Date: 3 February – 9 March 2024
Venue: KC100 Art Space, 100 Kwai Cheong Rd, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
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Italo Calvino (1923 – 1985) was one of the greatest contemporary Italian writer, and is one of the most translated writers in Italy. His best known works include Italian Folktales, Our Ancestors Trilogy, Invisible City and If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler. His works mix scientific principles with fantasy, absurdity and wordplay that reflected on the human condition and man’s place in the world. His works were translated into over 50 languages and still continue to inspire writers and artists worldwide.
This exhibition offers a valuable opportunity to engage with writings conceived for young readers, and fairy tales that provide an opportunity for shared adult/children reading time. It is also a significant medium for presenting children’s publishing to the world, a research-led space full of high-quality offerings, vital to the education of future generations.
This edition offers visitors a historical and geographical overview of one of the greatest interpreters of Italian literature, a man who turned words into images. From five hundred plus worldwide illustrators who took part, the event showcases thirty-one Italian creators, along with non-Italians and previously published works, plus a selection of thirty others identified by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Contest dedicated Illustrated Calvino jury.
Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong and KC 100 Art Space worked together to bring you the different exhibition sections – their titles conceived to underline the link between the written texts and their illustrations – form a visual itinerary through fairy tales, novels, adaptations, school texts, and new worlds.
