[tonto-comics] Fwd: GRRR!info

[edda strobl]

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     Datum: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:04:33 +0200
       Von: Zograf <zograf at panet.co.yu>
Antwort an: Zograf <zograf at panet.co.yu>
   Betreff: GRRR!info
        An: Giannis Koukoulas <gkouk at hotmail.com>

FIFTH EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL GRRR! PANCEVO APRIL
29th - MAY 9th



For the fifth time, in several locations in the town of Pancevo, a gathering
of comics creators, publishers and theoreticians will be held. Along with
the Main Program (which includes exhibitions, panel disscussions,
projections,concerts), is connected to the venues of the Pancevo Cultural
Center (including Gallery of Contemporary Art), there's also an Additional
Program spread in other locations in town, such as clubs ( Arhiv and Studio
21), Popovic Pastry Shop, etc.

Among the guests of the festival is Chuck Sperry, coming all the way from
San Francsco, representing  Firehouse - certainly one of the leading rock
posters design teams in the world today. Chuck Sperry is  heavily influenced
by comic art iconography,and was one of the editors of  New York's legendary
World War 3 Illustrated magazine.

>From Lisbon, we have Rita  Braga, a musician and cartoonist, who will
perform live in concert and display not only her own comics, but also (for
the first time ever taken from the private archives) cartoon works of her
grandfather (Ruy Braga) and great-grandfather (Antonio Braga)!

Andrea Plazzi, comic critic and editor from Bologna,  is going to curate an
exhibition of Cover Designs of Italian Comics Magazines from the 60s (which
influenced many other comics publishing ventures, including Yugoslav ones).
It definitely was one of the most exciting periods of Italian and European
comics.

Also on display will be an exhibition of works inspired by Walt Disney
creations, produced (mostly by local artists) in Central and Eastern Europe
in the years before the Cold War.This unique material will be presented,
probably for the first time,  in an overview by Didier Ghez, a popular
culture reasercher and collector of vintage Disneyana from Paris. Ghez is
currently employed by Walt Disney Company in Madrid.

GRRR! also covers the inland scene - in addition to the series of
exhibitions dedicated to the history of comics in Serbia, Zdravko Zupan will
curate an exhibition in The Backyard Gallery, titled <Comics in Serbia
1972-1975>, presenting  original editions and artworks from the era.

Exclusivelly presented in this festival,  will be original pages of <Dikan>
comics, created since 1969 by Lazar Sredanovic. Dikan is a true local hero -
generations of readers of Politikin Zabavnik ( kids magazine originated in
1939, and still in circulation) grew  up reading this comic about Ancient
Slavic people, who suspiciously resemble  present day Balkanoids.

The panel discussion about comics publishing in different parts of Europe
will be joined by Omar Martini, the owner of Black Velvet publishing house
from Bologna, and Adam Halmos, representative of Art Comix from Budapest.

Among the slide presentations this year there is <Comix Files - Where the
Ninth Art and the Other Eight Arts Meet> by Giannis Koukoulas, editor of
Athens' Galera magazine. The second talk will be concentarted around the
history of the (not yet well enough known) Hungarian comics scene. It's
going to be presented by Triceps, famous performance artist from Budapest,
originally from Subotica in Northern Serbia.

 Also present at the festival is British autobiographical comics master Lee
Kennedy, and a few other international cartoonists including Piero Macola,
an Italian author recently living (and publishing) in Paris, Greek comics
scriptwriter Dimitris Savvaidis, along with authors from Hungary ( Balazs
Grof), Austria (Edda Strobl and Helmut Kaplan), and Slovenia ( Jakob
Klemencic and David Krancan).

A separate show will be dedicated to a magazine from Ljubljana,
Stripburger, and their project <Honey Talks!>, which links the tradition of
19th Century's Slovenian painted beehives with contemporary productions by
some of the most interesting authors on the international independent scene.

This year's GRRR! will be adorned by few unique exhibitions including "Home
Made Magazines in Serbia", which will show some of the fanzines and
single-copy home editions, from1926 to present. Plus, an exhibition
dedicated to products found in Serbia, inspired by Walt Disney stuff (mostly
by anonymous creators), including  vintage rarities such as embroideries
made in 1930s, depicting Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

As in previous years, the festival will bring together many cartoonists from
Serbia, too, including a "big promise" of the Serbian comics scene, Maja
Veselinovic, who will exhibit her work in the legendary Pastry Shop Popovic.

As part of the GRRR! Additional program, New York theremin player Dorit
Chrysler will perform live at a club called Arhiv. At the same place, an
exhibition of drawings inspired by Dorit and her music will present a
selection of cartoonists from several countries.

 The festival will conclude with an excursion to Deliblatska Pescara, where
many people from the area traditionally gather for the picnic on Labour's
Day and where an exhibition by Mr Spiral will mark an end of his 5 year-long
project of exhibiting comics at the shoe shop where he used to work. Also,
Pancevo's scene will represent itself through the comics-poster Silent Wall,
and a compilation of local bands titled Black Spot.

Additional Program includes an event at the club named Studio 21, where
underground music label Radioaktivno will present the music of the local
bands (usually very closely collaborating with underground cartoonists as
well).






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