Young, Wild, Sleep-Deprived

Community. Individual. Leisure. Rebellion. The photographs of Rijeka-born Vid Barić, a culturologist and journalist for the Zagreb-based daily “Jutarnji list,” reflect the everyday life of the subcultural layer of contemporary youth.

In their documentary-artistic function, treating the image as a phenomenon representing shared reality, these photographs capture moments from the real, unscripted world where the protagonists are—young people. Caught in the moment, driven by a primal urge for rebellion, and under the wing of music as the eternal symbol of subcultural ideologies, the “wild and sleep-deprived” navigate a divided reality.

Through spontaneous or intentional framing, the photo series “Young, Wild, Sleep-Deprived” reflects a group in action or an individual as an allegory of the whole, telling a story of the camaraderie among friends, acquaintances, passersby, and musical protagonists of the contemporary “New Wave.” Uncensored, raw, and loud, Vid Barić’s photographs stand as current narratives.

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IMPRESSUM

Artist: Vid Barić
Text: Katarina Podobnik
Photography: Valerija Djanješić
Support: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb

Biography

Vid Barić (1988, Rijeka) obtained his master’s degree from the Department of Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. He lives in Zagreb and works as a journalist. He is the author of the collection of satirical stories “Fiumanski, opet lažeš” (Shura publications, 2020). He is a winner of the Fra Ma Fu Award for best news coverage in 2018. (“The secret of the Podravina benefactor,” Nedjeljni Jutarnji, 10.06.2018). He writes short stories and newspaper articles, with special interest in reporting. Former professional snowboarder, representative of the Croatian national team and author of several snowboarder films. He is hobbyistic photographer with special interest in “sincere photography” (candid), and films exclusively on film.