02.08.2021, 10:16h
Adaptations of an angel
What links the Krka and Niagara Rivers, and is not a mighty waterfall?
Dalmatian Niagara. This is the name given to the Krka River by journalist Joško Čelar back in 1966. The two rivers are also linked by the fact that the first hydropower plant on the Krka River was put into operation on 28 August 1895, just two days after the first hydropower plant on the Niagara River, based on the patents of Nikola Tesla, started operations. On that evening, the first transmission of alternating current to greater distances began in Croatia, and Šibenik became the first city in the world to be powered by alternating current.
Electrical energy was distributed in the city through a distribution network with two distributer and five transformer stations installed on the building tops and on poles. According to the reports in the press of the day, the electrical lights in Šibenik lit up around 8 p.m. Since these new electric lights had been installed at the sites where the petroleum lanterns had been, nearly all the city streets were lit up. In addition to public lighting, electrical energy produced at the Krka hydropower plant quickly began to be used to power the mills, oil factories, and pasta factories, and over time, other consumers also joined the grid – theatres, cages, hotels and the first households.
The first electrical energy system in the world for the production of alternating current with a fully closed system (generation, transmission and distribution) consisted of the hydropower plant on the Krka River, a 3 kV power line strung up on wooden poles over a length of 11 kilometres, and the consumers of the public city lighting of the city of Šibenik. The hydropower plant was owned by the company Šupuk & Meichsner – First authorised electrical central plant in Dalmatia ‘Krka’ (Šupuk e Meichsner – Prima concessionata centrale elettrica in Dalmazia ‘Krka’).
In celebration of the anniversary of the birth (10 July 1856) of the great scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla, the Bina Theatre group has prepared a play about the final hours in the life of this genus. The play is called “Adaptations of an angel”, performed by Vladimir Posavec-Tušek (Nikola) and Momčilo Otašević (John Smith) and it premiered in June. It was held again on the plateau at Skradinski buk at Krka National Park on Saturday 31 July.
On 7 January 1943, a mysterious man who presented himself as a journalist entered Tesla’s hotel room. The chambermaid of the New Yorker hotel would find Tesla dead the next morning, with a smile on his face, and that would be the “truth”. Take a look through the keyhole of his door and discover the thriller that took place in the final hours of the life of Nikola Tesla.
Nikola: I don’t believe that apparitions are a disease, but the ability of the mind to rise above the three Earthly dimensions.
The play “Adaptations of an angel” is an artistic contribution to uncovering one of the most genius scientists and the wisdom of the spiritual being. Vladimir Posavec-Tušek, a theatre, television and film actor, plays Tesla. In his rich acting career, he has performed over 70 roles. The mysterious Mr. Smith is played by Momčilo Otašević, an award-winning theatre, film and television actor, considered to be one of the best young actors today.
