[wzslider autoplay=”true”]A group of Bosnian artists are planning to turn the former atomic shelter into a museum dedicated to the Cold War.
Within the labyrinth of tunnels, dark chambers and heavy steel doors inside the bunker, which was built by Josip Broz Tito, art exhibitions have been in the process of being organized since 2011. However, artists are now planning something new.
“We want to create a museum about the Cold War, a hybrid museum that will be both military and artistic,” said Edo Hozić, who led the initiative to make the shelter open to the public.
‘’Once we find ourselves inside, we will travel through time.”
The bunker near Konjic was built in secret between 1953 and 1979, and covers approximately 6,500 square meters, 300 meters below the surface. Its main purpose was, in the event of an atomic catastrophe, to hide and protect Tito, his family and close associates, or about 350 people, in order to secure them with undisturbed life for six months.
The shelter was discovered after the disintegration of Yugoslavia, when it became the military property of an independent Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was handed over to the ammunition factory in Konjic, who wanted to use its two sites for storage, although the bunker itself was declared as national monument.
Last week, Hozić opened the third cycle of the Project of the biennial of contemporary art in the bunker, which includes the works of 25 artists, whose theme this year is the alternative way of life during the Cold War, such as the anti-war protests and environmental and women’s movements.
(Source: fokus.ba)
