{"id":5786,"date":"2026-06-30T09:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2026-06-30T09:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:51:03","slug":"vida-sacic-soft-archives-in-karas-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/2026\/06\/vida-sacic-soft-archives-in-karas-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Vida Sa\u010di\u0107 – SOFT ARCHIVES in Karas Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

VIDA SA\u010cI\u0106<\/strong>
\nSOFT ARCHIVES<\/strong>
\n7.-24.7.2026.<\/strong>
\nKARAS GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, 7th of July Vida Sa\u010di\u0107<\/strong> opens her solo exhibition entitled Soft Archives at 7 pm in Karas Gallery<\/strong> (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).<\/p>\n

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In his forward, Ivan Bujan<\/strong> emphasizes:
\n\u201eVida Sa\u010di\u0107\u2019s new series of works, presented at Karas Gallery, deals with questions of home, belonging, and intercultural exchange. Since the concept of the \u2018archive\u2019 is broad enough to encompass all the issues explored, it is hardly surprising that the artist has chosen it as the framework for the exhibition titled Soft<\/em> Archives<\/em>. Indeed, the etymology of the word \u2018archive\u2019 derives from the Greek arkheion<\/em> \u2013 house, dwelling, address \u2013 the residence of high magistrates, the archons. Archives are traditionally seen as \u2018hard\u2019: they consist of material objects and documents. This raises the question: what, exactly, are soft archives, and what might they teach us?
\nWorking with typographic relief processes, from printing plates and wood to metal type, Sa\u010di\u0107 defines herself as an artist of the \u201cprinted word\u201d. At the same time, she situates her practice within a specific temporal and geopolitical context, noting that she grew up in Croatia during the 1990s and established herself professionally in the United States, where she now lives and works. The exhibition Soft<\/em> Archives<\/em> includes the very dimensions essential to understanding her practice \u2013 medium, origin, and the effort to connect two cultural traditions \u2013 thereby making the archive a key method for interpreting the work presented at Karas Gallery. \u201d<\/p>\n

PREFACE<\/a><\/p>\n

Biography<\/strong>:
\nVida Sa\u010di\u0107, a Croatian-born artist based in Chicago, explores themes of gender, immigration, and labour through print media. Her work has been showcased internationally at venues such as the DeVos Art Museum and the Center for Book Arts, alongside frequent exhibitions in Chicago. Sa\u010di\u0107 has engaged in long-term projects at notable studios and museums, including tipoRenesansa Studio in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Wisconsin. Her work is held in collections such as the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art and the Newberry Library. Active in Chicago\u2019s art community, Sa\u010di\u0107 lectures, curates exhibitions, and advocates for international connections. As an educator at Northeastern Illinois University, she has developed the BFA program in Graphic Design, emphasizing support for immigrants and artists with lower socio-economic standing.<\/p>\n

The exhibition will be open during the period from 7. to 24.7.2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working hours of Karas Gallery<\/strong>
\nWednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm \u2013 8pm
\nTuesday, Saturday 10am \u2013 1pm
\nOn Sundays and Mondays closed.
\n___
\nOrganizer: HDLU
\nWith the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VIDA SA\u010cI\u0106
SOFT ARCHIVES
7.-24.7.2026.
KARAS GALLERY<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, 7th of July Vida Sa\u010di\u0107 opens her solo exhibition entitled Soft Archives at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

In his forward, Ivan Bujan emphasizes:
\u201eVida Sa\u010di\u0107\u2019s new series of works, presented at Karas Gallery, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1,1102],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5790,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/5790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlu.hr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}