Aleksandar Zograf, who began creating underground comics in 1980s Yugoslavia, offers insights into his work, the art of comic storytelling, and his concept of "Minor Findings." He discusses comics as a medium of resistance, remembrance, education, and empathy — right up to the current student protests in Serbia, which he is documenting. Comics as a form of gentle radicalism.

Workshop
1–4pm (admission free)
Registration required with a short motivation statement (tell us in 2–3 sentences why you want to join) by May 21 via this form.
Participants will be notified by May 26.

Masterclass
5–6:30pm (admission free)

An accompanying exhibition at Brunnenpassage (May 29 – June 1) presents a cross-section of his work.

Thursday, May 29, from 7pm
Brunnenpassage (Brunnengasse 71 / Yppenplatz)
Draw & Sound – Live Performance by Aleksandar Zograf & Jelena Popržan
+ Exhibition Opening & Artist Talk with Aleksandar Zograf
Moderated by: Ivan Petrović (Vienna Comix Week)

Music meets drawing, sound meets line: Viennese musician Jelena Popržan and Serbian comic artist Aleksandar Zograf meet live on stage—improvising, reacting, inspiring. As Popržan creates sonic landscapes with viola, voice, and electronics, Zograf’s drawings emerge in real time on screen—poetic, political, and personal.Their performance pays tribute to director and anti-fascist resistance fighter Vojislav “Voja” Nanović—and builds a bridge to the current protests in Serbia against authoritarian tendencies.An evening between image and sound, between memory and the present. Unpredictable. Moving. Live.

Followed by: DJ set by Marko Dinić
In cooperation with Wiener Brunnenpassage & Vienna Comix Week 2025.