Skica Launch

Skica magazine

 I went to the launch of the college magazine Skica on Thursday, 27th October in a small bar near the Botanic Gardens in Zagreb, not far from Gunduliceva Street.  It was a strange atmosphere outside with dimly lit streets all around this area.  The street lanterns are the traditional gas lit ones  which are ignited every evening by one man who walks approximately over 6 kilometres to manually activate the flames.  The poem, The Love song of J Alfred Prufrock cames to mind....

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,	15
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,
Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,
Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,
Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,	20
And seeing that it was a soft October night,
Curled once about the house, and fell asleep...

Ivan Barunowsky on the left introduces proceedings

But I digress!  The launch of the college magazine, Skica was held in a small club and was really well attended.  It was a lovely evening with editor Ivan Barunowsky [who was an Erasmus student in Belfast last semester] responsible, with other students on the editorial panel, for organising the launch this evening.  Although I don't understand the language here, it was a very impressive publication.  Well presented and the illustrations and graphics were extremely professional.  Well done to all concerned.  Ivan told me that there will be a number of copies going to Belfast. I have promised him to write an article for next Spring's edition of Skica.  Included in Skica is an article from a number of Erasmus students from Zagreb who studied abroad, including one from Laura Martinovic who studied in UU.  There was so much hard work put into this publication and indeed Ivan was working on it while in Belfast.  Trojan work.

A view of the proceedings with a full house attending the launch.