The series presents a collection of works by sound artist Manja Ristić (b. 1979), who lives and works on the island of Korčula. She selected the works for this occasion and accompanied them with notes.
March 7 — Genesis — 22.30 CET — podcast
The first episode features her recent work published at the end of January 2025. "Genesis" is inspired by the subtle relationships between sound and space, the phenomenology of sound, and contemporary research on communication systems in nature and ecology. In addition to the violin and EMS Synthi 100, the artist uses field recordings from Montreal, Portugal, the islands of Vrnik, Mljet, and Silba, various locations in Thailand, Lake Miraflores near the Panama Canal, and the slopes of Avala near Belgrade.
March 14 — Dew — 22.30 CET — stream
The second episode presents the album "Dew" (Rosa), released in November 2024 by the Polish label Okla Records. The album features two compositions that evoke the artist's memories of formative days, accompanied by an autobiographical discourse on her first experience of emigration in Vienna. The author conveys the experience of integrating forgetfulness and emotions which are only released when confronting space (the platform at the station in Vienna).
March 21 — Calipso's Dream — 22.30 CET — stream
The third episode features excerpts from the collaborative work of Manja Ristić and Mark Vernon, "Calipso's Dream" - an album released in September 2024. The album presents a collection of soundscapes shaped by the subtle sound morphologies of the microenvironments of the island of Mljet, conceptual-narrative counterpoints to the well-known Homeric epic "Odyssey." In this work, Calypso's dream, the archetypal mystery is revealed through the author's perspective on the goddess Calypso.
March 28 — Mixtape — 22.30 CET — stream
The fourth and final episode in the series gathers fragments from four collaborative works in a specially prepared mixtape. Manja Ristić collaborates with Czech artist Tomáš Šenkyřík (Melancholia), in a Trio with Joana Guerra and Veronica Cerrotta (Salt Landscapes), with Patrick Tubin McGinley aka murmur (The Scaffold), and finally a joint exploration of the Adriatic soundscapes with Slovenian artist Robertina Šebjanič (Hidden Adriatic).
Prepared by editor Iva Lovrec Štefanović.