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Marjetica Potrč: Under a Common Roof, 2005-2008
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AMBIENCE IV

Marjetica Potrč

1953, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, now Slovenia

 

Under a Common Roof, 2005-2008
wall painting, ink on paper

 

The series of images is based on a 1944 draft created by Jože Plečnik for the city of Ljubljana. The city would build a roof and provide a communal utility infrastructure for the neighborhood, and residents would build houses under this communal roof. A similar concept can be found in modern-day Johannesburg, but on a different scale. There, a roof and essential infrastructure is provided for the individual family.