FEST : Delhi Comic Arts Festival 2017 > 3pm on 4th, 5th & 6th December 2017

Venue :  C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate

Time : 3:00 pm Add to Calendar 04/12/2017 15:00 06/12/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata FEST : Delhi Comic Arts Festival 2017 Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/11/fest-delhi-comic-arts-festival-2017-IIC.html C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Venue : C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : FEST : Delhi Comic Arts Festival 2017.

A festival of comic creators, visual storytellers and professionals in the world of comics and graphic storytelling. The festival includes talks and presentations by leading Indian and international practitioners, film screenings and exhibitions. Organised in collaboration with Manic Mongol, Max Mueller Bhavan/Goethe Institut, Pro Helvetia, Alliance Française de Delhi, Embassy of Norway, Austrian Cultural Forum, Cervantes Institute, Embassy of Spain, Embassy of Brazil and Norla and Hochschule Luzern

Schedule : 

4th December : 
3:00 pm : Opening
Superheroes, Mythology and Halahala
Presentation by Appupen (artist’s presentation), India

A Journey in Indie-comics making
Presentation by Kokaachi (publisher’s presentation), India

Drawn Cinema –I (20 min)
Animation films curated by Sekhar Mukherjee, National Institute of Design

FROM 16:45 TO 18:00
Forests of Transformation
Presentation by Amruta Patil (artist’s presentation), France

The Urban Legend – Why I Created a Superhero
Presentation by Josef Yohannes (artist’s presentation), Norway

Fumetto Festival Lucerne – A Comic Festival Built on Bridges
Presentation by Jana Jakoubek (curator’s presentation), Switzerland

AT 18:15 
Launch of The Elephant in the Room – Women Draw their World
An Indo-German anthology (Zubaan: New Delhi, 2017)
Presentations by Urvashi Butalia, Priya Kuriyan, Anpu Varkey and Kaveri Gopalakrishnan

Followed by
Panel discussion Is Comics Something You can Teach?
Moderator: Abeer Gupta, Assistant Professor, School of Design, Ambedkar University, Delhi

The discussion will look at issues such as the futility of teaching authorship; exercises in sequential thinking; institutionalising underground art into a mainstream convenience – today’s comic education 

5th December : 
3:00 pm : Presentation of the anthology Long Form by Sekhar Mukherjee

Drawing is Meditating
Presentation by Lika Nuessli (artist’s presentation), Switzerland

Grassroots Comics
Presentation by Sharad Sharma (artist’s presentation), India

FROM 16:45 TO 18:00
Style vs Substance – Negotiating Between Form and Content in Graphic Narratives
Presentation by Vishwajyoti Ghosh (artist’s presentation), India

Drawn Cinema –II (20 min)
Animation films curated by Sekhar Mukherjee, National Institute of Design

The Personal is Political
Presentation by Kruttika Susarla (artist’s presentation), India

FROM 18:15 
Moscow to Vladivostok, A Travelogue
Presentation by Bettina Egger (artist’s presentation), Austria

A Musical Rendezvous with Nick Cave
Presentation by Reinhard Kleist (artist’s presentation), Germany

Panel discussion on How can Comics be used effectively to bring about Social Change?

With Editors/publishers of comics/Graphic novels to discuss whether comics can educate, raise awareness on issues that surround our lives; bring about change in societal attitudes

6th December : 
3:00 pm : Films by Miguel Gallardo – Maria’s Journey (5 min) and The Specialist Academy (7 min)

Drawing for Maria, Drawing for Autism
Presentation by Miguel Gallardo (artist’s presentation), Spain

What I Learnt from Japanese Comics
Presentation by Bharath Murthy (artist’s presentation), India

Drawing Private in Public
Presentation by Kaveri Gopalakrishnan (artist’s presentation), India

FROM 16:45 TO 18:00
Drawing as Reportage
Presentation by Pierre Thomé (artist’s presentation), Switzerland

Drawing the Twenties. The visual creation of the crime novel “Der nasse Fisch” (Babylon, Berlin)
Presentation by Arne Jysch (artist’s presentation), Germany

Redefining ‘Ideal’
Presentation by Priyesh Trivedi (Adarsh Balak, artist’s presentation), India

AT 18:15
Publishing the Universe: The Power of Self -Publishing
Presentation by Bia Bittencourt (curator’s presentation), Brazil

Artists Panel Discussion on What is it Like to be a Comic Creator?
A panel discussion with comic book artists about their work, life, creative processes, inspiration, money, client expectation etc. etc.

Live Drawing Session accompanied with Live Music

Drawing by Lika Nuessli, accompanied by HA! – Abhijeet Sharma (guitar); Gursimran Singh (tabla); Mama Tochhawng (bass guitar); and others

Accompanying Event : EXHIBITION "of lines and TALES – I & II" as part of Delhi Comic Arts Festival 2017 > 4th to 12th November 2017

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