GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME CULTURED AHOY!

Title holder: Sail into the Port of Diversity and explore , the European Capital of Culture 2020.

In the year when Croatia presides over the European Union, its largest port will become a city where the best and most interesting parts of world culture will

Operatively implemented by: arrive. The road has been long, though this is where every leg of the journey RIJEKA 2020 d.o.o. has led to. Located between Mediterranean, Central European and Eastern European influences, the city has developed within as many as seven dierent countries in the last one hundred years. And through all that, it has become a Strategic partners: place of life, a symbol of the freedom-loving spirit and progressive ideas where dierences are appreciated. That is why it opens its doors to you and invites you to enjoy the culture, ideas, and creativity from all over the planet. Our planet.

If you seek more ports to sail into, the Irish city of Galway also holds the ECC title for 2020. Galway is seled on the west coast of Ireland, on the wild Atlantic road, and is known for its cosmopolitan ambiance, the extraordinary kindness of its people, and its status as the cultural centre of Ireland. An exciting pan-European programme will bring events to unexpected places around the city and the region, on islands, in remote villages, marshes, fields, mountains, and on beaches. From food, music, dance, literature, and , to poetry, theatre, sports, and great spectacle; those who visit Galway will enjoy an entertaining and unique experience. The content of this publication is subject to change. For detailed So, set sail and full speed ahead towards everything Rijeka has to oer. and updated information, visit www.rijeka2020.eu From which we recommend… Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2021 What & When 2020 CULTURED INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMES Opening of the European capital of culture ———————————————————— ———— —— · —— · 1 February 2020 International carnival parade 2020 ———————————————————— ———— —— · —— · — ———— —— 23 February 2020 EXHIBITIONS AHOY! D'Annunzio's martyr ———————————————— 12 September 2019 – 31 January 2021 With the violin beyond the borders / ———————————————————————— 6 December 2019 – 31 january 2021 − Stradivari in Rijeka Kresnik i Cremona David Maljković: With the collection ———————————————————— ———— ———— — — ——— 31 January – 14 April 2020 Aer the great war: A new 1918-1923 ———————————————————— ——— — — ———— — —— — — ——— — — —— April 2020, The sea is glowing ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— April – July 2020 Fiume fantastika ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— May – October 2020 Sail into the Port of Diversity and explore Rijeka, Borders – Between order and chaosa ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— May 2020 – January 2021 Unknown Klimt – Love, death, ecstasy ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — ———— — — — 14 July – 14 October 2020 the European Capital of Culture 2020. Nan Hoover – Moving image is alive ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — —— — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — — 15 October – 12 December 2020

MUSIC In the year when Croatia presides over the European Union, its largest port will The Venice baroque orchestra and Carmignola play ———————————————————————————— 14 February 2020 Vivaldi on Stradivarius – Concert gala become a city where the best and most interesting parts of world culture will Wagner: Tristan and Isolde ————————————————————————————————————————— 22, 26, and 29 February 2020 Mahler Chamber orchestra & Leif Ove Andsens: ——————————————————————————————————————————————— 17 May 2020 arrive. The road has been long, though this is where every leg of the journey Mozart momentum – Concert of robots ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— 25 May 2020 has led to. Located between Mediterranean, Central European and Eastern ReCallas Medea ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 6 and 7 July 2020 Karita Maila: Concert gala ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ——— — — ———— — — —————— 18 September 2020 European influences, the city has developed within as many as seven dierent Elina Garanča: Concert gala ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ——— — — ———— — — ———— — — ——— — — — 2 November 2020 countries in the last one hundred years. And through all that, it has become a PLAYS place of life, a symbol of the freedom-loving spirit and progressive ideas where Andonis Foniadakis: Burning water ————————————————————————————————————————————————------8, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, and 30 May 2020 Hookers' conference ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 21, 22, and 23 May 2020 dierences are appreciated. That is why it opens its doors to you and invites you Janez Janša: We will both fly if i tell you what ————————————————————————————————————————————— — — —— — —— — ——— 11, 13, and 15 July 2020 to enjoy the culture, ideas, and creativity from all over the planet. Our planet. PERFORMANCES Ray Lee: Chorus ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 23 – 30 April 2020 Christian Ristow: The fledgling – interactive installation ————————————————————————————————————————————— 21 – 28 May 2020 If you seek more ports to sail into, the Irish city of Galway also holds the ECC Heiner Goebbels: The anachronic bath house ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————————— August – October 2020 title for 2020. Galway is seled on the west coast of Ireland, on the wild ART AND URBAN INTERVENTIONS Skyscrapers – A city among the clouds ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————— March 2020 – January 2021 Atlantic road, and is known for its cosmopolitan ambiance, the extraordinary Sound carbureor ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————— May – June 2020 Delta pool ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————— May – October 2020 kindness of its people, and its status as the cultural centre of Ireland. An Lungomare art ————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————— Permanently from June 2020 exciting pan-European programme will bring events to unexpected places CONFERENCES around the city and the region, on islands, in remote villages, marshes, fields, Time capsules: End of the empire, fascism and antifascism ————————————————————— ———————————————————— May 2020 (1900. – 1945.) mountains, and on beaches. From food, music, dance, literature, and visual arts, Académie experimental – Future architecture platform ————————————————————— ———————————————————————— May 2020 Dopolavoro konferencija : Social changes, ————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— 17 – 20 June 2020 to poetry, theatre, sports, and great spectacle; those who visit Galway will enjoy new technologies and future work Time capsules: The socialist period: (1945 – 1990) ————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— November 2020 an entertaining and unique experience.

