Bjelovarska terapija stripom / The Comics Therapy in Bjelovar

Pre par dana vratila sam se sa Bjelovarskih odjeka kazališta ili kraće BOK festa, u okviru kojeg je, ove godine po prvi put, upriličena i strip radionica. Radionicu je osmislila i odlično organizovala Irena Jukić Pranjić, strip autorka, ilustratorka i članica strip grupe Emisija emocija. Ko slučajno ne zna njene radove smesta neka skoči na ovaj ovde link, a oni koji znaju, neka se podsete i uživaju.

Dakle, Irena je pozvala nas nekoliko – Sonju Gašperov, Matiju Pisačića, Igora Hofbauera, Miroslava Nemetha i mene, da u Bjelovaru, na BOK-u održimo zajedničku izložbu, da crtamo stripove, družimo se i uopšte uživamo u svim blagodetima terapije stripom. Poslednjeg dana radionice pridružio nam se i Krešimir Zimonić, umetnički direktor Zagreb filma, pa smo svi skupa u bioskopskoj sali Doma kulture odgledali desetak animiranih filmova po njegovom izboru.

A što se samog Bjelovara tiče, to je jedan lep i pitom grad, prepun cveća i drveća. Najlepše izgleda posle kiše, tad je naročito zelen, sav blješti i sija od svežine. U čuvenom bjelovarskom parku sve je pod konac uredno i svaki bi detalj mogao biti motiv sa razglednice. Sve ulice u Bjelovaru seku se pod pravim uglom, pa je navodno nemoguće izgubiti se. Ipak, Matiji, Sonji i meni to je pošlo za rukom. Izgubili smo se u sred centra pokušavajući da nadjemo Dom kulture u čijem se foajeu to veče otvarala naša zajednička izložba.

Inače, izložba je prošla odlično, posetilaca je bilo taman koliko treba, a izložbu je otvorio Goran Navojec, glumac i urednik festivala. Tom prilikom je rekao da mu se čitava ideja sa stripom mnogo sviđa, te da bi vrlo rado i sledeće godine ugostio tako divne ljude i umetnike kao što smo mi (dobro, možda nije baš skroz ovako kazao, ali tako nekako)

Sve u svemu četiri dana terapije stripom urodila su plodom. Nacrtali smo ukupno 32 table fantastičnih stripova, sve vreme smo bili izuzetno dobro raspoloženi, a posle završenih stripova još i više. Uz to bih pomenula da sam čak i ja svoj strip od tri table komplet završila i to radeći ga svojim dobro oprobanim sporim tehnikama…Sve ovo upućuje na to da je Irenina terapija stripom i te kako delotvorna, te da bi je valjalo smesta patentirati jer to je u interesu stripa i čovečanstva!

A kako su o istoj zgodi blogovali Irena, Sonja i Zimonić pogledajte ovde, ovde i ovde.

I have just returned from a comic workshop in Bjelovar, Croatia. Actually it was a part of a theater festival, also known as BOK fest. The workshop was initiated and perfectly organized by Irena Jukić Pranjić, one of the most interesting artists at Croatian comics scene. She is also an illustrator and a member of the Emisija emocija comics crew.

So, Irena invited Sonja Gašperov, Matija Pisačić, Igor Hofbauer, Mirosalv Nemeth and me to participate in the group exhibition, to share our artistic experience and enjoy drawing comics together. It was, as Irena put it, the real comics therapy! The last day of the workshop, Krešimir Zimonić, the art director of Zagreb film joined us and we all went to the town cinema hall to watch animated films he selected.

Speaking of Bjelovar itself, it is a beautiful and pleasantly cultivated city, full of flowers and trees. It looks best after the rain with those specific green colors all around… it’s just sparkling and shining with freshness! The famous Bjelovar park is also lovely and almost every detail could be a motif for a post card. The streets are crossing under the right angle and it is quite impossible to get lost. However, for Matija, Sonja and me it wasn’t a problem at all. We got lost quite easily at the Bjelovar main street, trying to find the place where our group show should be opened that evening.

Otherwise, the exhibition was great and there were a lot of curious visitors around. The exhibition was opened by Goran Navojec, famous Croatian actor and editor of BOK fest. He was delighted with the idea about comics and workshops, and said that he would be happy to host such a wonderful people and artist (as we are) again next year.

At the end, four days of intensive comics therapy shows its results. During the workshop we draw 32 pages of fantastic comic and we were in good mood all he time. Even I finished my 3 page comic despite the fact I used my well known extra slow techniques… Irena’s comics therapy is more than effective! It absolutely needs to be patented immediately because that’s in the best interest of comics and humanity!