In the framework of the program Voids2021, in addition to converting spaces in the old town into the open studios of selected artists, through an open calendar we allowed all citizens and other civil society organizations in Split to join the initiative, “adopt” one of the spaces and shape the city in winter.

30/1 – 4/2/2021 // Bosanska 4
To look does not mean to see
With the research project To look does not mean to see, design student Alen Marić attempted to figure out how to perceive space using the medium of photography. Emphasis is placed on the phenomenological perception of space which, given the length of the stay in that space, affects the awareness of it. During his week-long stay in the space, Marić collected a series of photographs taken in collaboration with visitors. 

30/1 – 5/2/2021 // Dominisova 3 
Exhibition Cardborization! – Tamara Bućan 
Exhibition Cardborization! by the young artist Tamara Bućan included ten artworks that are in between the mediums of drawing and sculpture, achieved by engraving in the cardboard. The essence of this process is in the simplicity and availability of discarded material, which can be turned into something complex with a lot of effort and imagination.

5/2 – 7/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
My House Hurts 
The interactive installation My House Hurts by young artists Ana Marie Maravić and Vita Jončić was formed based on the social game Monopoly, although the rules are changed. Instead of a game that leads to the goal of creating monopoly and capital, it functions as an appeal to the action of proposing solutions, and thus changing the current problems and difficult circumstances within the Republic of Croatia.  As a contrast to Monopoly, the installation My House Hurts wants to support the players in the reflection on their environment and encourage them to become active in their community. The interactive installation premiered and was made for the Voids 2021, and during its Split tour it interested many citizens and brought a positive atmosphere. It was played until late in the evening.

6/2 – 12/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
Exhibition Synergy by Iva Martinović
The exhibition Synergy by the young painter Iva Martinović included a series of paintings, which examine the toxic effects of certain substances on human health. The exhibition presented paintings on canvas, created as part of the author’s final thesis and more recent paintings on fabric. By “taking away” the pigment from the canvas, Martinović re-examines the issue of human health and the mutual influence of man and ecology in his approach and motive. The connection, like the physiological one, is present in other aspects of existence as well. 

8/2 – 12/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
Creating a memory quilt 
Memory quilt is a traditional handmade quilt made as a souvenir, a memorabilia of family history. Traditionally, old clothes are used to make quilts, especially those worn in childhood, to which photographs are then sewn on to. Duvets are usually made on the occasion of the first relocation from the family home, birth or death, anniversaries and such. They are made entirely by hand sewing, and sewing an individual photo takes between 10 and 20 minutes, which allows a certain amount of time to be spent looking, analyzing and contemplating over the photo, the people in it and the situations shown. The sewing process quickly becomes automated, repeating passing the needle through the fabric and the same hand movement allows you to enter a kind of trance and meditation, while opening space for deeper reflection and a kind of conversation with photographs. 

12/2 – 13/2/2021 // Bosanska 4
Sculptural Installation in Creation
Sculptural Installation in Creation, as the name suggests, is a kind of open studio for the audience, which in this way has the opportunity to witness the formation of a site-specific installation of old fishing nets by the young artist Veronika Šindilj. The author says about the work: “If we were to view the title of the work Sculptural Installation in Creation as a complete and finalized identity of the work, we would omit the story behind it. What is revealed to us in the title is an objective description of the work whose creation is not hidden from the audience. Viewing the work as a finished product disintegrates it from the process of making and everything it brings, and in the case of site-specific installation it is primarily the process of harmonizing the work with space, transforming from a sketch to the final spatial composition. 

13/2 – 14/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
What is a city without people? 
What is a city without people? is a notebook binding workshop led by young artists Valerija Djanješić and Jelena Kovaček. A notebook or book is both an intimate note of thought and a medium that represents an insight into the state of society, the city and its problems. The ultimate goal of the open workshop was to connect the story of the city of Split with the medium of the book. Writing in the book, the participants shared their personal vision and recreated the vision of their hometown. The facilitators instructed the workshop participants in different ways and types of connection, while discussing Split, its good and bad sides, past, present and future. 

15/2 – 17/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
How to tame a story? 
A short story is one of the most demanding literary forms, but it is very possible to “tame” it. During the three-day creative writing workshop, the participants talked, wrote and analysed. Workshop leaders and “story tamers” were published authors Ružica Gašperov and Sara Kopeczky Bajić. Four participants had to write a short autobiographical story as the task of the workshop. 

18/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
queerANarchive & Rad.Ni.K distro
The collectives queerANarchive and Rad.Ni.K presented the latest issues of fanzines as part of the project Adopt a Space. The fanzine of the queerANarchive collective called Reinvention deals with some of the key social themes of “gayness” as named and described by Didier Eribon in his work Insult and the Making of the Gay Self. The thematic issue is complemented by life stories and visuals, which are the contribution of the local community. Visitors were also able to print some of the motifs on tote bags or clothing items at the screen-printing workshop. 

19/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
Radio in the ghetto 
Community radio KLFM has been operating since 2012 as an online radio entirely run by volunteers. On the penultimate day of Voids, KLFM moved to the Uje restaurant space and created a small handy studio from where, from 10 am to 10 pm, a live program was broadcasted. In addition to conversations, field appearances, DJ sets directly from Voids and enjoying an eclectic music selection, visitors were able to casually chat with the hosts. 

20/2/2021 // Dominisova 3
Bumbak – REact, REcycle, REdesign 
The Voids 2021 ended with the activities of Bumbak, which is led by Lucija and Maja. At the beginning of the program, which began with an educational workshop REact, visitors were introduced to old, cult fashion brands from the former state, and then as part of Recycle had the opportunity to renew their wardrobe with Bumbak pieces at promotional prices. The all-day activities concluded with a one-hour children’s workshop REdesign in which the little ones “revived” old, worn clothes.