PEEK&POKE is four years old! And this year we will be celebrating the past 4 years for 4 full days! On September 21, 2011 at 9.30 p.m. Marko Batista, an artist from Ljubljana, will perform his “H220” program. The following day, on September 22, at 9:30 p.m. an artist from Zagreb Vladimir Biga will open …
Here is the abstract of foreword to the exhibiton by Petra Senjanović: “The abstract forms of computer graphics of Vladimir Biga, in an equivalent way, reflect the spiritual climate of the 21st century, in continuing the eloquence of non-figurative forms in indicating a step away and the situation outside of balance, indicating the disbalance of …
On 20th of July 2011, Croatian President Ivo Josipović paid us a visit. This is the first time that one Croatian president visited PEEK&POKE. He congratulated us on “the great work we are doing here” and supported our efforts to educate young people in the direction of technological sciences.
After more than two decades, the legendary group Tuxedomoon is coming to Rijeka again, on Sunday, July 17, as part of the “unrealized” program “42” of our museum. An experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco is just what we need! The dark quintet, led by creative genius and multi-instrumentalist Blaine Leslie Reininger, will …
On June 19th, 2011 we will host a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Digitron – a Croatian electronics company whose name became eponymous for a handheld calculator in the former Yugoslav area. There will be a short lecture about the company and their calculator, some games, a couple of surprises and a cake!
In the age of computer word processors, this event is a real retro exotic! In honor of all typists, PEEK&POKE recalled the time when professional typists competed in the use of a typewriter. Fans, haters, nostalgics and all those too young to even know what a typewriter is, will witness the unusual rehearsal of nine …
On May 8th, 2011 PEEK&POKE will host a composer, performer and a sound installation artist Laetitia Sonami. As a part of her new project, Lady glove, she will be creating music using a specially engineered female glove that follows even her smallest hand movements, as well as talk about the history of the glove. Entrance …
For the second time, we are joining the global “Yuri’s Night” event, this year on the 50th anniversary of man’s first space flight. On April 12, 1961, Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to step into space. The city of Rijeka and Yuri Gagarin have one historical person in common. We are talking …
On January 28, 2011, the seventh Museum Night, organized by the Croatian Museum Society, will be held in 67 Croatian cities. We’ll be joing the manifestation and our museum will be open from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Entrance to the museum will be free for all visitors. Come early and make a toast with …
The third iParty, a large gathering of Croatian Apple enthusiasts, will be held on Saturday, December 11, 2010, starting at 8 p.m. This year, the party takes place as part of the first Rijeka comics festival “River of good comics” (December 10 to 12, 2010) and is thematically linked to the forum “New technologies in …