Puttbill Plog - enEverything new around Puttbill: Book releases, Graphical Novels, new Paintings/Drawings/Illustrations, exhibitions etc.http://www.puttbill.com/enThu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0100Contao Open Source CMSExhibition at the "Archives Départementales" of AngoulêmeThe exhibition will be open every day from 26 January to 2 February from 9 AM to 5 PM. The opening reception is on 26 January at 5:30 PM. Up until 29 January, on alternating days Felix Pestemer will be present to sign copies of his book at the "Espace Nouveau Monde" (the stand of Actes Sud/Editions de L´An 2, located between Hôtel de Ville and the theater) and at the exhibition itself in the city archives. (For exact dates and locations, see below.)

Excerpted from the pre-publication announcement of Editions de l´An 2: "The new publication of the month is Felix Pestemer's spectacular book The Dust of the Ancestors, which is devoted to the rituals and traditions of the Mexican Day of the Dead. (Available at bookstores as of 25 January 2012.) More than 40 original drawings from the book as well as a variety of related working documents will be on exhibition on the ground floor of the Archives Départementales of Angoulême for the duration of the festival. The city archive is located on 24 Avenue Gambetta, 150 meters in the direction of the town center from the Angoulême Train Station."

Link to the exhibition (French)
Brief description of 'La Poussière des aïeux' (French)
Reading excerpt 'Der Staub der Ahnen' ('The Dust of the Ancestors')

Exhibition: 27 Jan. – 2 Feb. 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Opening Reception: 26 Jan. 2012, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Archives Départementales
24 Avenue Gambetta
16000 Angoulême / France
Tel.: +34/54595/4323

 

Exhibition at the Archives Départementales 'The Dust of the Ancestors'

Book signing dates:

Espace Nouveau Monde

Thu., 26 Jan., 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Fri., 27 Jan., 11:00 AM – 12.30 PM, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Sat., 28 Jan., 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Son., 29 Jan., 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Archives Départementales

Thu., 26 Jan., 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM,
Fri., 27 Jan., 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Sat., 28 Jan., 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Son., 29 Jan., 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/exhibition-at-the-archives-departementales-of-angouleme.htmlThu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0100http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/exhibition-at-the-archives-departementales-of-angouleme.htmlDeath by Peyote – A First Look at 'The Dust of the Ancestors''The Dust of the Ancestors' is a graphic novel in the truest sense of the word: here, the images tell the story and the comparatively scant text "illustrates" the pictures. That this results in a variety of possible readings and interpretations of the events is a desired side effect – as is the reading speed and the reading order. Whether José Guadalupe Reyes experiences a horror trip or a crass film is a matter of opinion. All the same: those who submerge themselves in the exuberant details of the drawings reap the most rewards from this book!

Felix Pestemer
'Der Staub der Ahnen' ('The Dust of the Ancestors'), Avant Verlag - ISBN 978-3-939080-61-9
'La Poussière des Aïeux', Actes Sud / Editions de l´An2 - ISBN 978-2330001520
88 Pages / 23,5 x 31,5 cm

 

Reading excerpt - Death of J. G. Reyes - P. 69-73

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/death-by-peyote-a-first-look-at-the-dust-of-the-ancestors.htmlFri, 23 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0100http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/death-by-peyote-a-first-look-at-the-dust-of-the-ancestors.html'Retired Cherub (with care nurses)'Infolink:
- 'Life After Apocalypse'

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/retired-cherub-with-care-nurses.htmlWed, 16 Nov 2011 09:31:00 +0100http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/retired-cherub-with-care-nurses.html'The Dust of the Ancestors': Living with memory – or living in the past?After 20 years absence, museum guard Eusebio returns to his old home town in the Mexican backcountry, his mind set on finally making peace with the Rojas family. None of his old friends from that family are alive anymore. Only for this one day, the Day of the Dead, they come back from the Great Beyond to celebrate with the living. But ghosts of the past are reawakened by news of the tragic death of little Benito Rojas and these ghosts will soon force Eusebio to run away again. He tries to convey comfort to Benito’s mother through a letter: Eusebio is firmly convinced that the dead continue to exist and that they will only crumble into dust if they fade into oblivion.

