Events

24 Hour Comics Day - Comic Marathon & Animation Screening

24 Hour Comics Day is an annual celebration where comic artists and cartoonists all over the world challenge themselves to create a 24-page comic in 24 consecutive hours. We’ll also be running alternative events in conjunction to the marathon itself:

Animation film screening & discussion, 17 October, 16.00 – 20.00

Mini Bazaar CASS and INFIS 17 – 31 October 2008

Portrait caricature & sketches 18 & 31 October 2008

After-event exhibitions of 24 Hour Comics Day, 20-31 October 2008

Movie Station, 20-31 October 2008

Other notable events in Surabaya

Plenty of happenings in Surabaya this month — check them out!

Q! Film Festival (CCCL), 14-19 October 2008

Lire en Fete / ‘Pesta Baca’ (CCCL), 15 October 2008

80 tahun Sumpah Pemuda (Kampoeng Ilmu), 28 October 2008

Reviews

Books: Iranian Cinema: A Political History

by Hamid Reza Sadr

Non-Fiction (Films & Performing Arts) | 791.430955 SADR | 2006 | 392pp | English

Review only available in English

From the infamous introduction of cinema to Iran through the Iranian monarchy in the early twentieth century to the worldwide acclaimed post-revolutionary era, Sadr presents us with a highly readable history of Iranian cinema with its embedded and reflected social, political, cultural and economic contexts, lucidly written in a comprehensive book.

Books: Against Nature (À Rebours)

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

The “poisonous” yellow book of Dorian Gray | France | 1884 | in English

Reviewed by Tyas in Indonesian

Ketika pada akhirnya saya selesai membaca novel ini, saya menghembuskan napas lega, selega-leganya. Membaca buku ini seperti menempuh perjalanan berat tanpa tahu kita mau dibawa ke mana. Jurnal ilmiah saja lebih punya alur daripada novel ini. Ini dia yang namanya ‘Plot, What Plot?’ Buku ini adalah satu-satunya dalam genrenya – yang entahlah genre apa.

Books: Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creations

by Olivia Judson

Non-Fiction (Science) | 571.8 JUDS | Hardcover | English

Applying hilariously exaggerated anthropomorphic slants, in this book Olivia Judson creates her own Dr. Tatiana, the sex advice column aunt agony to all sorts of sexually frustrated, confused creatures. With this framework, she present an informative and entertaining tour of the interesting evolutionary biology of sex.

Films: The Wind Will Carry Us

by Abbas Kiarostami

Bad ma ra khahad bord | Iran/France | 1999 | DVD | 118 min | Persian with English sub

Review only available in Indonesian.

Bersama dengan dua krunya yang tidak pernah ditunjukkan wajahnya, Behzad Dourani, seorang ‘insinyur’ asal Tehran mengendarai Land Rover mendatangi Siah Darreh (Bukit Hitam). Dipandu oleh Farzad, bocah lelaki lokal, ia tinggal di kampung tersebut dan menunggu kedatangan ajal Nyonya Malek, seorang nenek yang konon berusia sekitar 100 tahun, demi …

Films: Blackboards

by Samira Makhmalbaf

Takhte Siah | Iran | 2000 | 85 mins | Colour | PG | Kurdish with English sub

In Kurdistan, the border between Iran and Iraq, a band of teachers are trudging through a barren area, seemingly without directions, each with a rickety blackboard on their back like useless, clumsy wings. Even though the atmosphere is pessimistic, there are plenty of (black,) deadpanned humour colouring this film.

Features

Kampoeng Ilmu: Sentra Buku Murah Surabaya

Article only available in Indonesian

Jika Jakarta punya Kwitang (yang barusan digusur), Bandung Palasari, Jogja Shopping, di Surabaya umumnya orang berburu buku murah di Jalan Semarang atau Jalan Blauran. Dulunya menempati sepanjang jalan Semarang, semenjak awal bulan April 2008, PKL buku (bekas) sekarang dapat dijumpai di Jl. Semarang 55, di dalam sebuah lahan seluas 2500 meter persegi. Depannya memang nggak terlalu kelihatan, umumnya pelanggan-pelanggan lama Jalan Semarang masih suka nyasar mencari Kampoeng Ilmu …

Editorial

Douze is c2o’s monthly newsletter, published with the aim of better informing you about our collections and activities. We welcome submissions (in both English and Indonesian) of reviews, essays, and interviews that address culturally relevant books, comics, films and musics.

To submit email a query or completed article with a short biography to Douze editor at   c2o.library at yahoo.com. We’d also love to hear your feedbacks — comments, criticism, etc.

Articles, reviews or interviews covering a single title normally should be between 300-1000 words, and can be written in English or Indonesian (or both). We are looking for insightful writings on fictions, non-fictions, comics, films and music from our collections, but we also welcome those not in our collections — you might convince us to get one!

Artworks We are interested in displaying original artworks — comic / caricature, photography, illustration. Interested artist can email their 5 sample pieces to  c2o.library at yahoo.com (total max 2mb).

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