Solar system in Zagreb - The hunt for planets

  • It has been known that Zagreb has a Sun. Actually, a Grounded Sun, sculpture made by Ivan Kožarić in 1971. It changed a few locations over the years but it has been situated in Bogovićeva street since 1994.

    The Grounded Sun has been a source of inspiration for many artists. Among them is a designer Davor Preis, who made an installation called Nine Views in 2004 – he placed nine models of planets (Pluto was still considered a planet at the time) all over Zagreb, which, along with the Kožarić’s Sun form a model of the Solar System. The planets’ sizes and distances from the Grounded Sun are in the same scale as the Grounded Sun itself.

    http://www.spottedbylocals.com/zagreb/zagreb-solar-system/

    So the students went around the city to spot the Grounded Sun and some of the planets. The workshop was led by teacher Jasna Bartolović Rimac.