A spectacle in itself - Izabela Roselini. Her monodrama "Darvin's Smile" was announced as a combination of science and art, and that was exactly what happened during the performance, as witnessed by the audience on the first night of the Rubix Festival in Tivat.
The famous Izabela from an even more famous family, the daughter of the great Roberto Rossellini i nekrikosnovene Ingrid Bergman with her appearance, she easily took over the focus of those present on the Synchro scene and right from the start she showed the powerful and thoughtful charisma that she definitely carries in her genes.
Imbued with elements of "professional guidance" throughout her life, intertwined with Darvinovom with the theory of evolution that the actress simplifies and approximates, referring to segments from the Bible and confronting certain claims, Izabela simultaneously acts and teaches a class - a lecture on ethology, acting, but also speaking.
It is true that the attention of individuals in the audience sometimes wanders, perhaps due to the complexity of the themes that the monodrama unites, but despite everything, Roselini showed her own power to rule the scene and the work, and to bring back and re-engage every individual from the audience into the story. She showed that she has a great knowledge of science, especially ethology, which studies the behavior of animals, which she also obtained a master's degree in, by skillfully and easily presenting apparently complicated things, those that boil down to man and monkey or man and God, that is, they are presented as theories or beliefs - to many both (equally) abstract.
With a performance accompanied by a minimalist scenography with one important camera, different lights, and large screens with videos, the actress also talked about her aspirations (earlier, longings) to connect science and art, putting forward the hypothesis that "actors can help scientists to understand, investigate and explain the world".
Reminding that sometimes there are no words that explain everything that happens in nature, to man, monkey, peacock or snail, Izabela Roselini emphasized the importance of science, but also presented the contradictions of the same words spoken in different ways.
"I love you and I want to be with you for the rest of my life". Or: "I love you and I want to be with you for the rest of my life"...
How different one sentence can sound, just this one, Izabela Roselini presented to the Rubiks audience on several occasions.
In addition to the theory of evolution, the story of Noah's Ark, the phenomenon of photography and film, permeated through the monodrama and memories of her childhood, the wishes of the child, private archival recordings and photographs, the feat of enrolling in college and the implications for the importance of education, through anecdotes from the filming of the film "Casablanca ” that her mother told her, to the interaction with the audience and the announcement that the actors, just like the audience, comment on “how it was” after the performance, although not on themselves - but on the audience...
She spoke and taught about the suggestive power of film, the complexity of acting, all leading to the conclusion that art and science really correspond and can complement and support each other, it's only important how you use them, just like words, which she plans to prove, maybe and a potential doctoral thesis...
All this one after the other, although seemingly unrelated, rounded the essence and built a strong awareness of the importance of empathy, but also that "beauty does not exist without emotions", and that art and science can very well serve the same purpose. Certainly, it is certain that everyone will find their own view of this unique work, which was undoubtedly a privilege to see...
And so, repeating and then concluding with the words: "I love you and I want to be with you for the rest of my life", one would say symbolically addressed to the audience (all over the world), Izabela Roselini brought her monodrama "Darvin's smile ” at the end, justifying the title in every sense... The audience greeted her with loud applause and returned it as a gift.
Compositions inspired by the sea, travels and Petra Radulović
The Montenegrin artist, soprano, showed that she was made for the world stage just like Izabela Roselini Petra Radulović. After the formal opening of the festival, she appeared on the Synchro stage together with the "New Era" quartet and together with them gained attention and sympathy, but also gave the audience art and beauty.
It is an understatement to say that their concert was a perfect musical prelude for the rest of the night, because their performance was enough in itself, rounded, sophisticated, sumptuous, authentic. With a subtle but strong interaction with the audience, the music produced by the quartet and the voice of Petra Radulović spread and occupied the space of the festival. The charming Kotoranka Radulović, while announcing the concert, revealed to those present that three songs were written especially for this occasion, which were the first in the repertoire.
"Radovan's hand wrote the text and music for me and the quartet, both inspired by me, the sea and my personal story and travels around the world. After those first three songs, you will hear more compositions that, I'm sure, you already know very well, and everything will be rounded off with arias at the end", she said, and then charmed the audience with her voice.
The lyrics of her songs were exactly as she announced them, imbued with the sea and a unique coastal mentality, they evoked the spirit of the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Boka, cultural heritage and the beauty of life, but also the challenges of modern times.
The quartet continued to create a fantastic atmosphere, precisely with many well-known melodies, and the entire concert was equally energetic and melancholic, dreamy and strong, sweet and complex, which the audience recognized and repeatedly rewarded with applause.
After this line-up and Izabela Roselini, the Berlin composer and producer took care of the atmosphere in the rest of the evening David August whose performance will be remembered by the audience for its music-dance-visual performance.
Art is not only a reflection of the world, but also a tool for reshaping it
As a space of inspiration and connection, creativity and cultural exchange, but also entertainment, the Minister of Culture and Media of Montenegro Tamara Vujović see the Rubix festival, which for three days offers visitors in Tivat a time filled with music, art, technology, creative industries, combining various types of art and inspiration...
She said this while opening the second edition of the Rubix festival, which, about half an hour late, started on Thursday evening in front of a small audience on the Sinhro stage.
"Artistic activity is a search for the beautiful, and the Rubix Festival is a platform that brings together world-renowned artists and talents from various fields, creating a unique fusion of classical, electronic and experimental music, theater performances, art installations and technological innovations, which is a search in the experience of creation and shaping an idea that leads to openness to the world," said Minister Vujović.
Although the solemn ceremony was announced for 20.30:21 p.m., it wasn't until around XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. that words of welcome were heard from the stage, with the previous invitation to those present to take their seats. David Margason, the general director of Porto Montenegro, who is the organizer of the festival together with the NGO Fešta, addressed the audience first. He said that the vision is for the Rubix festival to be a kind of "spa for the mind and soul", which, following the basic idea of Rubix, the spirit and content of what the events bring, will lay the foundation for the development of this region and the creative quarter within Porto Montenegro.
"Each artist dips his brush into his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures. So, whatever form of art you engage in, whatever form of creativity you follow, I think it's important to say thank you for your dedication to all those people who are brave enough to dedicate their lives and talents to the pursuit of creative performance and creative fulfillment of others," he said. is Margason reflecting on the importance of art, the creative process and what the audience gets.
He also pointed out that he is already looking forward to the next edition of the festival. The scene was taken over by Vujović after him, who noted that the "artistic spirit that asserts itself through rebellion against imposed norms... is, in Wilde's terms, a speculative spirit of innovation", hinting at the fusion of art that Rubix brings.
"Understanding new forms of art is not just an academic or intellectual endeavor, but a way in which we can expand our understanding of the world and ourselves. The spirit of art universalizes individual existence, giving it the potential power to strive for undiscovered, upcoming vistas. Such an understanding of the experience of art is enabled primarily through individual improvement, the search for an eternally beautiful, morally correct and integral principle. In the modern context, new forms of art shed light on new questions and ideas that are relevant for contemporary society, where art is not only a reflection of our world, but also a tool for its transformation", said Vujović and officially opened the festival.
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