Sunday, December 9, 2007

Portocartoons festival in CGD: review

Caixa Geral de Depósitos headquarters in Lisbon, displayed from November 12th to December 3rd, some of the best work that competed in the VIII and IX edition of PORTOCARTOON world festival, one of the most important cartoon festivals of the world. Once again this initiative received the work of different artists from sixty countries around the globe and displayed them to the audience in a very friendly way. Without having to pay anything, everyone was able to see some of the work that has been done in this amazing artistic field. Having as main themes the “desertification and degradation of the earth” and “globalization”, different artists managed to present different approaches to the themes in question, being able, at the same time, to maintain the high level of quality that one usually expects from this type of festival. Actually some of the cartoons were quite surprising since the authors managed to capture the main idea with a certain degree of simplicity, and at the same time clearly pass its message in a way that sometimes not even words can do. So, if you like cartoons or simply want to experience something different, type PORTOCARTOON world festival in some search engine and you will surely find some examples of this amazing initiative.

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