FESTIVALS Spring Forward: Festival of modern dance ————————————————————— ———————————————————————— 24 – 26 April 2020 European Short story festival and Hay festival ————————————————————— ————————————————————————————— 31 May - 6 June 2020 So, set sail and full speed ahead towards everything Rijeka has to oer. Children festival Tobogan ————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————— 26 June – 10 July 2020 From which we recommend… Porto Etno – festival of the world’s music and gastronomy ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————— 3 – 6 September 2020 INTRO DUCTORY PROGRAM MES

Before we start, we are already on the way… OPENING OF THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE (1 February 2020, Rijeka Port)

A specially designed programme taking place in the Rijeka Port is an introduction to the year of celebration for the European Capital of Culture. Water, labour and migration in the Port of Diversity are the central themes of the opening programme, which is conceived within the symbolic and historical centre of the city: its anchorage point – the port. In the tradition of carnivals, the Port of Diversity also becomes an area with a dierent face and character. Daily scenes, immovable and movable objects in the port and industrial and marine materials and tools transform into artistic installations, bodies of work, and audio and visual sensations.

INTERNATIONAL CARNIVAL PARADE 2020 (23 February 2020, Rijeka City Centre)

One of the world's most famous carnivals, the Rijeka Carnival is joined by numerous foreign carnival groups from European Capitals of Culture, which thus creates a special version of this traditional international carnival parade. Competition in imagination, wit, and originality, fireworks of colours and shapes result in a parade of hundreds of allegorical dances, thousands of masks, and countless spectators from home and abroad.

Kompanije koje su prepoznale kvalitete i važnost Hrvatske i Rijeke na Europskoj i međunarodnoj kulturnoj sceni te pridonijele stvaranju projekta Europska prijestolnica kulture 2020. EXHIBI TIONS Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so behold… D'ANNUNZIO'S MARTYR DAVID MALJKOVIĆ: WITH THE (12 September 2019 – 31 January 2021, Maritime COLLECTION and History Museum of the Croatian Lioral, Rijeka – Governor's Palace, Rijeka) (31 January – 14 April 2020, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka) The exhibition deals with the centenary of D'Annunzio's occupation of Rijeka through the perspective of a few women who lived in Rijeka at the David Maljković is one of Croatia’s most distinguished contemporary artists time and became victims in their own way. It presents examples from whose works are part of the collections of numerous museums around the native Rijeka women such as Zora Blažic and Nicolina Fabris, as well as world, including the Georges Pompidou Centre, the Stedelijk Museum, women who had moved to Rijeka because of D'Annunzio, such as Luisa MoMA, and the Tate Gallery. Here, Maljković returns to his native Rijeka and Baccara. Each were “exhausted physically and emotionally,” just like the city explores the emerging collection of the Museum of Modern and of Rijeka itself, which was very oen personified in the of the Contemporary Art in Rijeka. time as a woman – a female martyr. AFTER THE GREAT WAR: WITH THE VIOLIN BEYOND A NEW EUROPE 1918-1923 THE BORDERS/ STRADIVARI (April 2020, Trg 111. Brigade Hrvatske vojske, Rijeka) IN RIJEKA – KRESNIK AND A travelling exhibition with more than 200 archival and multimedia materials such as photographs, maps, and movies about the altered CREMONA Europe aer the First World War, is brought to you by Polish authors (6 December 2019 – 31 January 2021, Maritime and Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk and Robert Żurek. The exhibition strives History Museum of the Croatian Lioral, Rijeka – to show how the First World War completely changed Eastern and Central Governor's Palace, Rijeka) Europe. New countries sprouted on the ruins of four old kingdoms and redefined old state borders. Heavy losses in the region as a result of the The show marks the 150th anniversary of birth of Dr. Franjo Kresnik, a war, as well as the re-building and modernisation of the region, led to the citizen of Europe, a man beyond borders, and one of the greatest establishment of a “new” Europe. connoisseurs of the Cremona Liuteria: the forgoen mastery of string instrument construction. Kresnik is credited for restoring the once forgoen knowledge of the classical violin making cra. It is in his honour that Stradivari and Guarneri violins, which will be played by top-ranked violinists, have come to Rijeka. THE SEA IS GLOWING (April – July 2020, Exportdrvo, 1st floor, Rijeka)

An international group exhibition dealing with new forms of economy linked to the sea. Through their works, world renowned-artists deal with unusual and radical phenomena, including bizarre Internet-based trade, amateur porn empires, the excavation of oil and minerals from the depths of the sea, and the establishment of oshore tax havens.

The curator of the show is German Inke Arns, who is known for her work in media art. The main exhibition is linked to a series of individual exhibitions, performances, and events such as a robotic opera. ReCallasMedea is a concert by Compressorhead, a robot band featuring an aractive robotic interactive installation by US artist Christian Ristow, an icon of the legendary Burning Man Festival.

Along with the exhibition The Sea Is Glowing, one can see other exhibitions on the themes of labour and technology.

HYSTERICAL MACHINES – Bill Vorn (CA) THE SCHEME OF THINGS – Jennifer Lyn Morone (US) THE LABOUR OF MAKING LABOUR DISAPPEAR – Sanela Jahić (SI) WORK HARD. HAVE FUN. MAKE HISTORY. – !Mediengruppe Bitnik (CH/UK) PIRATE CARE – Valeria Graziano (IT), Tomislav Medak (HR), Marcel Mars (HR) OPEN PORTS – Global Port Authority TERRA EFFLUVIENS – Nikola Bojić (HR) GHOSTING THE GHOST – Silvio Lorusso (IT), Sebastian Schmieg (DE) LABOUR IS DEAD, LONG LIVE LABOUR – Fokus grupa (HR) NIGHT SHIFT – Milijana Babić (HR) FIUME FANTASTIKA UNKNOWN KLIMT – LOVE, EXHIBITION: CITY PHENOMENA DEATH, ECSTASY (May – October 2020, Exportdrvo, Rijeka) (14 July – 14 October 2020, City Museum of Rijeka)

A unique show about the city, its architecture, social, and historical changes. Gustav Klimt, one of the world’s most renowned painters, is represented Based on years of research, the exhibition traces 150 years of the urban here by some of his early works. For the first time, audiences can see up history of Rijeka during which the city has experienced radical growth and close his paintings made for the Rijeka Theatre in 1884, as well as become an impressive, globally connected transport and industrial hub. preparatory and coloured studies usually found scaered in The complete transformation of the area brought unexpected change to museums, galleries and private collections from New York to to the designated use of buildings, including the brutal collision of nature and Bucharest. Given that Klimt is primarily known for his later oeuvre, visitors industry. These are but some of the elements of the complex of the can also look at some forty-odd drawings from the time of the Vienna hitherto untold story about the urban lessons of Rijeka. until the end of his life, with the emphasis on the female form as the main inspiration that marked his work in all phases.

BORDERS – BETWEEN ORDER AND CHAOS NAN HOOVER – MOVING IMAGE (May 2020 – January 2021, Maritime and History IS ALIVE Museum of the Croatian Lioral – Governor's Palace, (15 October – 12 December 2020, Museum of Rijeka; Kastav Museum Collection, Kastav; Memorial Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka) Centre Lipa Remembers, Lipa) Nan Hoover is a neo-avant-garde artist recorded in history for her Throughout history, Rijeka has witnessed the frequent change of borders significant and pioneering contribution to the development of media arts which have shaped the identity of the people who have lived here and their in the second half of the 20th century. Ten years aer her death, the collective memory. This exhibition leads to the consideration of borders as Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka has dedicated a personal, social, political, and economic phenomena, which are imposed on retrospective to the artist, titled ‘Moving Image Is Alive’. The show, us or which we set for ourselves. It also explores to what extent they aect organised in cooperation with the Nan Hoover Foundation in , our daily lives and how they reflect on personal freedom and human rights. presents her experiments with moving images, performance, , These themes unite for the presentation of the exhibition’s thematic cycle and light installations. about borders, beginning with the exhibitions of D'Annunzio’s Martyr and With the Violin beyond Borders / Stradivari in Rijeka – Kresnik and Cremona. MUSIC Concerts that hit the right note. THE VENICE BAROQUE MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA AND CARMIGNOLA & LEIF OVE ANDSENS: MOZART PLAY VIVALDI ON STRADIVARIUS MOMENTUM –CONCERT GALA (17 May 2020, Croatian National Theatre Ivan Pl. Zajc, Rijeka) (14 February 2020, Croatian National Theatre Ivan Pl. Zajc, Rijeka) This nomadic international collective, made up of 45 passionate musicians from 20 dierent countries around the world, is dedicated to the creation The world-famous ensemble, established by Italian harpsichordist and sharing of the classical music experience. Their concert in Rijeka is led Andrea Marcon, performs with Giuliano Carmignola, one of Italy’s most by Leif Ove Andsnes, the Norwegian pianist who is described by many as distinguished violinists, performs a concert gala of Vivaldi’s works on a the most talented musician of his generation. Stradivarius violin. Devoted to Baroque music and Baroque instruments and popularising master-piece works of the 17th and 18th centuries, this ensemble has won a series of world music awards for their performances and rich discography. COMPRESSORHEAD – CONCERT OF ROBOTS WAGNER: TRISTAN AND (25 May 2020, Rijeka) Compressorhead is the first rock band in the world in which real ISOLDE instruments are played by robots. Famous for instrumental remakes of (22, 26, and 29 February 2020, Croatian National music by cult bands such as Motörhead, AC/DC, , Pantera, and Theatre Ivan Pl. Zajc, Rijeka) Rage Against the Machine, their first album, Party Machine, was released in 2017. The drummer, Stickboy, has 4 arms and 2 legs; the guitarist, Fingers, One of the greatest operas ever wrien, Tristan and Isolde penetrates into has 2 hands and 76 fingers; the bass player, Bones, has 2 arms but only 8 the vortex of unfulfilled longing, sexual desire, and painful unresolved fingers; while the singer, weighing 350 kilos, Mega-Watson, is still lent his tensions, and brings before the audience the central drama of discord voice by a human: , the vocalist of the Canadian group between the individual and the world. The opera is directed by Anne Bogart, Nomeansno, and the Hanson Brothers. a visiting US director, and is performed under the baton of Finland’s Ville Matveje, with ’s Maida Hundeling and Finnish actor Christian Juslin in the main roles. ReCALLAS MEDEA ELINA GARANČA (6 and 7 July 2020, Croatian National Theatre Ivan – CONCERT GALA Pl. Zajc, Rijeka) (2 November 2020, Croatian National Theatre Ivan ReCallas Medea is an unusual play; a hybrid consisting of opera, dance, Pl. Zajc, Rijeka) and robotics. The play explores the relationship between opera art and new technologies. At the same time, it pays homage to Maria Callas, the A gala performance by one of the greatest young opera stars. Her victory greatest opera diva of all time. Singers here tailor their own musical at the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Finland and the accompaniment by the movements of their own bodies, which, owing to role of Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoleo have opened the door to her to the specially programmed computers, produces certain sounds. Thus, they world's opera stages. This Latvian mezzo-soprano is the winner of themselves become part of the performance, tempo, and interpretation. numerous music awards and has worked with an array of famous This poses a unique challenge, but also gives them room for growth and conductors and singers. a beer understanding of themselves as artists.

