasifika­cijo Rafaela Schacterja in njegovo periodizacijo umetniškega obdobja »street art« v letih 1998–2008. Izvirno opredelitev termina »proto street art« sestavljajo ključni elementi, kot so časovni okvir dejavnosti, izvajalci, spontanost/suvere­nost, ikonografija, specifičnost lokacije, nedono­snost in interakcija z javnostjo. Znotraj družbenozgodovinskih okoliščin raziskave so v publikaciji opredeljene stopnje ra­zvoja hardcora na Slovenskem s pričevanji nje­govih začetnikov. Vzporedno smo očrtali razvoj Avtonomnega kulturnega centa Metelkova od zasedbe vojašnice do nastanka »celostne ume­tnine«. Mizzart in Strip Core sta sočasno s sve­tovnimi trendi ustvarila edinstveno zapuščino minljive urbane dediščine v Sloveniji in Evropi. Publikacija premierno objavlja obsežen del nju­nega slikovnega arhiva.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: ulična umetnost, likovna ulična umetnost, umetniški kolektivi, Slovenija, subkulture, grafiti, zgodovina, Mizzart, Strip Core, umetniška skupina, punk, hardcore, urbana dediščina
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: 199 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-180828
• ISBN: 978-961-297-710-8
• UDC: 7.011.2(497.4):929Mizzart(0.034.2)
• DOI: 10.4312/9789612977108
• COBISS.SI-ID: 256006915
• Publication date in RUL: 27.03.2026

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: English

Abstract

The art collectives Mizzart and Strip Core pra­cticed original artistic practices in the Slovenian public space in the 1980s and 1990s. They both have gained public recognition at home and ab­road. The publication represents the first compre­hensive academic coverage of their artistic practi­ces, labeling them »proto street art«. The term »proto street art« as a material and ideological category represents a novelty in the field of academic research of graffiti and »street art«. The monography theoretically derives from Rafael Schacter's classification and proposed pe­riodization of the »street art« as an artistic peri­od from 1998-2008. The definition of the term »proto street art« is original and it consists of the key elements: time frame of the activity, perfor­mers, spontaneity/sovereignty, iconography, loca­tion specificity, non-profitability and interaction with the public. The socio-historical background of the re­search in the publication outlines the stages of the development of hardcore in Slovenia, backed with the testimonies of its pioneers. At the same time, it describes the development of the Auto­nomous Cultural Center of Metelkova, starting with the occupation of the abandoned army complex and progressing to the creation of the »Gesamtkunst«. Mizzart and Strip Core created a unique le­gacy of ephemeral urban heritage in Slovenia and Europe simultaneously with the global trends. An extensive part of the collectives’ artistic archive is shown in the publication for the first time ever.

• Keywords: graffiti, street art, subcultures, urban heritage