Rijeka

Overwhelmed, performance with Black Mediterranean (large image on textile), participatory performance of variable duration) and installation in public space, created by Siniša Ilić and Bojan Đorđev in collaboration with local participants.

This propulsion system is not merely a propeller that converts engine power into thrust, propelling the ship forward. It is also the force that allows this ship to navigate diachronically from the Ligurian Sea to the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea, or the Suez Canal. The propulsion system is the ship's dead time at the bottom of the sea; the propulsion system is the ship's body, symbolizing simultaneous peace, rupture, and riveting, its sinking and its resurfacing. The propulsion system is the propeller immobilized at the heart of a service economy. The propulsion system is a future attraction.

Sara Renar is a recording and live artist from Zagreb, Croatia. She is considered one of the best and bravest singer-songwriters of the new Balkan generation. Her musical style can be described as experimental/indie/pop, blending subtle melodies with electronic and theatrical elements.

Collection in dialogue will bring two video works from the collection of MMSU The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Gorgo by Lala Raščić and Yet Another Departure by Renata Poljak with the spaces and the permanent display of the Museum of the City of Rijeka, to shape new meanings and knowledge framing the contexts that surrounds them.

Rising Levels, a sketch of a ready-made object resembling a totem. A proposal for a new temporary public sculpture by Tina Gverović exploring the interaction between materials, social practices, and intercultural contexts. Inspired by Constantin Brancusi's Endless Column, it consists of a stack of found objects that have found their place in the city and the port, and prefabricated or purchased objects.

Foragers depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humor and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs.