Born in 1973 in Rijeka, Zvonimir Peranić is a professor of physics and mathematics. He is a lecturer at the Polytechnic of Rijeka. He graduated from the MAPA Academy of Performing Arts in the Czech Republic, and specialized in biomechanics at GITIS, the Russian Academy of Performing Arts in Moscow. He has been present on …
At the kind invitation of Katarina Pocedić, senior curator and museum pedagogue from the History Museum of Istria, our PEEK&POKE museum is going to visit Pula! As 2010 is the Year of Communication, the History Museum of Istria (PMI) will open the exhibition “TI VIDIO (You Saw) – the evolution of communication through computers” with …
On Friday, May 14, at 8 pm, the famous Rijeka rock band Grad (The City) will present their new video for the song “Praznik” (Holiday). This is the premiere of the music track from the new album “Ne” (No). Author of the video is a young photographer from Rijeka, Kristijan Vučković, known for the video …
It’s Hartera Music Festival week in Rijeka, so to be in the occasional music trend we at PEEK&POKE will present a handmade electronic musical instrument – theremin. The theremin is widely regarded as the world’s first electronic musical instrument. It’s controlled without physical contact by performer – the thereminist. The device itself is an electronic …
The composer in the new Manofon project is well-known Vedran Križan, who has experience in some of the most important bands in Rijeka. Manofon also emphasizes the great vocal abilities of Boris Štok, the frontman of the young Rijeka group Quasarr, who also raised the Manofon project one step higher with the same great voice. …
Whenever human civilization takes a big step forward, there are those who challenge what has been done and see the hidden motives and conspiracy theories. One of the eternal themes is have we been to the Moon at all? Lately, high-definition photos taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of the Apollo landing sites have …
Vuk Ćosić is cosmopolitan artist with Balkan roots, social media strategist and whatnot! He’s one of the pioneers of net.art and a “hacker of ideas”, totally incapable of showing reverence towards the formalities of the art world. For a particular group of artists working in the mid-90s, the possibilities opened up by internet access were …
Enjoy the real sound of the Bay, Rijeka’s alter pop rock band Onli tu is coming! The band consists of experienced musicians David Puharić and Ivo Glavich. They say that they expand their worldviews in an unpredictable and humorous way, and they announce the performance: “It will be a small sweet acoustic performance… with a …
Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for “Igra” – “The Game”), in 2003 (for “Brodovi u tami” – “Ships in Darkness”), in 2007 (for “Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg” – “Executors of the Lord’s Plan”) and in 2008 (for “Tako biti …