LOCATION AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

THE MONUMENT IS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF PODGARIĆ IN THE MOSLAVINA REGION OF CROATIA. IT WAS ERECTED IN 1967 TO COMMEMORATE THE RESISTANCE OF THE REGION'S INHABITANTS AGAINST THE USTASHA OCCUPATION FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II. PARTISAN HOSPITALS AND COMMAND CENTERS OPERATED IN THE SURROUNDING FORESTS, MAKING PODGARIĆ AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT.

ARCHITECTURE AND SYMBOLISM

THE MONUMENT WAS DESIGNED BY DUŠAN DŽAMONJA, IN COLLABORATION WITH ARCHITECT AND ARTIST VLADIMIR VELIČKOVIĆ. THE MONUMENT TAKES THE FORM OF WINGS SPREAD 20 METERS WIDE AND 10 METERS HIGH, WITH A CENTRAL ALUMINUM “EYE” SYMBOLIZING THE LIGHT OF LIFE AND THE SPIRIT OF STRUGGLE. AROUND THE MONUMENT ARE GREEN MOUNDS – THE GRAVES OF ABOUT 900 PARTISANS WHO DIED IN THE REGION. THE WHOLE CREATES AN IMPRESSIVE COMPOSITION THAT BLENDS INTO THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE.

MONUMENT IN THE WOW UNIVERSE

THE MONUMENT IN PODGARIĆ HAS BECOME ONE OF THE KEY VISUAL MOTIFS IN THE WORLD OF WALKER UNIVERSE. COMPARED TO THE MONUMENT IN THE VALLEY OF HEROES, ITS FUNCTION IS ASTONISHING. THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THE MONUMENT WAS USED BY AN ADVANCED ANCIENT CIVILIZATION TO PREDICT FUTURE EVENTS. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THIS THANKS TO THE POWER OF THE AVI-8 DRONES AND A MYSTERIOUS ARTIFACT CALLED THE SPECTRE.

ITS FUTURISTIC FORM FITS PERFECTLY INTO THE POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD DEPICTED IN ALAN WALKER'S WORK.