KARITA MATTILA – CONCERT GALA (18 September 2020, Croatian National Theatre Ivan Pl. Zajc, Rijeka)

In a gala programme featuring the works of Richard Wagner and performed under the baton of Ville Matveje, Karita Maila revives her roles from spectacular guest performances on the stages of major opera houses worldwide. The Finnish soprano is the most exciting opera prima donna of the present time, whose career, enriched with numerous awards, has lasted for more than three decades. PLAYS All the world's a stage, for now set in Rijeka. ANDONIS FONIADAKIS: JANEZ JANŠA: WE WILL BOTH BURNING WATER FLY IF I TELL YOU WHAT (8, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, and 30 May 2020, Croatian (11, 13, and 15 July 2020, Lučica Torpedo in Rijeka) National Theatre Ivan Pl. Zajc, Rijeka) A ballet and dramatic play by Slovenian director of Rijeka origin, Janez Janša, A modern ballet whose choreography focuses on the theme of the and American choreographer Maurice Causey. Inspired by the life of Nikša contrasting nature of water, reactions and adaptations of the human Župa, director of the Slovenian Ballet in the early 1990s, and his relations body to water, and the emotional and sentimental eects of water on the with military ocials and politicians and his alleged cooperation with an human soul. Dance artist and choreographer Andonis Fonidiakis is the arms dealer in the area of the former Yugoslavia. This choreography brings director of Ballet at the Greek National Opera. His prolific career has seen flight and fall in the ballet movements and is performed at a specific location him work with famous figures in the world of dance, such as Maurice in the small harbour of Rijeka, where old and new industries interweave. Béjart of and Japan’s Saburo Teshigawara. His choreographies are performed on major European stages.

HOOKERS' CONFERENCE (21, 22, and 23 May 2020, Croatian Cultural Centre on Sušak, Rijeka)

The Hookers’ Conference is a performance dealing with the theme of sex work. It was created in co-operation with Argentine and Croatian partners, and covers the legal, ethical, feminist, humanist, practical, political, health, and activist aspects of sex work. The play is based on documentation of prostitution in Argentina in 2018 and starts from the assumption that eroticism, seduction, sensitivity, pleasure, and feelings, are first and foremost human acts. PERFOR MANCES The talk of the town, country, continent… RAY LEE: CHORUS HEINER GOEBBELS: THE (23 – 30 April 2020, Rijeka) ANACHRONIC BATH HOUSE Chorus is a mesmerising monumental musical installation by British (August – October 2020, Bazen Školjić, Rijeka) composer and sound artist Ray Lee, which consists of moving sound . Perched above the audience is a series of huge metal tripods The artistic audio-visual installation The Anachronic Bath House by German with rotating arms. At the end of each arm, speakers emit precisely artist Heiner Goebbels, is designed as a communication through time, tuned musical tones, creating pulsating and harmonious buzzing and deliberately referring to natural and historical changes. Located in the area a hypnotising alarm bell for all to hear. Red lights at the end of the arms of an old abandoned pool in Rijeka, this installation instils a new poetic life, create an impressive eect of a swirling swarm of fireflies or planets portraying it as a place of communication and confrontation between in motion. technological and invisible forces that people cannot control. The composer and director, Heiner Goebbels, is one of the most important representatives of contemporary music and theatre. CHRISTIAN RISTOW: THE FLEDGLING – INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION (21 – 28 May 2020, Rijeka)

An interactive by American artist Christian Ristow consisting of an 8-metre long hydraulic human arm capable of raising and crushing cars. Using modern technology, the audience is able to experience what it feels like to eortlessly raise, crush and throw huge objects like cars with a large mechanical arm. The installation has been presented in artistic, musical, and cultural events across the world, such as the Burning Man Festival. ART AND URBAN INTERVEN TIONS

