Marko Drmac
Those who care: Gloves
text and family archive photo
2025.
This summer, in the window of our office, at Petrinjska Street 38, you can see the work “Those Who Care: Gloves” as part of the project “Those Who Care” by Marko Drmać. Namely, the work is based on an archive of family photographs and an autofictional text. The central motif of the work is a detail of a hand, which is shown as the main object of the plot. This motif is repeated three times, and through the bleaching process it slowly disappears, which visually symbolizes the process of loss or transformation. The textual part of the work questions hereditary teachings, authority and benevolence of advice from older generations. It is emphasized that advice is often transformed into imperative norms and standards, which emphasizes the complexity of intergenerational relations. This work explores the tension between tradition and individuality, the imposed and the chosen, through the metaphor of gloves, indicating how inherited patterns of behavior can be limiting.
“Those Who Care” is a project based on fragments of a family photo archive and autofiction texts that were created alongside them. Raised mostly by women, I decided to thematize and reexamine the actions and claims that occurred during my upbringing. The project is designed so that the works are included in everyday life and are located in public places. Their position in public places could motivate other people to also reexamine their experiences, but also comfort them that they are not alone in noticing and questioning the same intergenerational issues. With this showcase, the Domino Association is honored to be part of the beginning of the project itself, which will last this year and next.
[BIO]
Marko Drmać was born on August 14, 2002 in Mostar. After finishing elementary school, he enrolled in the Gabrijela Jurkić High School of Fine Arts, fashion design department. In 2023, he enrolled in fashion design at the Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, and in 2025, he began his undergraduate studies in animated film and new media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. During his studies, he participated in the ALUvizije and Galanterija i bižuterija projects, and collaborated on several art projects. 2025. In 2011, he participated in an Erasmus Plus one-week photography workshop at the Berlin Wannsee Forum under the mentorship of photographer Niklas Goldbach. He has exhibited in group exhibitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, including Intimne maramice Gratis (SKC Rijeka), Festival Prvih (ne)vidljive žene (Galerija Događanja).
The Q showcase project is co-financed by the City of Zagreb.
