Book talk with Artist Gianluca Costantini, Elettra Stamboulis, and Julie Trébault, Executive Director of Artists at Risk Connection.
Join us on Thursday, April 17th, at 7pm, for the presentation of Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir.
Gianluca Costantini and Elettra Stamboulis will present the book in conversation with Julie Trébault, talking about all the different aspects of creating the first graphic memoir of legendary artist Ai Weiwei. In the book Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens of the Chinese zodiac.
— Gianluca Costantini is an activist and artist known for his collaborations with Amnesty, ActionAid, and Ai Weiwei. His work has been featured at major human rights festivals and in global publications like Le Monde Diplomatique, CNN, and Corriere della Sera. He has published numerous graphic novels and won the Amnesty International Art and Human Rights award in 2019.
— Julie Trébault is the Executive Director of the Artists at Risk Connection (https://artistsatriskconnection.org). She previously led public programs at the Museum of the City of New York and the Center for Architecture. She also worked at the National Museum of Ethnology in the Netherlands and the Musée du quai Branly in Paris.
— Elettra Stamboulis is an Italian art curator, writer, and principal of Liceo Artistico e Musicale Canova in Forlì. Former art director of Komikazen festival, she authored graphic novels like Cena con Gramsci and Arrivederci Berlinguer. She curated major exhibitions for artists like Zehra Doğan and Badiucao, and founded InguineMAH!gazine and G.I.U.D.A. She writes for publications such as Linus and Artribune.
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