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Rastko Ćirić ( sr-cyr, Растко Ћирић, ; born 24 May 1955) is a Serbian
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artist and educator. His fields of interest are graphics, illustration, logo design, ex-libris,
comics a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...
,
animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...
and music. He has won more than 70 local and international awards. He is a professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade.


Biography

He was born into an artistic family. His parents, father
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and mother Ida, met at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade. Rastko graduated in 1979, and finished his postgraduate studies in 1982 from the same school, now Faculty of Applied Arts. He is now a professor at the same school and Vice-Rector of the
University of Arts in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...
. He achieved voluminous opus in all the graphic fields, in film and in music. He authored 14 animated films. He has 44 individual exhibitions (Belgrade; Novi Sad; Vranje; Ljubljana and Kopar, Slovenia; Annecy and Orléans, France; Legnica, Poland; Hiroshima, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Polleur, Belgium). He was collaborator–illustrator of the ''
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''. He has been employed at the Faculty of Applied Arts since 1991. Since 2004, he has been a full-time professor of Illustration and Animation at the Applied Graphics department at the FAA, and leader of the Digital Arts Program at the interdisciplinary DA studies of the
University of Arts in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...
. He is the founder and editor of the book edition and magazine “Signum” FAA (2006). He is the author of the internationally recognised music project
The Rubber Soul Project The Rubber Soul Project was a Serbian rock band. The band took their name from the famous Beatles record ''Rubber Soul'' released in 1965. Their first album, '' The Rubber Soul Project'', released in 1996, was conceived as an imaginary Beatles alb ...
, inspired by
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.The Rubber Soul Project: About the Project
A feature documentary by the same name (2004) directed by
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, was dedicated to this project. A CD and DVD were published in 2006 in the USA. His new album ''The Rubber Soul Project'' 2, with
Igor Kordey Igor Kordej (referred to as Igor Kordey in American and French publications; born 23 June 1957) is a Croatian comic book artist, illustrator, graphic designer and scenographer. Biography Igor Kordej graduated at ŠPUD (The School of Applied A ...
as producer was recorded in 2013 and released in 2015. Rastko Ćirić is a member of ULUPUDS, ASIFA, Belgrade Ex-libris Circle, Art Directors Club Serbia and Association of Comics Artists of Serbia. He is the founder and Art Director of the Festival of European Student Animation FESA (2012). He lives in Belgrade.


Bibliography

* ''Take Your Drawings for a Walk – Small School of Animation'' (Prošetajte svoje crteže – Mala škola animacije, 1986) * ''Ogres and Bogies'' (Ale i Bauci), with Aleksandar Palavestra (1989, 2002, 2013) * ''Handy Zoo'' (Svojeručni zoo, 1990) * ''Common Life Anatomy'' (Anatomija svakodnevnog života, 1994, 1998) * ''Manual for Sophisticated Bondaging'' (Priručnik za dovitljivo sputavanje, 1994, 1998) * ''Ogres and Boogies Self-Defence Manual'' (Priručnik za odbranu i zaštitu od ala i bauka, 1994, 1998) * ''Telephone Jokes'' (Telefonski vicevi, 1994, 1998) * ''First, Second and Third Story About Farty'' (Prva, druga i treća priča o Prtku, 1992, 1994, 2000) * ''Invisible and Poorly Visible Animal Species'' (Nevidljive i slabo vidljive životinjske vrste, 1998) * ''Fairy Chess'' (Vilinski šah, 1998) * ''Ping-Pong Balls Cracker'' (Krckalica za ping-pong loptice, 1999) * ''Targetophilia'' (Meta-fore, 1999) * ''Centaur Letters'' (Slova-kentauri, 2000) * ''Pangrams'' (Pangrami, 2000) * ''Home-Bred Metamorph Cultivating Manual'' (Priručnik za gajenje domaćeg metamorfa, 2002) * ''Ten Lecturers by Rastko Ćirić'' (Deset poučnika Rastka Ćirića, 2003) * ''What is Rebus?'' (Šta je rebus?, 2003) * ''Miscellenia'' (Svaštara, 2005) * ''Collection of Texts about Ex-Libris'' (Zbornik o ekslibrisu, 2007) * ''Bash Tchelik'' (2010) * ''Studio Bikić'' (2013) with M. Jelić and M. Novaković * ''Collection of texts about FAA'' 1 (Zbornik FPU 1, 2013)


