Presented the second edition of the project “Diabolik in Addis Ababa”, a multidisciplinary initiative aimed at a young audience ranging from comics and cinema to street art, literature, music and fashion.
The IIC of Addis Ababa, on the occasion of the anniversary of Eva Kant, launches the second edition of the comic dedicated to Diabolik, entitled “Eva Kant: 60 years of an icon of style“. The female protagonist of the cartoon has been included in the program of the Italian Fashion Days in Ethiopia (23 January – 23 March), started this year by the Institute of Culture together with the Italian Embassy in Addisa Ababa and various Italian and local partners.
During the meeting with the designer Riccardo Nunziati (publisher Astorina), the official cartoonist of Diabolik, he illustrated to the numerous curious audience the multiple techniques to tell this elegant thief, also through anecdotes and curiosities surrounding the Italian noir.
The celebrations continued with the presentation of the homonymous film by Manetti Bros. with Giacomo Gianniotti, Miriam Leone, Valerio Mastandrea and Monica Bellucci, for the benefit of the students of the Italian State School of Addis Ababa.
As part of the 2024 edition, a limited edition of an illustration designed by cartoonist Riccardo Nunziati exclusively for the Istituto Italiano di Cultura was also published. This illustration, which depicts the two very popular protagonists against the background of the Addis Ababa skyline and the colors of the Ethiopian flag, has been reproduced, thanks to the collaboration of the famous group of young local artists “Addis Street Art”as a large mural in the compound that houses the Institute of Culture and the Italian Schools.
This operation is part of the action initiated by the Institute of Culture with the aim of beautifying the area with contemporary works of art and enhancing our cultural promotion that, certainly, finds in beauty one of its main pillars. This new work of urban art is added to the 6 murals executed by young street artists in the last two years and become the flagship of the compound, also because some paintings are in augmented reality with images that come alive on the screen of your smartphone, giving life to short funny movies.
After the inauguration of the mural, Riccardo Nunziati held an endless session of autographs on official complimentary prints made in limited edition with the donation of gadgets to the young participants in the project.
