BCBF 2023, Mapping - The Illustrated Map: Manuel Marsol

The final act of the European four-year project to investigate the relationship between early childhood and the performing arts, “Mapping - a map on the aesthetics of performing art for early years”, conducted through the context of the annual illustration contest “Il Bambino Spettatore” - The Child Spectator – (an artistic research project supported by the European Union within the Creative Europe programme, in which the Bologna Children’s Book Fair is a partner, theinitiative has involved 18 institutions, theatres and artists from 17 European countries, led by La Baracca - Testoni Ragazzi Theatre, the youth and children’s theatre in the city of Bologna). The project culminated with the exhibition, developed for the 60^th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, “La Mappa illustrate” (The Illustrated Map), including 34 specifically produced works – all based on a series of questions about the performing arts – by four major names in international illustration: Fabian Negrin, Manuel Marsol, Katsumi Komagata and Klaas Verplancke.