Bolzano Comics

Thanks to all the artists and the visitors! More photos in the next days!

Photos taken by sbrizz at the Cardboard Live Painting on the 14th November at Astore.

Thanks to: Michael Hacker, Sarah Mazzetti, Thomas Hansen, Robin Ha, Michele Toffalori, Alberto Corradi and Marco Polenta for been there!

Bolzano Comics 2009 ended yesterday afternoon at the Capitol cinema, where the winners of the NoWords competiton have been announced. And here they are:

1st Price: Thomas Sorlie Hansen form Norway with: untitled

Motivation: For the highly original and subtle use of comic language combined with minimalist pictographic representation, demonstrating great stylistic maturity and craftsmanship.

2nd Price: Ludmilla Bartscht from Germany with: Das Geschenk

Motivation: For having created a both sensitive and delicate story, illustrated with an elegant and personal style.

Special Mention: Marco Cantoni from Italy with: Beep

Motivation: For his courageous and experimental approach to comic representation, in which the self-imposed limits are used to his own advantage.

Special Mention Michele Toffalori from Italy with: Le Attenzioni

Motivation: For the great impact deriving from poetic and minimalist use of comic language.

Special Mention: Mark Landman from USA with: Dick Cheney in Retirement

Motivation: For the fresh and original reckoning against a highly topical political theme, bearing testimony to the forceful potential of the comic medium.

Special Mention: From Poland, Maria Rostocka with Fever

Motivation: For being able to represent a state of mind, rendered with a pictorial style of such great impact. An excellent example of the artistic and narrative freedom that the comic enjoys.

We’d like to thank everybody from around the globe for having taken part in our little festival, thanks for your great dedication and for the really high quality of your works! Thanks for having made it possible for us to create bolzano comics, the experience of these last days give us great hopes for a 2010 edition. Please keep on visiting this blog, we will publish the remaining works, and of course also photos and news from the events.

Presentation: Burumballa (Edizioni Tunuè)
Burumballa is an anthologic project dedicated to experimentation with sequential art. The presentation will be hosted by Lorenzo Sartori and Matteo Broggi.

13th November, 17:30 – Bookshop Ubik – via Grappoli 7

www.tunue.com | burumballa.blogspot.com

6th – 14th November  -  Goethe 1 Gallery – via della Mostra 1
opening hours: 10:00 – 12:3o    15:30 – 19:30

Some photos taken at the Cardboard Live Painting at A-Store.
We hope to see more people on the second event on Saturday the 14th!

Exhibition of works from the NoWods Comics 2009

Exhibition of the selected works from this year’s edition of the NoWords Comics contest. 25 short stories from authors from all over the world, a visual tour through the international comic scene.

11th – 14th November -  Museo Gallery – via Museo 29
Thursday- Friday – opening hours: 10:00 – 13:00    15:00 – 19:00
Saturday – opening hours: 10:00 – 13:00

www.argekunst.it

CARDBOARD, Live painting
Live performance where artists will paint on cardboard, t-shirts, and other materials offered by the A-Store shop.

10th November, 14:00 – A-Store – via Bottai

Additional date: 14th of November, at 14:00

www.a-store-bolzano.com

Tomorrow we will open the exhibition of the Swiss scratch-board artist Thomas Ott, who is best known for his stories depicting the dark and gloomy side of life and for his highly personal and vibrant style.

6th – 14th November – Goethe 1 gallery – via della Mostra 1
opening hours: 10:00 – 12:30 15:30 –19:30

All the others events: here

www.tott.ch | www.galleriagoethe.it

The Festival Program is finally online, you can find the list of events, with a short description, in the Festival section. If you just want a quick overview of what is happening when, take a look at the new Calendar section.