Adhering to 2020″ s competitors ‘civil liberty and also witticism at risk,’ the Euro-Mediterranean Centre LIBREXPRESSION (Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vagno -1889 -1921) frankly picked an all-natural follower for 2021.
‘ Terminate Society and also Political Accuracy’ was 2021’s classification for Europe’s finest political comic artists.
Tom Janssen from the Netherlands scooped the leading reward with his “Black Lives Issue” anime.
Below’s what the court needed to state concerning the item:
” Numerous have actually been, and also still are, those that sustain, at the very least seemingly, the anti-racist Black Lives Issue motion, however without doing far more than increasing their hand to boost points on the problem. With his attacking paradox, accurate and also vibrant graphics, Tom Janssen unambiguously highlights the pretension of our contemporary Western cultures, fast to obtain psychological on socials media however uncaring to the concrete fact they encounter everyday.”
2nd reward mosted likely to Elena Ospina (Colombia) for “Censorship”.
3rd reward was obtained by Marco De Angelis (Italy) for “Rinnovamento”.
160 press comic artists from 55 nations were welcomed to participate and also got in 218 ridiculing animations. The product was taken a look at by a global court and also chaired by Thierry Vissol, supervisor of the Librexpression Centre.
The 56 semi-finalist animations chosen by the court will certainly be presented from 20 September to 31 December in an exhibit in the cloister of the Abbey San Benedetto in Conversano (Italy) and also released in a paper brochure.
The 10 finalist animations, offered listed below, will certainly likewise come to be postcards readily available to the general public.
The LIBEX2021 competitors was arranged with the partnership of Cartooning for Tranquility and also voxeurop.eu
The 10 finalists, in indexed order, were as complies with:
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