Rijeka 2020 European Capital of Culture Programme — Port of Diversity
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RIJEKA 2020 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE PROGRAMME 2nd expanded edition, January 2020 RIJEKA 2020 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE PROGRAMME — PORT OF DIVERSITY 2nd expanded edition, January 2020 4 5 RIJEKA 2020 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE CONTENTS PORT OF DIVERSITY Programme 1st February 2020 — 31st January 2021 6 WELCOME TO RIJEKA 2020 Rijeka 2020 European Capital of Culture 33 RIJEKA 2020 PROGRAMME Holder of the title The City of Rijeka 34 THE START AT CARNIVAL TIME Operational leader 42 ART EXHIBITIONS RIJEKA 2020 LLC 78 THEMATIC EXHIBITIONS Strategic partners Government of the Republic of Croatia 98 ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS IN PUBLIC SPACE Primorje-Gorski Kotar County University of Rijeka 146 URBAN INTERVENTIONS Rijeka Tourist Board 160 ACTIONS AND ATTRACTIONS PROGRAMME BROCHURE 2020 170 FESTIVALS AND EVENTS Second expanded edition, January 2020 192 THEATRE AND DANCE Publisher RIJEKA 2020 LLC 218 OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC ISBN 978-953-48369-8-9 A CIP record is available in the digital catalogue of the 242 THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME University Library Rijeka under the number 140828019. 270 COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES The content of this publication is subject to change. For more detailed and updated information please visit 338 PARTNER PROGRAMMES www.rijeka2020.eu 356 MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES 392 LITERARY EDITIONS 410 THE LEGACY OF RIJEKA 2020 456 CALENDAR WELCOME TO RIJEKA! 8 9 RIJEKA — PORT OF DIVERSITY Rijeka is a city of the unobtrusive existence of diversity, a symbol of inclusivity and openness, at the heart of the natural and cultural diversity of Kvarner and Gorski Kotar. A city whose citizens on the whole nurture the original human impulse of tolerance, acceptance and connection. It was selected as a European Capital of Culture for 2020 because it offered a superb artistic and cultural programme in which Europe can find a different expression. Rijeka, the centre of the blue-green Primorje- Gorski Kotar County and the largest Croatian port, is a vibrant blend of the harshness of the port and industry and the magnificent splendour of fine architecture, the influence of Austria, Hungary, Italy and Yugoslav modernism. Its power of acceptance has developed over a turbulent history — in the last one hundred years, this city and the people who make it have lived in as many as seven different countries, therefore, few in the world can compare to Rijeka. On that same track, the future was never taken for granted, but always done dialogically, carefully, and with the questioning of every intention, even in the case of the best of intentions. Today's Rijeka has grown into a true port of diversity. And it is inexhaustible, just as is inscribed in its name and on its coat of arms. 10 11 Rijeka, the first Croatian city to receive the title of European Capital of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County is an area of extremely rich cultural and Culture, wants to imprint the stamp of openness, acceptance, freedom and historical heritage, which was deeply woven into the identity of this region courage into the richness of diversity of the old continent in 2020. Rijeka is and the people who settled here a long time ago, as well as into all of us a modern, freethinking environment, a city in which it is almost impossible who live in this area today. We are a region with a unique combination of to feel foreign, therefore, to all our visitors in 2020, our temporary fellow sea, mountains and islands in a small area with diverse stories and strong citizens, Rijeka is proud to open its doors and offer a cultural and artistic emotions. programme that features many events. Along with all of this, we are also an open and tolerant multicultural The citizens of this city and the region will be the Croatian hosts to environment, we’re a space inhabited by many nationalities who share visitors from Europe and the world and I am convinced that our openness, mutual respect and appreciation for each other. It is this diversity that is our solidarity and acceptance of diversity in the Port of Diversity will leave a uniqueness which enriches us, makes us rise above our limited geographical strong impression on everyone. I would like to see these values taken to the space and links us with the European circle of culture and civilisation to European cultural audience in the new era of an open and free Europe. which this region has always belonged. Culture is the area that has the most subtle and at the same time the At the very moment when Rijeka was proclaimed as the first Croatian city most powerful influence on the society in which we live, in the broadest to be a European Capital of