Whales and Elephants: Guardians of Earth / Fusion performance

*In English

IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE "ADOPT THE SPACE" PROGRAMME

Fusion performance by Sara Nikšić, marine biologist & Abhishek Singh, author/artist

Whales and elephants are ancient beings who have been guarding Mother Earth for millions of years. Even though they live in different environments, they share many similarities. Elephants are the largest living land animals, and whales are the largest animals that ever lived. Both are extremely intelligent mammals with highly advanced social and cultural lives. They are ecosystem engineers who keep other species and their environments in balance.

Sara spent over a decade studying whales and making music with their sounds, while Abhishek spent many years volunteering with elephants and painting them. Together they prepared a special performance to honour these magical beings. Join them for an evening of immersive storytelling, live painting and music!

Sara Nikšić a.k.a. Inner Child is a marine biologist, ecologist, musician, bioacoustician, award-winning composer, storyteller and educator. Her scientific work has taken her across the world’s oceans – from Croatia to Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, California, New Caledonia, Tonga, Greenland and Antarctica. For over a decade she has been studying whales and making music with their sounds, with a special focus on humpback whale songs. A big part of her work also revolves around developing interdisciplinary art-science projects, innovative approaches to science education and nature conservation. Through her Inner Child Music record label she released a few albums of her own music, as well as compilations on which she collaborated with some of the top producers in the electronic music scene. She was voted the ‘Best New Artist for 2020’ and her music won several awards. Her internationally acclaimed Canticum Megapterae albums have been archived by the British Library and featured in the global media including The New Yorker, The Flow Trip and BBC Radio. Sara presented her work at some of the biggest scientific conferences, institutes and music festivals in the world, such as World Marine Mammal Conference in Spain, Falling Walls Science Summit, Berlin Science Week and Fusion Festival in Germany, Boom Festival in Portugal, Ozora Festival in Hungary and Twisted Frequency Festival in New Zealand.

Abhishek Singh's work is acclaimed for its unique style and storytelling, exploring ancient wisdom, philosophical myth-making and eco-spiritualism. His work has been exhibited in myriad museums around the world and he has performed live-drawings in prestigious places like LACMA, L.A., Fukuoka Asian museum, Japan, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, Guadalajara, Mexico, Burning Man and more. His critically acclaimed book-trilogy “Namaha-Purnam-Sarvam” reimagines ancient philosophies, epics and stories from India, while “Hymns of Medhini - Songs from the ancient Earth” strives to build a new myth-poetic universe inspired by the elephants, and their profound connection with nature. His previous books are “Krishna a journey within” with Image comics, and “Ramayana 3392 A.D.” with Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur. Across years he’s been volunteering with the Elephant rescue and rehabilitation organizations and has been trekking in the Himalayan terrain, which he calls his spiritual home.

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Kitovi i slonovi: Čuvari Zemlje

Kitovi i slonovi su drevna bića koja milijunima godina čuvaju Majku Zemlju. Iako žive u različitim okruženjima, dijele mnogo sličnosti. Slonovi su najveće kopnene životinje, a kitovi su najveće životinje koje su ikada živjele. I jedni i drugi su izuzetno inteligentni sisavci s vrlo naprednim društvenim i kulturnim životima. Ove su životinje inženjeri ekosustava koji održavaju ravnotežu između drugih vrsta i njihovog okoliša.

Sara je provela više od desetljeća proučavajući kitove i stvarajući glazbu s njihovim zvukovima, dok je Abhishek proveo dugi niz godina volontirajući sa slonovima i slikajući ih. Zajedno su pripremili poseban performans u čast ovih čarobnih bića. Pridružite im se na večeri impresivnog pripovijedanja, slikanja uživo i glazbe!

Sara Nikšić, poznata i kao Inner Child, morska je biologinja, ekologinja, glazbenica, bioakustičarka, nagrađivana skladateljica, pripovjedačica i edukatorica. Njezin znanstveni rad vodio ju je preko svjetskih oceana – od Hrvatske do Škotske, Australije, Novog Zelanda, Kalifornije, Nove Kaledonije, Tonge, Grenlanda i Antarktike. Više od desetljeća proučava kitove i stvara glazbu s njihovim zvukovima, s posebnim naglaskom na pjesme grbavih kitova. Velik dio njezina rada vrti se i oko razvoja interdisciplinarnih umjetničko-znanstvenih projekata, inovativnih pristupa znanstvenom obrazovanju i očuvanju prirode. Preko svoje diskografske kuće Inner Child Music objavila je nekoliko albuma vlastite glazbe, kao i kompilacije na kojima je surađivala s nekim od vodećih producenata na sceni elektroničke glazbe. Izabrana je za 'Najbolju novu umjetnicu za 2020.', a njezina je glazba osvojila nekoliko nagrada. Njezini međunarodno priznati albumi Canticum Megapterae arhivirani su u Britanskoj knjižnici i predstavljeni su u globalnim medijima, uključujući The New Yorker, The Flow Trip i BBC Radio. Sara je predstavila svoj rad na nekim od najvećih znanstvenih konferencija, instituta i glazbenih festivala u svijetu, kao što su Svjetska konferencija o morskim sisavcima u Španjolskoj, Znanstveni summit Falling Walls, Berlinski tjedan znanosti i Fusion festival u Njemačkoj, Boom festival u Portugalu, Ozora festival u Mađarskoj i Twisted Frequency festival na Novom Zelandu.

Rad Abhisheka Singha hvaljen je zbog jedinstvenog stila i pripovijedanja, istraživanja drevne mudrosti, filozofskog stvaranja mitova i eko-spiritualizma. Njegovi radovi izloženi su u brojnim muzejima diljem svijeta, a izvodio je crteže uživo na prestižnim mjestima poput LACMA-e u Los Angelesu, Azijskog muzeja u Fukuoki u Japanu, Muzeja Michaela C. Carlosa u Atlanti, Guadalajari u Meksiku, Burning Mana i drugih. Njegova hvaljena knjiga-trilogija „Namaha-Purnam-Sarvam“ reinterpretira drevne filozofije, epove i priče iz Indije, dok „Himne Medhinija - Pjesme s drevne Zemlje“ nastoje izgraditi novi mito-poetski svemir inspiriran slonovima i njihovom dubokom vezom s prirodom. Njegove prethodne knjige su „Krishna, putovanje unutar sebe“ s izdavačkom kućom Image Comics i „Ramayana 3392. godine“ s Deepakom Choprom i Shekharom Kapurom. Godinama volontira u organizacijama za spašavanje i rehabilitaciju slonova te planinari himalajskim područjem koje naziva svojim duhovnim domom.