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November 2007
Newsletter- November 2007
[[CONTENTS]]
OCTOBER REVIEW
Comic Book Reading
Reading on River of Stories
Speaker: Orijit Sen
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Announcement
The Comix Workshop- Call for Entries
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Comic Book Reading
Reading on the `Invisibles’ comic series
Speaker: Shuddhabrata Sengupta
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Film @ Sarai
About Elsewhere
Director: Priya Sen
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Dear Friends,
First a review of what took place last month:
OCTOBER REVIEW
Comic Book Reading (26th October 2007)
5:00 pm
Reading on River of Stories
Speaker: Orijit Sen
On the 26th of October 2007, the first comic book reading took place at The Media Section of the French Information & Resource Center. The reader was Orijit Sen (River of Stories, 1994) arguably India’s first graphic novelist. Orijit Sen began the reading with a narration of "The River of Stories ". Copies of the work were given to the audience so as to enable an easier engagement with the reader’s comments. After going through the work, Orijit spoke briefly about a few other projects that he had done and wrapped up the reading with frames that he had copied from Tintin when he was a 12 year old. The reading was essentially Orijit talking about the evolution of his practice, what it was influenced by, and what it has culminated into.
A crowd of 76 people attended the reading, which was much more than what the organisers had initially expected. The underlying idea behind these comic book readings is to popularize discourse about comics by inviting comic book practitioners/readers/aficionados to talk about a work that has been instrumental in moulding their understanding of the form.
The readings provide the space for a much-needed critical look at comic books, and a common meeting ground for people who have a strong attachment with it.
Upcoming Events and an Announcement:
This month we continue with the comic book readings but with a change in the venue and speaker. There is going to be a film screening by Priya Sen, who is a researcher and media practitioner at Sarai and with the comic book mania going around, we bring you the call for entries for the Comix Workshop which begins in December.
Hope you will make yourself available for the events and access the particulars announced to you.
Best,
Mitoo Das
Programme Coordinator
Sarai, CSDS
Email me at: mitoo@sarai.net
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Announcement:
Call for Entries: The Comix Workshop
We are pleased to announce the call for entries for a 9 day comics and graphic novels workshop. The workshop is divided into 3 sessions of 3 days each.
Session 1
17, 18, 19 December 2007
Venue: French Information & Resource Centre,
2, Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi- 110011
Facilitators: Matheiu Sapin & Francois Dermaut
(French Comic Book Authors)
Session 2
4, 5, 6 January 2008
Venue: The ATTIC, 36, Regal Building,
Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110001
Facilitators: Sarnath Bannerjee & Parismita Singh
Session 3
17, 18, 19 January 2008
Venue: Sarai- CSDS, 29- Rajpur Road,
Civil Lines, Delhi- 110054
Facilitator: Orijit Sen
Send in an original story/plot, drawing or a two page comic strip on either of the following themes:
-DELHI 2084
-A BIZZARE EXPERIENCE
-GETTING LOST: GETTING FOUND
-SIGNAGES IN THE CITY
Send your entries to either of the following addresses:
Marielle Morin
Director, French Information & Resource Centre
2, Aurangzeb Road,
New Delhi- 110011
Amitabh Kumar
Sarai, CSDS
29- Rajpur Road,
Civil Lines,
Delhi-110054
A maximum of 12 participants would be selected and they would require to pay a token fee of Rs 2000/-
The fee will be waived in selected cases.
The last date for submission is 21th November, 2007
For more details about the workshop one can contact Marielle Morin or Amitabh Kumar at the following email addresses: director@fircdel.com and amitabh@sarai.net
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Comic Book Reading
14th November, 5:00 pm
Seminar Room
Sarai, CSDS
As notified in the last month’s newsletter the comic book readings will take place every month and the space will alternate between the French Information Resource Centre and Sarai.
This month Shuddhabrata Sengupta will be talking about the 'Invisibles' comic book series.
To know more about the `Invisibles’ log on to the following link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles
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Film @ Sarai
About Elsewhere, 2007
Director: Priya Sen
Length: 29 minutes
23rd November, 4:30 pm
Seminar Room, CSDS
“About Elsewhere” is a film that seeks to foreground the impossibility of fixing notions of sexuality through ideas of "identity" and "language". As the film moves through various worlds the filmmaker has
inhabited, it suggests a self in constant formation; one that constructs itself from parts and places that are in themselves, fragments of memory and experience. The film uses the metaphor of a "shell" as a place of repose and withdrawal from which it is possible to emerge. Uniquely, and with all the flair and multiplicity that accompanies a way of being.
Priya Sen works primarily with nonfiction and experimental genres of video and film. She has worked as director of photography, editor, and taught film and video in Philadelphia and New Delhi. She currently works with Sarai-CSDS, Delhi as a researcher-practitioner of experimental media with the Cybermohalla project.
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The Newsletter of the Sarai Programme,
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110 054, www.sarai.net
Info: dak@sarai.net.To subscribe: send a blank email to
newsletter-request@sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.
Directions to Sarai: We are ten minutes from Delhi University. Nearest bus
stop: IP college or Exchange Stores. Metro Station: Civil Lines.