Created in homage to the Mexican muralists, ‘The Dust of the Ancestors’ is a work in which the (hi)story is told mainly through the illustrations. Almost in passing, the book also offers insight into the rituals and traditions on the ‘Day of the Dead’ and introduces the reader to a culture that does not treat death as a taboo but rather assigns it a proper place in everyday life. This is a culture that celebrates death and makes skeletons dance. (from the covertext)

'The Dust of the Ancestors' is based on the illustrated book 'Polvo' (limited edition, 2010), which has been expanded and now contains many more detailed illustrations as well as a revised version of the narrative. Apart from the Mexican festivities on the ‘Day of the Dead’ and a visit to the Great Beyond that is cheerful and macabre at the same time, the new book also offers flashbacks to some of Mexico’s bygone eras, as for instance the 1930s of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera or the age of the Mexican Revolution. Eventually, an intoxication created by peyote leads readers back to the times of the Aztecs – and from there on directly into Purgatory.

Info links:
- Reading excerpt 'The Dust of the Ancestors'
- Reading excerpt 'Polvo - Day of the Dead'

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/the-dust-of-the-ancestors-living-with-memory-or-living-in-the-past.htmlTue, 20 Sep 2011 08:23:00 +0200http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/the-dust-of-the-ancestors-living-with-memory-or-living-in-the-past.html"Poète maudit" Charles Baudelaire. An Homage on the 144th Anniversary of His DeathAugust 26 – September 9, 2011
Exhibition–Lecture–Performance–Reading
Gallery erstererster, Pappelallee 69, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg

With works by:
David von Bassewitz, Ib Jorn, Dieter Jüdt, Birgit Lang,
lorem ipsum collective, Judith Mall, Falk Nordmann,
Felix Pestemer, C.Pom, Richard Rabensaat, Andreas Rauth

Info link:
- All Puttbill Calendar Sheets

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/poete-maudit-charles-baudelaire-an-homage-on-the-144th-anniversary-of-his-death.htmlSat, 20 Aug 2011 17:38:00 +0200http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/poete-maudit-charles-baudelaire-an-homage-on-the-144th-anniversary-of-his-death.htmlPrize for the Best Youth Group at the Carnival of Cultures 2011The 30 participants of the „Voluntary Social Year / Culture Section“ program worked from June 7 to 12, 2011 in five different workshops of the Youth Art School Atrium.
project organization: Lutz Lienke; workshop heads: silkscreen prints and graphics – Andreas Dimmler, costumes – Birgit Neppl, performance – Hanna Frenzel, drawing, building, and painting – Felix Pestemer, camera work and editing – Christian Trautsch; as well as 30 participants of the “Voluntary Social Year / Culture Section” program

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/prize-for-the-best-youth-group-at-the-carnival-of-cultures-2011.htmlWed, 15 Jun 2011 14:54:00 +0200http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/prize-for-the-best-youth-group-at-the-carnival-of-cultures-2011.html"Reality Kills" – Live Drawing at the Maxim Gorki TheaterLive Drawing of Superheroes

Members of the comics collective Dramalight design their very own superheroes fantasies on a light table. Layers and layers of sketches are created in front of the audience, resulting in a vivid panorama of heroes. If you come to visit, you can also undergo a heroic transformation – larger-than-life versions of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and others stand by for a snapshot.

With: Christian Gralingen, Claudia Kaase, Sina Möhring, Julia Ochsenhirt, Felix Pestemer, Stepan Ueding & Mira Voigt.

 

Time Schedule for the Live Drawing of Superheroes:

Mo 3-21-2011 6:30 p.m. Sina Möhring & Claudia Kaase MGT foyer
Fr 3-25-2011 6:30 p.m. Stepan Ueding & Mira Voigt MGT foyer
Sa 3-26-2011 6:30 p.m. Julia Ochsenhirt & Felix Pestemer MGT foyer

 

 

 

Info links (all in German):
- "Reality Kills" at the Maxim Gorki Theater
- Dramalight and "Reality Kills"

Download:
- The complete program booklet of "Reality Kills" as PDF (German)

 

DIALOG ACCEPTANCE

Wars are not limited to what happens between countries which regard each other as enemies, they rather also take place wherever people get together in an everyday setting, be they colleagues, spouses, or casual acquaintances. However, we often shy away from conflicts when they could get out of hand, whether consciously or unconsciously. Is that a good thing? The group Kulturmaßnahmen (Cultural Measures, KM) believes: not all the time – and invites people to engage in a retroactive escalation. In hindsight, is there a recent conversation you wish you had given another direction to? Have you been too tough or too lenient in situation xy? When did you suppress your outrage for the sake of peace and quiet? In the DIALOG ACCEPTANCE, your verbal conflict is reconstructed meticulously in a conversation with KM so that it can be modified in a joint effort afterwards. The altered version of the conversation serves as model for an escalation drawing, which is then exhibited on a wall of the acceptance room. The acceptance of dialogs takes place at the container DIALOG ACCEPTANCE, located on the parking lot of the MGT.

