The fourth iParty, a large gathering of Croatian Apple enthusiasts organised by Jabučnjak (Apple Orchard), will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2011, starting at 8 p.m. Traditionally, Apple enthusiasts are expected from all around Croatia. We are giving the Children’s Hospital Kantrida in Rijeka so please don’t come without apples! We mean the real …
The super energetic Lollobrigida is taking care of the finals of the museum birthday party! Lollobrigida is originally a Croatian, Zagreb based, female electro-pop/synthpop band. In 2008 The Slovenes Kleemar, David, and Jernej joined the band rendering the group Croatian-Slovenian in its composition. By buying tickets and making donations, you are helping the museum. Hurry, …
Don’t miss Sinclair – an electro music attraction from Italy! Sinclair are: Silver Verlicchi (synths, programming), Daniela Castellucci (vocals), Federico Ingoli (vocals, live fx) and Marco A. Rossi (bass, synths). Sinclair in one project joins the sound and the style of 80’s electropop along with its graphics and compositions, filtering it with the help of …
Marko Batista will present an electronic device in his own making, which enables playing through direct interaction with the human body. The closest description of the device might be a synthesizer that works on the principle of frequency modulation, but without a keyboard or keys. The interaction of the player and the unusual electronic instrument …
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 …