The Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Bosnia and Herzegovina book intends to provide an overall representation of the Project Biennial D‐0 ARK Underground, held in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is edited in a way to unfold the content chronologically, shaped by the curatorial and artistic content accumulated in the course of two biennial editions, in 2011 and 2013. Furthermore, in the book, the director of the project, Edo Hozić, thoroughly explains his understanding and engagement with the cultural and the political substance of the bunker in the frame of the larger cultural discourse of Balkan region and beyond.

Project  D-0  ARK  Underground,  stationed  in  the  space  of  the  Atomic  shelter  in  Konjic,  45km  south  of  Sarajevo,  is  known  as  Tito’s  atomic  shelter.  The  CODE  name  is  Istanbul.  The  object  is  still  under  the  Ministry  of  Defense  of  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina.  The  aim  of  the  project  is  to  transform  this  military  object  to  a  cultural  center,  hence  the  biennial  is  establishing  a  contemporary  art  museum  inside  of  a  historical  museum.

Edited  by  Basak  Senova,  the  book  is  organized  in  five  chapters.  The  first  chapter  presents  the  curatorial  statements  that  elaborate  on  the  issues  and  conditions  that  have  formed  the  infrastructure  of  the  project.  Chapter  two  is  dedicated  to  the  works  that  are  exhibited  in  the  bunker  accompanied  by  brief  descriptions  and  images.  The  following  chapter  further  discusses  the  existence  and  the  significance  of  the  project  through  the  concept  of  ‘vintage’  by  taking  ‘the  cold  war  era’  as  the  point  of  its  departure.  Chapter  four  recapitulates  the  outcome  of  the  public  program  during  the  second  edition  by  focusing  on  the  public  programming  and  discussions  that  took  place  in  Sarajevo  as  an  accompanying  event  of  the  biennial  opening.  Finally,  the  last  chapter  depicts  the  chronology  of  the  project  by  providing  brief  information  on  talks,  presentations,  workshops  and  seminars  that  took  place  within  the  project.

The 2nd edition of the Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Bosnia and Herzegovina, curated by Basak Senova and Branko Franceschi, takes place through September 26, 2013 .