World’s oldest animation that was discovered in Iran would be presented during the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) meeting that will be held in Seoul this August.
Last december a bowl with an animated picture of a goat drawn around it was discovered by a team of Iranian archeologists during some excavations realised at the 5000 year old Burnt City.
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Tomorrow, 23rd of April is the longly awaited day of Book and Rose, St. George’s Day (Dia de Sant Jordi). Although the streets of Barcelona are used to bring joy to visitors, during Sant Jordi feast all the elements that form the city come together magically. It is my favourite day. (It is not only because I like receiving a nice book as a present!)
Every single corner of Barcelona is converted into small and attractive market-places where books and roses are the only merchandise that worth considering. People converge in front of those spontaneous and colourful florists, book stores and hoping to find “that” rose or book to present to their beloveds. (Woman receive a nice red rose while they present a book ..) What a nice occasion to show love and affection : exchanging words and flowers.
It is also a good moment for publishers and writers that hope to present their recent works and promote the older ones. We should not forget the florists neither. Nearly 4 million roses and 400,000 books are in question.
Besides, lots of other activities like expositions, conferences are organised in order to feed the book worms and “serious” intellectuals who are not satisfied with what is going on and might say that this is a marketing trick.
As 2005 is celebrated as the year of reading and books in Barcelona, those activities are held all along the year and not concentrated. 400th anniversary of the first publication of Don Quijote de la Mancha of Miguel de Cervantes is one of the main leitmotifs.
When we learn a bit more on what Book and Rose day is all about, the tribute to Cervantes would make more sense:
It is named after St. George who is the patron of Barcelona. According to the legend, St.George bravely saves a young and beautiful lady who was about to be gulped by a huge and terrible dragon! Where dragon died bleeding, suddenly appears a bush of rose. St.George who is a real “caballero” picks a rose and presents it to the young and beautiful lady… This legend seem to justify half of the story and until 1920s it was celebrated as the feast of the city and the Rose day.
The second part of the story is about some other caballeros who were using words instead of swords: two genious, William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes happen to die the same day: April 23, 1616. This motivated some to conmemorate their death in combination with the Sant Jordi day and it leaded until UNESCO adopted 23rd of April as World Book and Copyright Day in 1990s.
So… briefly, it is a perfect day to be in Barcelona. It is just like being in Paris any 21st of June when there is “la fête de la musique” that converts the city into a huge music box!
and here another link of interest :
Bookcrossing in Barcelona
TMB, which is the Barcelona metropolitan public transport company, announced a promising organisation which would be held tomorrow in several metro stations.(6th of April) It is called “music under Europe” and the main idea is promoting some young talents of alternative music and letting people listen to them during a concert with just a metro ticket !
Originally “music under europe” project started in Oslo, Norway and it seems Barcelona authorities liked the idea. While Barcelona Book and Rose day (23rd of April) is getting closer, this sounds like another fun cultural initiative.
Though I have to say that there will be real competition “under Barcelona”. Already lots of metro stations and wagons are under the control of self-motivated and experienced “underground” musicians who are coming mainly from Balkanic and south american countries. I would not be surprised if their solid and international “underground” experience dominate easily the young and blooming artists of the alternative music scene. 🙂
anyways, by chance if you are fan of “alternative music” or happy balcanic melodies coming out of a broken accordeon does not satisy you and you want to listen to something else, here is the program of what is going to be heard under Barcelona :
BARCELONA. Miércoles 6 de abril
Estaciones de Universitat L-1 L-2
y Maria Cristina L-3
De 14 a 20 horasCosmic Grass (Es) dixie-rock
Las Perras del Infierno (Es) punk-surf
Lirio Zone (Es) funk-hop mestizo
Ost&Kjex (N) electrónica
Tellusalie (N) indie rock
The Light (Es) space rock
Tremendo (Es) hip-hop
Årabrot (N) hard rock
I am a keen comics‘ fan since childhood and I first heard about this anti-hero while I was living in Paris, thanks to my brother who suggested me to read it ! Probably he was thinking that the similarities between me and Monsieur Jean were evident and this was a manner to show me the light !! … and I saw the light !! 🙂
My appreciation reached to such a level that during a comics’ fair I made a queue in order to get my copy of “Diario de un album” signed ! Here is the proof ! I am the reader named Ogo !
Waiting impatiently to get a signature : Some might take it equal to Beckham frenzy. Beware !! We are talking about Monsieur Jean which is about life and for ones who live it with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example as in the poetry of Nazim Hikmet .
As the tandem Dupuy and Berberian are wise and harmonious enough to reach to 6th volume of Monsieur Jean that they create together, their stories involving a fine observation of daily life, told and drawn with great sense of humour and simplicity, keep the highly contagious aspect of their work.
Last known victim is my cousin, another fan on the way to convert into a Monsieur Jean while he is getting closer to 30 years old club. He is digesting the adventures frame by frame in the parisien geography that he is sharing with our anti-hero , as he starts to see the light. (or could it be the darkness for some !! ) I also applied harsh propaganda methods on a friend, who spent several days with us . He seemed to receive the message ! I am wishing him the best !
The first five volumes of Monsieur Jean were published through Humanoïdes Associés . The latest one, Inventaire avant travaux, is published by Dupuis. My favourite is Les nuits les plus blanches ! As I linked above, from the official page of Dupuy and Berberian , http://www.duber.net/ , you could obtain detailed information on their works that are translated and published in different languages.
You could buy Monsieur Jean books from FNAC.FR
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