Find yourself on the right side of the tracks SKYSCRAPERS – A CITY AMONG LUNGOMARE ART THE CLOUDS (permanently from June 2020, various locations around Kvarner, Rijeka) (March 2020 – January 2021, Terraces of the skyscrapers in Kozala, Rijeka) The Lungomare Art programme is 11 permanent art sculptures and installations in 10 locations along the coast and the islands of the Kvarner Rijeka is known as a city of skyscrapers and residential towers. The roofs Bay. All works of art are related to some specific features of the place itself, of the skyscrapers are becoming a place for socialising and green gardens. inspired by stories that are important to the local population and which are The newly transformed spaces are primarily an area of co-habitation for not found in ordinary tourist brochures. In addition to aesthetics, these all residents of the skyscrapers. However, at certain times they are also artistic works also have a functional value as well. Some pieces are new rest opened to the general public in order to enable an entirely new view of the areas and playgrounds, or places for conversation and learning. It is possible city - a city among the clouds. to select any of the locations as a starting point for exploration. On the coast: the entrance to Brseč, on the hiking trail at Lovranska Draga; on the square and under the sea in Volosko; in the fish market in Rijeka; on the Grčevo beach on Rijeka’s Pećine; on the Svežanj beach on Žurkovo in Kostrena; and in the park in the centre of Crikvenica. On the islands: the SOUND CARBURETTOR port in Lopar on the island of Rab; above Baška on Krk; and on Vela Riva in (May – June 2020, Riječki lukobran / Molo longo, Rijeka) Mali Lošinj. Every work connects, to a certain extent, historical heritage and the present moment. The authors of the works are renowned male and The Sound Carbureor is a project that creates a sculpture of salt woven female artists, designers, and architects from Croatia, Europe, Japan, and from the sounds of Rijeka. This unique project by Croatia’s renowned Chile: Liam Gillick (UK), Jiří Kovanda (Czech Republic), Numen/For Use musicians Damir Martinović Mrle and Ivanka Mazurkijević turns sounds into (Germany, , Croatia), Harumi Yukutake (Japan), Smiljan Radić (Chile). sculpture. Aer the sounds of the city have been recorded from the Trsat Castle, and in collaboration with Vanja Travaš and with the help of the Grčevo University of Rijeka, a construction is made that uses sound to create an Rijeka (Pećine) Žurkovo (Kostrena) emerging sculpture from salt. Volosko Lovranska Draga Crikvenica DELTA POOL Brseč