 

Time Schedule Dialog Acceptance:

Do 3-24-2011 5:30 p.m. Felix Pestemer ComicContainer Gorki parking lot
Fr 3-25-2011 5:30 p.m. Felix Pestemer ComicContainer Gorki parking lot
Sa 3-26-2011 5:30 p.m. Stéphane Hirlemann ComicContainer Gorki parking lot

 

Info link (German):
- DIALOG ACCEPTANCE at the Maxim Gorki Theater

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/reality-kills-live-drawing-at-the-maxim-gorki-theater.htmlSat, 05 Mar 2011 17:24:00 +0100http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/reality-kills-live-drawing-at-the-maxim-gorki-theater.htmlExhibition in the Mexican EmbassyThe year 2010 marks not one, but two important anniversaries for Mexico: the bicentennial of independence and the centennial of the Revolution. On the occasion of the Day of the Dead on November 1st, an exhibition of the artist Felix Pestemer opens at the Mexican Embassy in his home city of Berlin. The original drawings from his graphic novel 'Polvo - Day of the Dead' will be on display in the lobby of the Embassy until November 18th. Polvo offers valuable insight into the Mexican traditions surrounding All Saints‘ Day and presents a culture in which death has its place in everyday life. The illustration “Que Viva México” was made specifically for celebrating the (Bi)centenario. The last one hundred copies of the first edition of 'Polvo' (trilingual in German, Spanish and English) are available on site. The book will be released under the title 'La Poussière des Aïeux' (The Dust of the Ancestors) in a revised version by the French publishing house Actes Sud in 2011.

español

Exhibition:

Vernissage: 1st of November 2010, 19-21 h
Exhibition: 1st- 18th of November, Mon- Fri 11-18 h
Guided Tour: 5th of November 2010, 10 Uhr

Mexican Embassy in Germany
Klingelhöferstraße 3
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten

Tel: 0049 30 269 323 0

 

Mailorder:

Felix Pestemer
'Polvo – Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos / Tag der Toten'
Triligual first and limited edition (german/spanish/english)
400 numbered and signed Copies
ISBN 978-3-00-028080-1 / 32 €
Mailorder

Cover Polvo - Tag der Toten

 

More about 'Polvo - Day of the Dead':

- Reading Excerpt
- Exhibition at Epitaaf in Brussels

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/exhibition-in-the-mexican-embassy.htmlFri, 01 Oct 2010 22:34:00 +0200http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/exhibition-in-the-mexican-embassy.htmlSigning Dates on the 14th Comic Festival in ErlangenFrom 3rd to 6th of June 2010 the 14th Comic-Salon takes place in Erlangen. With more than 300 artists and a broad program the festival once more proofs to be the leading event of its kind in German-speaking countries.

Puttbill can be found there at the stand of the Berlin publisher Avant (Stand No.53, Hall B) and will exclusively sign his recent release 'Polvo - Day of the Dead' there. Besides you can have a first glimpse at his latest comic project 'Gargantua or The Fat Lady' (Drama Light - Literature Classics as Graphic Novels)

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/signing-dates-on-the-14th-comic-festival-in-erlangen.htmlSat, 29 May 2010 06:52:00 +0200http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/signing-dates-on-the-14th-comic-festival-in-erlangen.htmlDrama Light Expo in LucerneOn 21st of April the "Gewerbehalle" in Lucerne (Baselstrasse 46) opens the 3rd exhibition of our party of illustrators Drama Light. Drama Light will perform as one of several "satellites" at the Comic-Festival Fumetto (1st - 9th of May).

Infolink:
- Drama Light

]]>http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/drama-light-expo-in-lucerne.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 22:16:00 +0100http://www.puttbill.com/en/news/items/drama-light-expo-in-lucerne.html