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XXth S.L.I.M. – DE-SIGNS AND WORDS, FIVE FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS

Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic

“Italian between word and image: graffiti, illustrations, comics”

De-signs and words:
For the XX edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, five Italian illustrators
interpret as many key words, which are significant for our culture.

The Center for Book and Reading of the Ministry of Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism, at the end of its national campaign Il Maggio dei Libri to promote reading, and the University of Padua, in its path towards the celebrations of the 800 years of the University in 2022, propose De-signs and words, five face-to-face meetings with Guido Scarabottolo, Sonia Maria Luce Possentini, Marco Brancato, Vittoria Facchini, Alessandro Sanna, all among the best known Italian illustrators, to discover their graphic interpretation of as many particularly evocative words of our language.
The De-signs and words review was introduced by Angelo Piero Cappello, Director of the Center for the book, and Annalisa Oboe, Pro-Rector of the University of Padua.

All video contributions are unpublished and will be available online on the platforms of the Center for Book and Reading, of the University of Padua and the Italian Cultural Institutes of Bratislava, Mexico City, Córdoba, Dublin, Haifa, Helsinki, Lyon, Paris, Pretoria, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Warsaw, Vienna. The videos are also available on the channels of the Consulate General of Italy in Metz (France) and the Embassies of Italy in Cyprus (Nicosia), Sri Lanka (Colombo), Sudan and Uzbekistan (Tashkent).

PROGRAM

Monday 19th October
LIBRO [BOOK]
With: Guido Scarabottolo

Tuesday 20 October
NATURA [NATURE]
With: Sonia Maria Luce Possentini

Wednesday 21 October
LIBERTA’ [FREEDOM]
With: Marco Brancato

Thursday 22nd October
SEGNO [SIGN]
With: Vittoria Facchini

Friday 23 October
SILENZIO [SILENCE]
With: Alessandro Sanna

  • Organized by: MAECI, MIBACT, Accademia della Crusca