(May – October 2020, Exportdrvo – Grobnička riva, Rijeka) Baška Lopar We are opening a new beach in the centre of Rijeka, at Delta. With the temporary beach, we bring the beach culture closer to the people and start a post-industrial era of Delta. The new public beach becomes part of the public outdoor area of the Exportdrvo building, creating a new space for Mali Lošinj gatherings while simultaneously revealing new perspectives. CONFER- ENCES Wrap your mind around these ideas… TIME CAPSULES: END OF THE DOPOLAVORO CONFERENCE: EMPIRE, FASCISM AND ANTI SOCIAL CHANGES, NEW -FASCISM (1900 – 1945) TECHNOLOGIES AND (May 2020, Faculty of Humanities and Social FUTURE WORK Sciences in Rijeka) (17 – 20 June 2020, University Campus, Rijeka) This conference on Rijeka spans the period from the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, through D’Annunzio's government and the The Dopolavoro Conference Programme is a four-day international period of fascism, to anti-fascism and the Second World War, and is gathering of scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, and philosophers organized in cooperation with a number of prestigious European who speak from their perspective on the impact of technological changes universities. Apart from the emphasis on the ideologies of fascism and on work and labour. Through a series of lectures and panel discussions, the anti-fascism, the conference encourages a reflection on the dangers of conference starts from the key processes and concepts that frame the dictatorship on the one side and the emancipation potential of resisting contemporary understanding of labour: automation, globalisation, aggression on the other. digitalisation, capitalism, and democracy. These processes and concepts have had a significant impact on the understanding of labour, and shape the political, economic, social, environmental, educational, and cultural landscape in which we live. ACADÉMIE EXPERIMENTAL – FUTURE ARCHITECTURE TIME CAPSULES: THE SOCIALIST PLATFORM PERIOD: (1945 – 1990) (May 2020, Rijeka IVEX) (November 2020, Faculty of Humanities and Social The Académie Experimental programme refers to experimental publishing Sciences in Rijeka) workshops held in Pula (2017), Šibenik (2018), and Rijeka (2019). The conference, featuring exhibitions and publications, is focused on the This conference deals with the history of Rijeka in the period of the Socialist further exploration of architectural education and the production of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; particularly in the context of creating new knowledge. Participants in the symposium, including architectural elements of authority, the politics of remembering as dictated by the state protagonists and scientists from around the world, as well as local players, leadership, and political power in relation to the ideology of fascism from will get to present their work to the wider public. the previous stages of the historical development of the city. A number of distinguished universities from around the world were involved in the co-production of this conference. FESTI VALS The more the merrier + 1 SPRING FORWARD – FESTIVAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL OF MODERN DANCE TOBOGAN (24 – 26 April 2020, Croatian Cultural Centre, (26 June – 10 July 2020, various locations in Rijeka) Croatian National Theatre Ivan Pl. Zajc, Exportdrvo The Children’s Festival Tobogan begins with a spectacular opening in the and other locations, Rijeka) city streets followed by two weeks of children's workshops, performances, Spring Forward is a festival of modern dance which presents the best concerts, street performances, plays, and film screenings. A particular young dance artists from across Europe in an action-packed weekend. feature of this festival is that the programmes are not only made for The last weekend in April 2020 will bring to Rijeka 20 performances from children, but children are actively involved in them. The idea of the festival Europe and one from Korea. More than 200 producers and experts in is to fill two weeks of culture intended for children with numerous modern dance from around the world will come to Rijeka for the festival. interactive programmes and planned entertainment appropriate for Spring Forward is a project of the European Aerowaves network, which children of all ages. has oered possibilities for cross-border cooperation in dance for the last 23 years. PORTO ETNO – FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN SHORT STORY THE WORLD’S MUSIC AND FESTIVAL AND HAY FESTIVAL GASTRONOMY (31 May - 6 June 2020, Exportdrvo, Filodrammatica (3 – 6 September 2020, Rijeka, various locations) Gallery, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) Porto Etno is an international festival that oers the unique experience of relishing the world’s music and gastronomy. More than 100 performers The European Short Story Festival, in collaboration with one of the most and 30 international cuisines are represented at the festival by establishing important world events, the Hay Festival, brings to Rijeka the best European a dialogue between dierent cultures, races, nations, and generations and world writers who meet and interact with audiences through public through food and music as a universal language that everybody understands. readings, book presentations, discussions, lectures, literary workshops, and social events. From a series of programmes, we have chosen Galway in Rijeka, Europa 28: Visions of the future and a football game featuring authors from the region.

WELCOME TO RIJEKA, THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2020.

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BY PLANE GERMANY Rijeka Airport is located 30 km from the BELGIUM city centre, on the island of Krk. The airport is connected to the city centre LIECHTENSTEIN by bus and taxi. CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA UKRAINE

BY CAR AUSTRIA A network of Croatian motorways of HUNGARY SWITZERLAND MOLDOVA exceptional quality will make your FRANCE travelling enjoyable. Rijeka is 162 km SLOVENIA

from Zagreb, 74 km from Trieste, 114 CROATIA ROMANIA km from Ljubljana, 491 km from Vienna, ITALIA RIJEKA 507 km from Budapest, 516 km from BOSNIA AND Munich, and 557 km from Belgrade. HERCEGOVINA SERBIA SAN MARINO ANDORA MONTENEGROKOSOVO BULGARIA BY BUS European cities that are connected to REPUBLIC OF NORTH Rijeka with direct bus lines: Basel, VATICAN MACEDONIA Belgrade, Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt, CITY ALBANIA Hamburg, Ljubljana, Mannheim, Munich, SPAIN Sarajevo, Stugart, Trieste, Zagreb, GREECE Zurich. PORTUGAL TUREKY i MALTA MORE INFORMATION AT: rijeka2020.eu visitrijeka.eu

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Operatively implemented by: RIJEKA 2020 d.o.o. RIJEKA