Culture for the year 2020, we were given a unique sense of the word. This is why the power of culture is immensely great, and opportunity to summarise and present everything that makes us special and its accountability is as such - even greater. Rijeka views its position as the different, all our cultural heritage, centuries-old tradition woven into this European Capital of Culture precisely through this prism and therefore modern and technologically advanced century through a variety of events, offers much more to the public who follows the cultural and artistic cultural and artistic programmes, and offer it all as a unique experience programmes in 2020 than just fine arts. Rijeka offers a lively experience of to each of you dear friends, guests, or just casual passers-by. All of us, as the Port of Diversity. genuine and good hosts, will welcome you as friends, believing that there are I invite you to enjoy the European Capital of Culture programme with an countless reasons that will arouse your curiosity to come at least for a day or open heart and allow its culture to enchant you, to change you, and to awaken two. Whatever direction you come from and wherever you go in our county, the noblest of thoughts in you. you will find these people, events and places that tell the story of our history, To all culture lovers, artists, guests and friends of Rijeka, I wish you a culture, customs, framed in the unique richness of the nature of our green sincere welcome to Rijeka — the European Capital of Culture. I’d also like to and blue homeland. take this opportunity to thank all the citizens of Rijeka and all the inhabitants This is what prompted us in the county to showcase, through the of the wider Rijeka region for their responsible and proud approach to 27 Neighbourhoods programme, all the beauty of our diversity by creating taking on the role of being ambassadors of Croatia to the European cultural an informal network of cultural actors in our local communities. We also audience. wanted to highlight our "blue component", the sea that we have always lived alongside and from. Through the Lungomare Art programme, we will present Vojko Obersnel, the Mayor of Rijeka you our maritime heritage, our traditional boats and everything that makes the lives of the sailors and the islanders special, challenging, and different. Dear friends, I’d like to invite you to come and visit us, to get to know us better, to make yourself and us richer for a new experience. An experience that will bring us all closer and more open to more and different things in this common European and global area of the "Port of Diversity." Zlatko Komadina, the Prefect of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 12 13 The Rijeka 2020 — European Capital of Culture project is of utmost The year 2020 is a special one for Croatia, the youngest member of the importance for the entire Republic of Croatia because it offers an European Union. With Rijeka, Croatia will host the European Capital of opportunity to create and promote a positive image of Croatia in a global Culture title for the very first time, and during the first half of the year, context. It involves all sections of society, with culture becoming a kind Croatia holds its first-ever EU Presidency. This is more than just a pleasant of impulse to encourage conversation, networking and collaboration. The coincidence: it highlights how much our European project is a cultural Government of the Republic of Croatia, therefore, expressed its support project, having a direct and positive impact on all our daily lives. for the idea of making a Croatian city the European Capital of Culture long During 2020, Rijeka and its surrounding region will be transformed before the opportunity was even opened by participating in the adopting of into a “Port of Diversity”, showcasing the richness of our various cultures. the Decision of the European Parliament and Council of the European Union People from across Europe, including hundreds of artists, will be able to in 2014. The process of selecting a Croatian city for the European Capital meet and enjoy the extraordinary cultural diversity of our continent and of Culture was coordinated by the Ministry of Culture, and the Government embody the shared values our Union stands for: the respect for human of the Republic of Croatia provided adequate support for the project at the rights, tolerance and openness, democracy and the freedom of expression. national level in logistical, financial and political terms. In today's challenging times, this message is more relevant than ever. When we talk about Rijeka 2020, we are not just talking about one year. Our shared cultural heritage can serve as an anchor in an increasingly This programme book presents a programme that reflects the many years unpredictable world. of work and effort that have been woven into its creation and opens new per- A successful European Capital of Culture is also inclusive and meaningful spectives on the future.