Io e Melek (Melek and I)
20 March – 3 April 2022
Opening on Saturday 19 March at 18:30
Io e Melek is Lina Ehrentraut’s debut graphic novel, a love story set in a parallel dimension, in which repressed desires and conflicts of the ego are realised, amidst identity splits, queer relationships and close encounters with the self. The exhibition Io e Melek presents originals from the book – black-and-white sequences alternating with full-colour pictorial interludes – and other elements related to the production of the story.
Opening Saturday 19 March, 6.30 p.m., Parsec
Exhibition 20 March to 3 April
Monday to Sunday 11-13 // 15-20
Free admission, with reinforced green pass and FFP2 mask.
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Curated by Canicola in collaboration with Istituto di Cultura Germanica Bologna, Goethe-Institut, Parsec, Centro di documentazione F. Madaschi – Cassero LGBTI+ Center, Bilbolbul international comics festival, Gender Bender Festival, Festival La Violenza Illustrata.
The event is part of BOOM! Crescere nei libri promoted by the Municipality of Bologna and BolognaFiere, a festival curated by Hamelin cultural association and Bologna Biblioteche on the occasion of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.