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NORWAY Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2021 What & When 2020 SWEDEN

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INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMES RUSSIA Opening of the European capital of culture ———————————————————— ———— —— · —— · 1 February 2020 LATVIA International carnival parade 2020 ———————————————————— ———— —— · —— · — ———— —— 23 February 2020

EXHIBITIONS DANMARK D'Annunzio's martyr ———————————————— 12 September 2019 – 31 January 2021 LITHUANIA With the violin beyond the borders / ———————————————————————— 6 December 2019 – 31 january 2021 − Stradivari in Rijeka Kresnik i Cremona David Maljković: With the collection ———————————————————— ———— ———— — — ——— 31 January – 14 April 2020 Aer the great war: A new Europe 1918-1923 ———————————————————— ——— — — ———— — —— — — ——— — — —— April 2020, The sea is glowing ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— April – July 2020 BELARUS Fiume fantastika ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— May – October 2020 GALWAY Borders – Between order and chaosa ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— May 2020 – January 2021 IRELAND Unknown Klimt – Love, death, ecstasy ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — ———— — — — 14 July – 14 October 2020 Nan Hoover – Moving image is alive ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — —— — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — — 15 October – 12 December 2020 UNITED KINGDOM NETHERLANDS POLAND MUSIC GERMANY The Venice baroque orchestra and Carmignola play ———————————————————————————— 14 February 2020 Vivaldi on Stradivarius – Concert gala BELGIUM Wagner: Tristan and Isolde ————————————————————————————————————————— 22, 26, and 29 February 2020 Mahler Chamber orchestra & Leif Ove Andsens: ——————————————————————————————————————————————— 17 May 2020 Mozart momentum LIECHTENSTEIN CZECH REPUBLIC Compressorhead – Concert of robots ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— 25 May 2020 ReCallas Medea ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 6 and 7 July 2020 SLOVAKIA UKRAINE Karita Maila: Concert gala ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ——— — — ———— — — —————— 18 September 2020 Elina Garanča: Concert gala ————————————————————— ———— ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ———— — — ——— — — ———— — — ———— — — ——— — — — 2 November 2020

PLAYS AUSTRIA Andonis Foniadakis: Burning water ————————————————————————————————————————————————------8, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, and 30 May 2020 HUNGARY SWITZERLAND MOLDOVA Hookers' conference ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 21, 22, and 23 May 2020 FRANCE Janez Janša: We will both fly if i tell you what ————————————————————————————————————————————— — — —— — —— — ——— 11, 13, and 15 July 2020 SLOVENIA

PERFORMANCES CROATIA ROMANIA Ray Lee: Chorus ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 23 – 30 April 2020 ITALIA RIJEKA Christian Ristow: The fledgling – interactive installation ————————————————————————————————————————————— 21 – 28 May 2020 BOSNIA AND Heiner Goebbels: The anachronic bath house ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————————— August – October 2020 HERCEGOVINA SERBIA SAN ART AND URBAN INTERVENTIONS MARINO Skyscrapers – A city among the clouds ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————— March 2020 – January 2021 ANDORA Sound carbureor ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————— May – June 2020 MONTENEGROKOSOVO BULGARIA Delta pool ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————— May – October 2020 REPUBLIC OF Lungomare art ————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————— Permanently from June 2020 NORTH VATICAN MACEDONIA CONFERENCES CITY ALBANIA Time capsules: End of the empire, fascism and antifascism ————————————————————— ———————————————————— May 2020 SPAIN (1900. – 1945.) Académie experimental – Future architecture platform ————————————————————— ———————————————————————— May 2020 GREECE Dopolavoro konferencija : Social changes, ————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— 17 – 20 June 2020 PORTUGAL new technologies and future work TUREKY Time capsules: The socialist period: (1945 – 1990) ————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— November 2020

FESTIVALS MALTA Spring Forward: Festival of modern dance ————————————————————— ———————————————————————— 24 – 26 April 2020 European Short story festival and Hay festival ————————————————————— ————————————————————————————— 31 May - 6 June 2020 Children festival Tobogan ————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————— 26 June – 10 July 2020 Porto Etno – festival of the world’s music and gastronomy ————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————— 3 – 6 September 2020

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