13–70 (Detached Roots) is a unique art initiative inspired by movement. It draws on the strength of root motility, a legacy passed down from father to son. The project honours the timeless freedom and transformative journey represented by an old Renault truck, one of the first vehicles in Dubrovnik registered under 13–70. The trigger was a photograph of DC’s father smiling with friends near this vehicle. Recognising the quiet magic behind what could have been just a license plate number, 13–70 became a symbol of endurance, purpose, and the courage to follow one’s path.
The truck’s symbolic meaning goes beyond transportation; it embodies the freedom to embrace the unknown and move without a fixed outcome. It represents the ability to journey forward without losing connection to home and ancestry. It shows how roots stay within us, even when lifted, retaining the power to grow, evolve, and transform. It speaks of nurturing authenticity, intuition, courage, and creativity, allowing inherited roots to become wings.
As these wings take flight, they give rise to a vast mycelium web, spreading, connecting, and uniting like-minded individuals. This web symbolises the flow of knowledge, creativity, and inspiration, forming a community shaped by shared growth. Like mycelium in nature, it reflects life’s continuous cycles and the need for strong, interconnected ecosystems.
The artworks born from this idea unfold across seven phases, following the arc of the Hero’s Journey, moving from the first inner call, through descent and illumination, toward return and integration.
Drift into the mycelium’s growing network and feel the possibilities it offers.
Something shifts beneath the surface.
The 13–70 image becomes a signal.
A quiet pull toward the unknown appears.
Intuition leads.
The journey begins.
Colour Palette:
Teal · Retro Orange · Sunflower Yellow · Circuit Green
Emotional Tone:
Restless anticipation; the first spark of transformation.
The world opens in fragments.
Codes, colours, and tools gain new meaning.
Objects become symbols.
The Hero learns to see differently.
This phase is playful, intuitive, and full of potential.
13–70 turns from relic into key.
Colour Palette:
Lime · Neon Pink · Gold · Electric Yellow
Emotional Tone:
Exploratory, enchanted, wide-eyed.
What was playful becomes intentional.
Patterns and grids form gateways.
Curiosity turns into commitment.
A portal opens with weight and possibility.
The known world falls away.
Colour Palette:
Deep Ochre · Cobalt · Acid Green · Black & White
Emotional Tone:
Focused, electric, ritualistic.
The journey turns raw.
Beliefs collapse and identity cracks.
Hidden grief and fear rise to the surface.
This is the hardest phase, where breaking becomes renewal.
In the darkness, new ground begins to form.
Colour Palette:
Blood Red · Scorched Black · Rust · Bruised Purple
Emotional Tone:
Intense, unfiltered, transformative through struggle.
The Hero begins to see the inner light.
Images rise from a deeper place.
The works feel airy, fluid, and bright.
This is a phase of quiet knowing.
Colour Palette:
Cerulean · Turquoise · Silver · Lavender · Soft White
Emotional Tone:
Graceful, fluid, renewed.
Opposites begin to meet in quiet harmony.
The Hero enters a space of tenderness and creation.
Colours warm and forms come in pairs.
Love becomes structure, and balance becomes direction.
A new purpose begins to grow.
Colour Palette:
Rose Pink · Gold · Fuchsia · Emerald · Indigo
Emotional Tone:
Sensual, heartfelt, reconciled.
The Hero returns transformed.
Symbols fall into place, and the palette expands.
What was fractured now feels connected and whole.
The journey ends in an opening, ready to begin again.
13–70 remains the portal – origin, motion, renewal.
Colour Palette:
Full Chakra Spectrum · Gold · Earth Tones · Night Black
Emotional Tone:
Calm confidence; integrated selfhood.
