Propulsor - Score for the ship Galeb

The clang of rivets being driven into sections melds with the thud of dozens of hammers striking the hull. In the ship’s stern, four workers are repairing the shaft where a new propeller will be installed in a month, while painters test the first coats and search for the right shade for a vessel that was originally meant to bear the name Mornar (The Sailor). They call out to one another, sip wine during breaks, the workers from Monfalcone, Italy, are still grappling with the language. The ship they are working on is no stranger to them – fifteen years earlier, they built its two “sisters”. Such scenes were likely common in the Uljanik shipyard in the early 1950s, when it became clear that another city was growing in Pula. In the dry docks of this city-within-a-city – Uljanik – extensive works are nearing completion on the training ship Galeb, later remembered as a “ship of peace” and a “ship of friendship” in the context of Yugoslavia’s Non-Aligned Movement. In our search for the sounds and images woven into the history of this vessel, we discovered not only an array of crackles, noises and vibrations as they can still be heard on deck, but also realized that in visualizing its past, one encounters far more than “picture-perfect postcards”. Built during the Fascist era to meet the needs of a colonial economy, RAMB III was the third of four sister ships designed to ply the waters between Italy and its occupied African territories. The bark of commands, the tone of racism, the cries of punishment – and, ultimately, the belligerent roar of a poisoned nation, would draw this cargo ship into its maelstrom.

Nenad Sinkauz is an ethnomusicologist, composer and performer, the winner of five “Zlatna Arena” Awards for film music at the Pula Film Festival. He is currently researching MIDI mapping of the electric guitar and taking part in numerous audio-visual, theatre and concert performances.  

Alen Sinkauz is an ethnomusicologist, composer and performer, the winner of five “Zlatna Arena” Awards for film music at the Pula Film Festival. He composes and designs sound for musical stage productions, dance and theatre performances, as well as radiophonic, site-specific, and multidisciplinary performances.  

Miodrag Gladović holds a degree in electroacoustic engineering and works as a musician, music producer, and multimedia artist. He collaborates with numerous Croatian and international artists as a sound designer and participates in the technical realization of multimedia and interactive art installations.  

Mario Kalogjera is a performance animator and visual designer. He has extensive experience in post-production of numerous projects, including animated, experimental, and short 3D stereoscopic films, which he created for the national television (HRT), Zagreb Film, Bonobo Studio, and Kinorama.

Andrea Matošević is a university professor and researcher in the fields of ethno-anthropology, cultural studies, history, and philosophy. He has published several dozen scientific research papers and six monographs. His last monograph is titled Kolos Jadrana. Industrijski film i brodogradilište Uljanik u drugoj polovici XX. stoljeća.

Vladislav Knežević medijski je umjetnik i redatelj. Primarno se bavi audio-vizualnim istraživanjima i kreira radove koristeći se snimljenim videomaterijalom, digitalnom fotografijom, mikroanimacijom, stereoskopskom 3D-tehnikom i generativnim elektroničkim zvukom u pokušaju stvaranja novog iskustva gledanja filmskog medija.

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