Animated films

* ''The Circus Departs'' (1982, Neoplanta Film), 6:00 Music:
Đorđe Balašević Đorđe Balašević ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Балашевић; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, transitionin ...
* ''Stop'' (1983, Dunav Film/FDU) 1:20 * ''It’s not Whether You Win or Lose ''(1984, Dunav Film) 1:30, Olympiad of Animation, Los Angeles, 1984 * ''Tango Ragtime'' (1985, Dunav Film) 8:15 Music: Rastko Ćirić and
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* ''The Tower of Bababel ''(1988, Zagreb Film) 4:30 Music: Laza Ristovski * ''Ogres and Bogies'' (1989, Avala Film) 9:00 Music: Laza Ristovski * ''Farty'' (1993, Dunav Film/Aura) 2:30 Music: Dragan Ilić * ''Light in A-Major ''(1995, Avala Film) 4:30 Music: Laza Ristovski * ''Invisible and Poorly Visible Animal Species ''(1998, Dunav Film) 4:35 Music: Dragan Ilić * ''Magician'' (1999, Dunav Film) 1:00 text: Dušan Radović, music: Miodrag Ilić Beli, Dragan Ilić. Part of the series “Esteemed Children” * ''Wanted'' (2001, Dunav Film) 1:00 text: Dušan Radović, music: Dragan Ilić. Part of the series “Esteemed Children” * ''All Together on The Wireless Machine ''(2004, Soul Flower) 3:00 text Goran Skrobonja, music: Rastko Ćirić. Opening part of the feature documentary ''
The Rubber Soul Project The Rubber Soul Project was a Serbian rock band. The band took their name from the famous Beatles record ''Rubber Soul'' released in 1965. Their first album, '' The Rubber Soul Project'', released in 1996, was conceived as an imaginary Beatles alb ...
'', directed by
Dinko Tucaković Dinko is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatian it is a diminutive of Dominko, a variant of Dominik. It is also found in Bulgaria. Notable people with the name include: *Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941–2019), Bulgarian football player and m ...
. * ''Metamorph'' (2005, Rastko Ćirić & BS Group) 10:30 English version, narrated by
Timothy John Byford Timothy John Byford (; 25 July 1941 – 5 May 2014) was an author, film director, translator, and educator. Byford was born in England, but spent most of his life in Belgrade. He became a naturalized citizen of Serbia in 2004. He directed childre ...
* ''Metamorph'' (2005, Rastko Ćirić & BS Group) 10:30 Serbian version, narrated by Branislav Milićević * ''Fantasmagorie'' 2008 (2008, Rastko Ćirić & Metamorf) 8:30 Music: Nebojša Ignjatović * ''Fantasmagorie'' 2008, stereoscopic version (2008, Rastko Ćirić & Metamorf) 8:30 Music: Nebojša Ignjatović


Music

* ''Tango Ragtime'', from the animated film of the same name (performed by Laza Ristovski) 1985. * '' Rubber Soul Project'', 15 compositions inspired by the Beatles music, texts by Goran Skrobonja, producers N. Ignjatović and M. Cvetković, 1996. * ''The Reservation Blues'', antiwar song, with the Reservate Band (later Target project), producer
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, April 1999. * ''City And Memory'', music for the feature documentary film by Gabriela Hohleitner, Austria, 2000. * ''Rubber Soul Project 2'', 17 compositions inspired by the Beatles music, texts by Goran Skrobonja, producer Igor Kordey, 2013.


Awards and recognitions

Won more than 70 awards and recognitions for animation, graphics and social work. More import awards for animation: Munich 1982, Zagreb 1988, Ottawa 1988, Belgrade 1989, Titograd, 1989, Belgrade 1989, Zlatibor 1993, Novi Sad 1993, Belgrade 1998, Kiev, Ukraine 1998, Drama, Greece 1998, Belgrade 1999, Grand-prix Čačak 1999, Grand-prix Belgrade 2006, Moscow 2006, Hiroshima 2006, Belgrade 2008, Ljubljana 2008, Belgrade 2009, Lipecki, Russia 2009. Winner of the plaque „Nikola Mitrović Kokan“ for the contribution to the Serbian comic strip, in 2003.


References


External links

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Personal website
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The Rubber Soul Project
official website *
Discography at Discogs

Personal Youtube video channel
* (Serbian
Interview, VFX Serbia
2014. * (Serbian
Interview - Rastko Ćirić – illustrator, animator and musician: Trag o sebi
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