Rijeka

As part of the Ringside project, the Croatian Cultural Centre (HKD) presents the dance performance Body Monologue by Greek choreographer Anastasia Valsamaki, filmed and translated into the medium of virtual reality in an impressive abandoned quarry near Athens. ©Photos Ivan Vranjić / Alekos and Christos Bourelias / Tanja Kanazir

In her lecture-performance ARCHAEOBOTANY & THE APOCALYPSE, via narrative and media content, Raščić presents ongoing artistic research begun in 2023 for her new project and lifelong endeavor. With the aim of covering the entirety of her Sarajevo studio with paintings in the 'buon fresco' technique, the project was inspired by the artist's encounter with two historical figures. One is the Roman empress Sabina Poppaea and the other is Wilhemina Jashemski, an archaeobotanist who revolutionized this discipline in the 1970s with work on the excavation site of Sabina Poppaea’s villa in Oplontis near Pompeii.