Rijeka

Truth # Tribe is a Zagreb-based alternative jazz-rock fusion band comprised of renowned musicians: Nenad Kovačić (percussion), Nenad Sinkauz (electric guitar, electronics), Jurica Rukljić (electric tuba), and Mak Murtić (saxophone, flute, effects). Formed in 2019, the band has since released two albums: "Distances" (Hitchtone Records) and "Live at Vinyl Factory" (Rika Muzika).

The RockeRIn project arose from the successful collaboration between educational institutions (primary and secondary schools) in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County within the framework of the PjesmaRIca and PjesmaRIca2 projects, where choirs from Rijeka and the surrounding area performed pop-rock songs from Rijeka. Given the satisfaction and success of previous projects, it became clear that we needed to offer our students new collaborative creative activities and enriching leisure pursuits.

Rooted in ecology and the ocean as a common good, this conversation brings together Davor Mišković (director of Drugo More) and Robertina Šebjanič (artist/researcher) to reflect on the Adriatic Sea as a space rich in knowledge, memories and collective care, where art, research and community meet and flourish together.

In the language of primordial symbols, the sea, the element that fosters births, transformations and re births, represents the very dynamic symbol of life. Civilizations that had been developed along its coasts have never ceased their dialogue with the world of the sea, a dialogue sustained through maritime experience and the imaginative representations of the sea itself and what it means to those who are living so closely bound up with it: curiosity, riches, exchanges and Mystery.

"Naoko nehajani spram udesa" [Apparently indifferent to disaster] seemed an appropriate title for this concert, a sound intervention accompanying a series of short films from Zagreb's film archives: Antun Babaja's Brod (1957), Bura (1958), Pod ljetnim suncem (1960) and Obrad Gluščević's Ljudi s Neretve (1966). "Seemingly indifferent to disaster" is a quote from Babaja's film Brod (The Boat) which, from our current perspective, seems to describe our situation in 2025 as much as that of the protagonists in these films, more than half a century old. Each in its own way, these films explore life by the sea, from the sea and "against" the sea.

Producer and musician Ivona Eterović, known by her stage name tonota, began her musical journey in the electronic rap duo Playground Hustle before embarking on a solo career and expanding the boundaries of her musical expression. Tonota's unconventional approach to club music, coupled with frequent experimentation and a rejection of established norms, results in an intriguing blend of ambient and bass music, sometimes influenced by traditional music.