Stripburger: Thirty Years of Making a Scene; Exhibition

Opening: Friday, 11 August 2023, 20.00

Duration of the exhibition: 11 August – 30 September 2023

Stripburger, an eye-biting comics magazine with a peculiar character and a distinctive cosmopolitan taste was first published in 1992. In three decades, it has evolved from an experimental visual fanzine into one of the most prominent and active players in both Slovenian and international comics scene and an adamant promoter of independent and alternative comics culture. Many of the now-established names have started their creative careers on the pages of Stripburger.

The exhibition in raum404 presents the very best of Stripburger’s 30 years long print production: not only original pages from selected comics, but also a vast amount of other graphic and printed goodies – silkscreen and riso posters, covers, comic books and special editions such as Honey Talks, Greetings from Cartoonia, GolažGollage, Stripble and Workburger. Special focus will be put on the chunky new anniversary anthology titled
Dirty Thirty: Thirty Years of Making a Scene, showcasing the most vibrant and gritty comics from Stripburger's first 30-year history. Signed by a bunch of Slovenian and international comics artists, the exhibited worksrepresent all the diversity, uniqueness and variety that has been one of Stripburger's hallmarks from its inception to the present day.

Stripburger’s companions & friends:
Andrej Štular, David Krančan, Gašper Rus, Marko Kociper, Martin Ramoveš, Kaja Avberšek,
Tanja Komadina, Matej Kocjan, Matej Stupica, Jakob Klemenčič, Matej Lavrenčič, Saša
Kerkoš, Nez Pez, Leon Zuodar, Mina Fina, Zoran Pungerčar (SI), Marcel Ruijters (NL), Max
Andersson (SE), Arkadi, Atak (DE), Danijel Žeželj, Igor Hofbauer, Dunja Janković (HR),
Lars Fiske, Bendik Kaltenborn (NO), Andrea Bruno (IT), Matei Branea (RO), Matti
Hagelberg, Jyrki Heikkinen (FI), Pakito Bolino, Caroline Sury, Samplerman, Léo Quievreux
(FR), Filipe Abranches, Bruno Borges, Miguel Carneiro (PT) …

The exhibition will be introduced by Katerina Mirović (curator and co-founder of the Stripburger magazine). The opening will be followed by ‘Sharp Rhythms’ comics reading by Andrej Štular (comics artist) and Tanja Skale (Stripburger editor). With the expressive power and witty sharpness of his poems, Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926), one of the most praised and prominent representatives of the Slovene ‘historical avant-garde’, inspired the comics artist and all-round creative Andrej Štular to build rhythmic visual compositions from them, which spill over from comics into other modes of representation. In this way, the meanings of the individual verses are enriched with a new context, with additional associations, thus not limiting the space for the interpretation of the poetry, but only further expanding it.

About Stripburger:
Stripburger is an international comics magazine, based in Ljubljana (Slovenia), which has for over 30 years now been maintaining its recognizable concept and a distinctly global character by shedding light on independent local comics scenes and publishing a wide range of comics by established names and new talents from all over the world. Two issues are published annually, featuring a variety of comics, complementing them with news and critical reflection on the comic art and medium.

Additionally, an important part of the Stripburger’s activities are exhibitions, workshops and other events that aim to promote comic culture and creativity in Slovenia and abroad. Its editors and contributing artists regularly attend different comics festivals and fairs fairs
to spread the power of comics around the globe.

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