Emilio Varrà
Emilio Varrà is the president of Hamelin and a lecturer at the Comics and Illustration Course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. He is one of the curators of Ad occhi aperti, and one of the founder of BilBOlbul International Comics Festival. He has written essays on children's literature and comics, and is co-editor of the magazine "Hamelin". He collaborated with the magazines "gli Asini", "Li.B.e.R" and "Lo straniero."
Quartiere S. Stefano - Sala Prof. Marco Biagi
From Here to here
with Emilio Varrà, Sammy Stein, Manuele Fior
To reflect on the ways in which contemporary comics represent spaces, it may be useful to look backward. Manuele Fior and Sammy Stein, for whom architecture is a core element of drawing, retrace the history of the comics language to understand what has changed in space and in the way we draw it.
Incontro in italiano e francese, con traduzione consecutiva.
Entry: libero
Duration: 1h15
Sponsored by Institut Français Italia.
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna - Aula Magna
Arts & Crafts
Tricromia Illustrators' International Art Gallerywith Emilio Varrà, Samuele Canestrari, Giuseppina Frassino, Ahmed Ben Nessib, Sara Colaone, Beatrice Pucci, Otto Gabos
Tricromia International Art Gallery - which is celebrating more than 30 years of activity - was one of the first in Italy to deal with comics and illustration when these languages were not yet fully legitimized in the cultural discourse. Today it is a home gallery, a combination of the private space of its founder' house, Giuseppina Frassino, and the public space of the gallery. While retracing the history of Tricromia and its space, Frassino and a group of artists who have collaborated with her over the years tell the story of Italian comics as well.
The talk will be in Italian.
Entry: libero
Duration: 1h30
Curated by Tricromia Galleria d’Arte, Modo Infoshop.