Africa comics exhibition in European Commission, Bruxelles

[Africa e Mediterraneo <fad4462@iperbole.bologna.it>]

Africa
Comics

Exhibition
of African Comics

Africa e Mediterraneo
Prize for the best unpublished  African comic-story

European Commission
Rue de la Loi 41, Europaid
Bruxelles
26th June-5th September 2003


Opening: 26th June 2003, 5 p.m.

Speakers
Giorgio Bonacci, Director General of Europaid
Marc Franco, Deputy Director of Europaid
Jose Luis Trimiño Perez, Head of Unit C5 Europaid, Social and human development
Joëlle Guenier-Amsallem, Responsible for the PAMCE programme
Sandra Federici, President of Africa e Mediterraneo

Invited artists
Amanvi (Ivory Coast)
Barly Baruti (R.D. Congo)
Pat Mombili (R.D. Congo)
Thsitshi (R.D. Congo)

Exhibition curated
by Andrea Marchesini Reggiani and Massimo Repetti

In order to partecipate at the opening or to visit the exhibition please
confirm at the number +32 2 2969497
or e-mail annie.martinez-alonso@cec.eu.int

Info
Africa e Mediterraneo
Via Gamberi 4
I-40037 Sasso Marconi (BO)
progetti@africaemediterraneo.it
tel.  +39 051 840166
AeM c/o Eurodialog
9 Avenue Palmerston
1040 Bruxelles
tel. +32 2 2307348
annie.martinez-alonso@cec.eu.int
tel. +32 2 2969497

The project
Africa e Mediterraneo and its partners have organised for the year
2003-2004 a project consisting of the following activities:
- the creation of a network of organizations concerned with comics in
Africa as well as the promotion of technical  support to the artists
associations;
- the second "Africa e Mediterraneo Prize" for the best African comic-strip;
- exhibitions of original comic-strips in different European towns
(Belgium, France, Italy);
-the publication of a comic book and its distribution throughout Europe;
-the organization of meetings focusing on African comics.
The project wants to promote the work of African cartoonists and make them
known in Europe, both to the general public and to experts in the field, in
order to enable them to enter the international market.
The activities involved in the project have the further aim of sensitising
the European public to the issue of inter-cultural exchange through the art
of comics, a medium that facilitates immediate communication.

The exhibition
The exhibition presents a selection of original comics stories  sent from
all over Africa expressly for the prize, which is divided into two
categories: "Human Rights" and "Free-subject", as well as original
comic-strips sent by already acknowledged African artists for this event.

THE OFFICIAL PARTNERS OF THE EUROPEAN PROJECT ARE:
Africultures review (France)
Centre d'art Contemporain (Belgium)
Tache d'encre Association (Ivory Coast)
ACRIA Association (R.D. Congo)

IN COLLABORATION WITH:

In Europe
French Embassy in Italy; Maison Française de Bologne (Italy);
Heritage-Oltre i Confini association (Caldogno, Italy); Sala 1 Gallery
(Rome); Dept. of Architecture at La Sapienza University (Rome), L'Afrique
dessinée association (Paris), Festival International de la Banda Deseñhada
de Amadora (Portugal)

In Africa
Atelier Fons (Senegal); Mrara Art association (Eritrea); Sasa Sema
publications (Kenya); MacBD (Cameroon); EccoItalia-Congo Brazzaville
association; Escola de Artes Visuais (Mozambique); Stellenbosch University,
Technikon Witwatersrand and Bitterkomix review (South Africa)

Regione Emilia Romagna
Provincia di Bologna
Agence de la Francophonie
ISCOS-CISL
Grafiche del Sasso
Sebino Colori
Studio fotografico Villani


PROJECT FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION