Since 2001 we created:
464 Urban Squares with VR panoramas
056 Psuchogegraphy walks
085 City galleries, 30 photos each
820 Photo Blog posts
007 Printed books
010 Papers/articles
051 Activities related to our work
136 Collection of terms for urban square
056 Green Hair Toys
017 Colaborations with Granddaughter
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My interest to urban issues
and particularly urban squares,
and before that interest in geometric squares with special significance,
started during my study
of Architecture, under the
influence of two of my professors:
Bogdan Bogdanovic [More Info]
and
Ranko Radovic [More Info]
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In 1982 we made an
effort to include work
up to that point.

Collection was called "Process",
as you can see on the cover.
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Toughts:

- Artistic aspect of higehst
degree of living

- Proporcional determination of
the interconnected elements of
the quadrant, inner 4 dimensional
and outer 3 dimensional

- Inner dimensions of the objects
in the golden cut relation

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[Sagledavajuci put i mimoilazna osa ] Perception Path and Bypassing Axis.

This is my 1982 description of
basic PsychoGeography
before I was even aware
of its existence as
an artistic practice.

Images are of two of my artworks,
reflecting those ideas
from 1981 and 1982.
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Which one is me, guess?

Process for healthier city,
togetherness.

Exploring optimum relation between
four points inside the free standing quadrat in the exhibition space.

Proportional positioning
of the relations of the elelents
of the cube uder conditions
of the urban space.
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Size 2m x 1,5m].
Finished in 1985
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Right
Two times ME celebrating my
First one-man show, March 1-12, 1985

Main reason of our existence
is to be HUMAN!l

Proportional determination
of the interconnected
elements of the quadrant,
inner 4 dimensional and
outer 3 dimensional.
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Intention was to
explore connection with
personal inner centre.

Observe + walk + come in + sit

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Book was attempt to collect ideas which informed my art practice, between 1970 and 2015. Psychogeography is a practice with chronological dimension and critical subjective standpoint. Subtitle is
"transit classificando", Latin for
Passing by - Classifying.

>Psycho<Geography> is “walking
on a very narrow path” between art and science. This suited our goal very well. Intention is to have artistic freedom in interpreting the facts, and perceive
things unseen before.

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Art Object created
with three found stones
with naturally inscribed
letters C I T, found on
the island of Pag, Yugoslavia.
Republic of Croatia after
separation in 1991.

These two are just short selection
among many of them,
some even quite poetic.
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This will be a starting point
of course in the center
of this square map,
of our exploration with
few follow up images.
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All of the creative activities since 2009, are happening in our studio #08.
Of course it is located almost
in the Centre of this map.
Where were those other 7 studios?
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In this case,
Chichen Itza, Mayan City
on Yucatan peninsula of Mexico,
thriving from about 600-1200 AD
and
Toronto, Postmetropolis
where we live
for last 33 years,
established in 1793.
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First one us incorporated
in the Nuit Blanche,
night-time arts festival
of a city of Toronto 2025.

Second one serious islamic art
in Aga Khan Museum.
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My involvement in urban activities
started very early in my career.
Between 1972-1982 I was doing:
“space objects in the urban
environment”, conceptual art performances in Belgrade capital
of ex Yugoslavia.
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System 100 cubes
#01. Bird and bypassing axis, 2000
#03. Yes-No, 2000
Both mixed media 14x14x14 cm
and
creation done just
few days ago.
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Click on the roof to view
important message for all of us.
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Those images right and above are
trying to illustrate our state of mind.

I received the 2003 Paragon
Award (North America)
Virtual Guide to Seneca College,
and in 2004, the Seneca ITT Guide. Innovative practice with
QuickTime VR panoramas
was used for both.

Image top left was one of the first
VR panorames created from the hill overlooking College Finch Location.

As a starting practice,
group of professors and other
employees of the College
performed one of the first
psychogeography walks
as a preparation for the
student assignments.
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In 2001 first collected square,
including Virtual Reality panorama,
was taken on Campo San Martin, in Venezia, just few minutes after visit to the Biannale Di Venezia, art exhibition.

Square on this image is Soho Square, London, UK, laid out in 1682.
This square, in the square shape,
is where origin of word for this type
of urban space is coming from.

This symmetrical square [140x140m] is surrounded by buildings with red brick and white stone facades, conceived as Henri IV first large-scale project,
finished in 1612. This square, first of its kind, was accepted as an ideal design for this type of squares, influneced Soho Square, previous one mentioned.

We visited this urban square in 2005.
By that time we were having lot of experience with creation of Virtual Reality Panoramas, essential element of
the observational experience.
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Not very many urban squares are in square shape. Two above mantioned, this one and few others in our collection,
listed in the next paragraph.

Parque B. Ramos, S. Cruz, Costa Rica
Plaza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Zocalo, Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico
Praça do Comercio, Lisboa, Portugal
Beestenmarkt, Delft, Nederland
Parque Guayasamin, Havana, Cuba
Shwarzenegger Plaza, Columbus, USA
City Hall Square, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Square is designed by
Michelangelo Buonaroti,
the famous renaissance
architect, sculptor and painter.

Click on the map
for one more interesting fact
from the square in Spain.
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Our evaluation of squares is based on the psychogeographical reaction to the space. Second part of the classification system is called types of square. This
is also very good starting point for explorers wishing to examine squares starting with their characteristics.
EVALUATION
Sociability, Uses & Activities,
Access & Linkage, Image,
Comfort, Tourist value
TYPES of SQUARES
Social, Ceremonial, Religious,
Court Yard, Residential,
Street/Shopping, With Park
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That is quite obvious
in this reflection on
the glass panel in
the Edwards Garden,
or water surface
surrounding
Aga Khan Museum.
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Let's start from this one,
walk performed in 2011 around
Plaça de Lesseps, Barcelona,
Catalunya, Spain.
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One more from the same city

Beograd Visuals
this one from 2023.

Interesting fact:
Fist 360˚ Virtual Panorama done with the new camera, capable of making
it in a single image is done in 2019.
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02. Part of my artistic expression was always photography. there was a period in my life when I was exclusively supporting myself with
the sale of photographic work. When I was examining my old phots I realized which images I was most drawn to
those with most life in them, taken in various squares of over a 50 countries that I visited.

03. I was in constant close contact with technology, particularly after my move to Canada in 1993. I began making quicktime VR panoramas
very early when it was first introduced as a new technology. That proved to be a perfect medium for this collection.

04. I visited most of the squares presented here and observations were based on my professional knowledge but there was always something else,
some value [psychogepgraphy] that was not easy to define. Finally, in 2005, I visited the Biennale of Architecture in Rotterdam, Nederland
and the answer was found! Presented in “Mare Nostrum” exhibit and accompanying papers.

Finally, if these images moves anybody in any way, artistic, observational or motivational, I will consider my work not in vain. As Nigel Coates says
in the “Guide to Extacity” – “The city is nothing if you do not interpret it with passion!”

Open this Vitual Reality Panoranma in full screen - Can you guess where is this urban space?
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and PLEASE, let us know if you have any opinion or suggestion about any of these...