When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she’s seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap, bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant, helter-skelter journey across the city in search of Suze’s long-lost child.

The exhibition is a roadmap built around three focal points and dedicated to the discovery of comics from Sub-Saharan Africa, from the past, the present and the future. These comics […]

Joëlle Epée Mandingue is one of the curator’s of the exhibition, Kubuni, which presents the best comics from Africa, aiming to share the continent’s richness. Author and cartoonist, Elyon is the organizer of the prestigious African comic book festival Bilili BD which takes annually place in Congo Brazzaville.

Anne Defréville is a designer, illustrator, and comic artist.  Her comic work focuses on environmental and animal issues, challenging anthropocentrism in creative, sometimes humorous, and always thought-provoking ways.  She was awarded the 2020 Artemisia Prize for the Environment and the Mouans-Sartoux Prize for best environmental book for her graphic novel ‘The Blue Age’ (2019).  She is currently working on the illustrated adaptation of Joseph Kessel’s novel “The Lion” due to be released in October 2024.
She will be presenting a preview of her work in progress of ‘The Lion’ by Joseph Kessel before its release as well as live illustrations of Kenyan fauna to music.

Based on the works of the famous comic strip series «Blake and Mortimer» by Edgar P. Jacobs, one of the founding fathers of the Franco-Belgian comic strip, this exhibition offers a fascinating journey through the history of what is commonly known as the «9th art» in the Franco-Belgian tradition, exploring its unique storytelling techniques and the artistic conventions that distinguish it from other forms of visual storytelling.

After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. In the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.

Inspired by acts of the French Resistance, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was first performed in 1944, when France was still occupied by Nazi Germany. The play is famed for its seemingly ambiguous portrayal of the authority figure, Creon, as he confronts authority- defying martyr, Antigone and address’s themes of civil disobedience, morality, loyalty, authority, gender, and destiny.

Inspired by acts of the French Resistance, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was first performed in 1944, when France was still occupied by Nazi Germany. The play is famed for its seemingly ambiguous portrayal of the authority figure, Creon, as he confronts authority- defying martyr, Antigone and address’s themes of civil disobedience, morality, loyalty, authority, gender, and destiny.

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