From Walls to PDF: Building an Archive of Urban Art

Between 1996 and 2008, I painted over twenty murals across Zagreb. They were temporary by nature — weathered, painted over, or demolished — but each one carried a story. I signed them all under the name "STUDENT", a name that reflected both my age and my approach: always learning, always observing.

30 years later, I realized no one else would preserve them if I didn’t.

This archive is my response to that realization — a curated retrospective of my early urban work. It's not nostalgia. It's a way to give form to something that once lived in public space, to share it with those who were never there to witness it.

### How I made it

I went through hundreds of photographs — some scanned from old prints, others buried in hard drives. I retouched what I could, let others remain raw. Each mural was placed within its visual context: size, location, intent. I wrote short texts that explain the work, but left space for your own interpretation.

Technically, the archive is a simple PDF. But behind it is three decades of life, silence, paint, and observation.

You can download it freely. It’s my way of saying: **this existed**.

If you remember one of these murals, or have photos I might be missing — let me know. This archive is not a closure. It’s an opening.

📥 Download the Urban Art Retrospective PDF
Free. For memory, for meaning, for movement.