“Critical Fashion Walk // Zagreb” will be a group walk in Zagreb, exploring what critical fashion can be through the motion of bodies and thoughts, and to what end it can be articulated, practiced, and possibly acted upon. Conversation will be encouraged throughout the walk, while the group will move together from intervention to intervention through the urban fabric of Zagreb. This walk will be the second installment in the Critical Fashion Walk series – the first took place in Oslo in 2024.
The departure point for this walk is a paper pattern leaflet on “Workwear” produced by the Croatian Institute for Improving Domestic Labour (1960), found amongst the archives of the Centre for Research on Fashion and Clothing (CIMO). Using the main street of Zagreb, Ilica, as the grain of the fabric, the walk will trace the seams of a paper pattern onto the city itself, whereby walking can be understood either as a drafting system or as an act of fabric cutting. This walk stems from a curatorial and research residency Johanna Zanon had at CIMO in Zagreb in January 2026. It is a collaboration between Johanna Zanon and Lea Vene with Maja Arcabic and Marko Miskovic.
This walking project is being realized in partnership with The Walking Multilogue; find more information about the full program here:
https://files.cargocollective.com/c1524396/260916_TDM26_Programm.pdf
The walk will be conducted in English and starts live at 6:00 PM in the courtyard of the Zagreb City Museum.
Please confirm your attendance by September 29.
You can also participate in the walk online by registering via this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbVXVruQCTec_7KXD-e-nRb64JDS0YV4nqfiDZi5S3Wjlgxw/viewform
Marko Mišković is a designer and an artist based in Zagreb. Their interdisciplinary approach combines design methodologies with contemporary artistic research. They work across textiles, video, objects, scents, and spatial installations. DIY values, hands-on approach, and operating on the fringes of academic frameworks of the established art world are some of the recurring values present in their work. They have participated in award-winning art and design projects, as well as international initiatives connecting contemporary design and cultural heritage.
Maja Arčabić is a museum advisor and manager of the Fashion, Fashion Accessories and Textiles Collection and the Furniture, Clocks and other Furnishings Collection at the Zagreb City Museum. Her professional and research work focuses on Zagreb’s cultural history, particularly the history of fashion and dress in Zagreb and Croatia, with a focus on the second half of the 20th century. She has curated and co-curated numerous museum and exhibition projects.
Johanna Zanon (b. 1988, FR/NO) is an independent curator and writer. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Oslo, a graduate diploma from École Nationale des Chartes in Paris, and an MA in art history from École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. She has curated interdisciplinary, research-based exhibitions, projects in the public space, and film series. Her curatorial interests include labour, capitalism, contemporary crafts, speculative and interactive fiction, art theory, and environmental humanities. She also worked as a programme curator at the Norwegian Association for Craft Artists (2020-2025).
Project supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb and Foundation Kultura Nova
