Gibanja 2026

The sixth edition of the international experimental sound festival Gibanja will take place from 17 to 21 May at KONTEJNER and Pogon Jedinstvo in Zagreb. The so-called "day zero" of Gibanja, Sunday 17 May, is free of charge and begins at 5 pm in front of KONTEJNER with the Sound Walk through Cvjetno naselje by Hrvoslava Brkušić, continuing at 7 pm at Pogon Jedinstvo with the premiere of the composition SKYFALL by Peter Kutin, brought by KONTEJNER in collaboration with the Subversive Festival as a joint gift to the audience. All participants interested in the Sound Walk through Cvjetno naselje are kindly asked to bring a mobile phone and headphones.

  • 17 May 2026 *free entrance
  • 17:00 Hrvoslava Brkušić (HR): Sound Walk through Cvjetno naselje (50') (available in Croatian and English language) | KONTEJNER
  • 19:00 KONTEJNER and Subversive Festival present: Peter Kutin (AT) & NAMES - New Art and Music Ensemble Salzburg (AT): SKYFALL (40') | Pogon Jedinstvo (big hall)
  • 18 May 2026
  • 14:00 Kaja Farszky (HR/BE): Masterclass for students (150’) | University of Zagreb Academy of Music *closed to the public
  • 19:30 Jessica Ekomane (FR/DE) (40') | KONTEJNER
  • 21:00 Noël Akchoté (FR) & Tony Buck (AU) & Vesna Pisarović (HR) (40') | KONTEJNER
  • 22:00 Julien Claire (FR) (45') | KONTEJNER
  • 19 May 2026
  • 9:00 Kaja Farszky (HR/BE): Sound and Resonance (2 x 40’) (Workshop for pre-school kids) | Kindergarten Creative Days *closed to the public
  • 19:30 Éliane Radigue (FR): Kyema (61') (diffusion by François Bonnet) │KONTEJNER
  • 21:00 Davor Gazde (HR): Enclosed Garden / Hortus conclusus (30') │KONTEJNER
  • 22:00 Miodrag Gladović (HR): the last trace (non-intentional) (18') // BJ Nilsen (SE/NL): Scalar Towers (25') │KONTEJNER
  • 20 May 2026│KONTEJNER
  • 20:00 Kaja Farszky (HR/BE) & Grgur Savić (HR/DE) (40')
  • 21:00 Soundspiels (HR): She Cries Human Tears (40')
  • 22:00 Cara Tolmie (UK/SE) & Rian Treanor (UK) (45')
  • 21 May 2026│KONTEJNER
  • 17:00 BYOT-Shirt by SMAK PRESS
  • 19:30 Fred Frith (UK) & Jaka Berger (SI): Auditory Continuum (50')
  • 21:00 Farida Amadou (BE): Darwinian 1.0 (40')
  • 22:00 Dis Fig (SAD/DE) (45')

Tickets for the Gibanja 2026 are available via Entrio.

Ticket prices:
Single performance: 5,00 EUR
Daily ticket presale: 8,00 EUR
Daily ticket: 12,00 EUR
Festival ticket presale: 30,00 EUR
Festival ticket during the festival: 35,00 EUR

Admission is free for persons with disabilities, those over 65 years of age and children under 16.

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Organizator: KONTEJNER | bureau for contemporary art praxis
Programme curator and producer: Davorka Begović
Curatorial support: Tereza Teklić
Technical realization: Miodrag Gladović, Jakov Habjan, Filip Pacak, Andrija Santro
Organization assistants: Nikolina Kovačević, Ivana Šešlek
Marketing and sponsorships: Jadrana Ćurković
Public relations and social media: Inesa Antić
Publication editors: Davorka Begović, Nikolina Kovačević
Visual identity: kuna zlatica
Photographers: Sanja Bistričić Srića, Zoe Šarlija
Video production:
Director, editor, cinematographer: Dragan Đokić (Studio Baranda)
Journalist and editor: Melanija Pović Jagarinec
Info desk: Helena Birin, Marija Jakupanec
Local transport: Luka Stojanac
Masterchef for the festival closing: William Linn
Thanks to: Damir Begović, Igor Dražić, Davor Vrdoljak, Zvjezdana Znidarčić Begović

Part of the Gibanja programme is implemented as part of the project New Perspectives for Action, within the framework of Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union.

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