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[[CONTENTS]]
OCTOBER REVIEW
Comic Book Reading
Reading on River of Stories
Speaker: Orijit Sen
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Announcement
The Comix Workshop- Call for Entries
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comic Book Reading
Reading on the `Invisibles’ comic series
Speaker: Shuddhabrata Sengupta
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Film @ Sarai
About Elsewhere
Director: Priya Sen
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Friends,
First a review of what took place last month:
OCTOBER REVIEW
Comic Book Reading (26th October 2007)
5:00 pm
Reading on River of Stories
Speaker: Orijit Sen
On the 26th of October 2007, the first comic book reading took place at The Media Section of the French Information & Resource Center. The reader was Orijit Sen (River of Stories, 1994) arguably India’s first graphic novelist. Orijit Sen began the reading with a narration of "The River of Stories ". Copies of the work were given to the audience so as to enable an easier engagement with the reader’s comments. After going through the work, Orijit spoke briefly about a few other projects that he had done and wrapped up the reading with frames that he had copied from Tintin when he was a 12 year old. The reading was essentially Orijit talking about the evolution of his practice, what it was influenced by, and what it has culminated into.
A crowd of 76 people attended the reading, which was much more than what the organisers had initially expected. The underlying idea behind these comic book readings is to popularize discourse about comics by inviting comic book practitioners/readers/aficionados to talk about a work that has been instrumental in moulding their understanding of the form.
The readings provide the space for a much-needed critical look at comic books, and a common meeting ground for people who have a strong attachment with it.
Upcoming Events and an Announcement:
This month we continue with the comic book readings but with a change in the venue and speaker. There is going to be a film screening by Priya Sen, who is a researcher and media practitioner at Sarai and with the comic book mania going around, we bring you the call for entries for the Comix Workshop which begins in December.
Hope you will make yourself available for the events and access the particulars announced to you.
Best,
Mitoo Das
Programme Coordinator
Sarai, CSDS
Email me at: mitoo@sarai.net
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Announcement:
Call for Entries: The Comix Workshop
We are pleased to announce the call for entries for a 9 day comics and graphic novels workshop. The workshop is divided into 3 sessions of 3 days each.
Session 1
17, 18, 19 December 2007
Venue: French Information & Resource Centre,
2, Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi- 110011
Facilitators: Matheiu Sapin & Francois Dermaut
(French Comic Book Authors)
Session 2
4, 5, 6 January 2008
Venue: The ATTIC, 36, Regal Building,
Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110001
Facilitators: Sarnath Bannerjee & Parismita Singh
Session 3
17, 18, 19 January 2008
Venue: Sarai- CSDS, 29- Rajpur Road,
Civil Lines, Delhi- 110054
Facilitator: Orijit Sen
Send in an original story/plot, drawing or a two page comic strip on either of the following themes:
-DELHI 2084
-A BIZZARE EXPERIENCE
-GETTING LOST: GETTING FOUND
-SIGNAGES IN THE CITY
Send your entries to either of the following addresses:
Marielle Morin
Director, French Information & Resource Centre
2, Aurangzeb Road,
New Delhi- 110011
Amitabh Kumar
Sarai, CSDS
29- Rajpur Road,
Civil Lines,
Delhi-110054
A maximum of 12 participants would be selected and they would require to pay a token fee of Rs 2000/-
The fee will be waived in selected cases.
The last date for submission is 21th November, 2007
For more details about the workshop one can contact Marielle Morin or Amitabh Kumar at the following email addresses: director@fircdel.com and amitabh@sarai.net
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Comic Book Reading
14th November, 5:00 pm
Seminar Room
Sarai, CSDS
As notified in the last month’s newsletter the comic book readings will take place every month and the space will alternate between the French Information Resource Centre and Sarai.
This month Shuddhabrata Sengupta will be talking about the 'Invisibles' comic book series.
To know more about the `Invisibles’ log on to the following link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles
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Film @ Sarai
About Elsewhere, 2007
Director: Priya Sen
Length: 29 minutes
23rd November, 4:30 pm
Seminar Room, CSDS
“About Elsewhere” is a film that seeks to foreground the impossibility of fixing notions of sexuality through ideas of "identity" and "language". As the film moves through various worlds the filmmaker has
inhabited, it suggests a self in constant formation; one that constructs itself from parts and places that are in themselves, fragments of memory and experience. The film uses the metaphor of a "shell" as a place of repose and withdrawal from which it is possible to emerge. Uniquely, and with all the flair and multiplicity that accompanies a way of being.
Priya Sen works primarily with nonfiction and experimental genres of video and film. She has worked as director of photography, editor, and taught film and video in Philadelphia and New Delhi. She currently works with Sarai-CSDS, Delhi as a researcher-practitioner of experimental media with the Cybermohalla project.
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[[END OF NEWSLETTER]]
The Newsletter of the Sarai Programme,
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110 054, www.sarai.net
Info: dak@sarai.net.To subscribe: send a blank email to
newsletter-request@sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.
Directions to Sarai: We are ten minutes from Delhi University. Nearest bus
stop: IP college or Exchange Stores. Metro Station: Civil Lines.
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