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Second Comic Strip Night
6th of August 2016
Published on 16 July 2016
A ghost in the museum ? No, it's the Comic Strip Night, a midsummer night with activities for all ages. In the context of the celebrations of the 150th birthday of the diplomatic treaty between Belgium and Japan, we honour the relations between our countries through the looking-glass of comic art. The Comics Museum welcomes you for a Kendo demonstration, cartoon movies, an illustrated live concert, and much more ! Comic art really comes alive tonight.
Program
19u – 21u – guided tours of the museum – NL – FR – EN
Our museum guides walk around exhibitions providing explanations. Do not hesitate to ask them any questions, or to join in exisiting groups!
19u30 – Clock room – Kendo demonstration – 30 min
Kendo (litt « Sword Way ») is the modern version of kenjutsu the techniques of swordfighting, practised in traditional samurai culture. Nowadays, Kendo is far more than a martial art, it has also become a competition sport, often practised in Japan.
Resuming Kendo to a collection of tactics and methods of sword combat would not do it justice. It also includes a spiritual side, teaching determination and spiritual strenght to those who practise the art.
This demonstration is presented by BUTOKUKAN, the Brussel's Kendo club.
19u30 – small cinema theatre – for childre – My neighbour Totoro – 88 min – FR, subs in DU
My neighbor Totoro (1988) is a classic of animation movie by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Two young girls move to a country house with their father, in order to be closer to their mum who is staying at a nearby hospital, recovering from illness. They discover the existence of magical creatures, the discreet spirits of the forest : totoros. Sleeping during the day, playing the ocarina on full moon nights, flying through the skies and invisible to the adult human eye, Totoro creates a most poetic atmosphere in the Japanese landscape.
21u15 – Clock room – live drawing & concert – Frank Pé & Olivier Martin meet Shinonome
Shinonome – a traditional japanese flute ensemble, accompanied on the guitar by Nozomi Kanda. The musicians let their careers guide them through Europa and Asia, resulting in a mix of traditional and contemporary music. The concert will be illustrated by Olivier Martin & Frank Pé, a duo of franco-belgian comic authors, both deeply in love with Japanese culture.
22u15 – auditorium Bob de Moor – Carnet de voyage : Japan – 40 min – FR
Olivier Martin, by nature a curious traveller, traded in his homeland France for Japan in 2005, moving to the old imperial city of Osaka. In this documentary, the artist invites you to discover the country on the slow rhythm of casual encounters and sudden impulses.
22h15 – small cinema theatre – selection of short films by Osamu Tezuka – JAP, silent movies
Selection of short films by the unequalled master of Japanese animation, Osamu Tezuka. It's the perfect opportunity to immerge yourself in this fairly unknown part of his works. These fairy talelike stories are born out of emotions, wonder and anguish. They are all marked by the graphic experimentation that is so typical for Tezuka's work.
22u30 – Frank Pé exhibition – meet the artist: Broussaille au Japon – DU/FR
Explanations by Frank Pé on his discovery of Japan as represented in his comic series Broussaille. In the album « Sous deux soleils », Frank sends his characters Broussaille and Catherine to Tokyo, where the couple loses sight of each other in the metro and tries to get back together. This stories offers its readers a sensitive visit of old Tokyo, through the eyes of a « gaijin » («stranger»).
23u15 – auditorium Bob de Moor – Quartier Lointain – 98 min – FR, subs in DU
Quartier lointain is a coproduction by a Belgian-German-French-Luxemburg team, directed by Sam Garbarski (2010) inspired on the graphic novel by Jirō Taniguchi. Thomas, a 50-something father and comic artist passes through his hometown by chance.
After a bad turn, he finds himself again in his own adolescent body, a good 40 years earlier. He relives his first love, but also tries to understand the mysterious reasons for his father's disappearance. Taniguchi's novel is reinterpreted and set in France, and this successful film is a testimony by itself of the European enthousiasm for Taniguchi’s delicate stories.
The restaurant Brasserie Horta & Slumberland Bookstore will be open to serve you!
Admission
16€ adults / 8€ kids < 12
Presale: 14,50€ / 6,50€ kids < 12.
Ticket sales at the museum or upon reservation and by bank transfer. Info & reservations: 02/219 19 80, visit@comicscenter.net.
