Theme: The world of the automobile Today and in the future
SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DELL’UMORISMO 2022
This invitation is reserved for professional cartoonists, illustrators and artists.
During the month of August, as part of the "International Humor Show 2022: The Retrospective", two selections of car drawings will also be presented. One dates back to 1957, when the imposed theme principle was first introduced, and the other to 1994, when the car was chosen as the subject of the year for the second time.
Today we are curious to discover how humorists interpret, in 2022, this essential medium that evolves over time.
For this reason the Associazione Salone Internazionale Umorismo® a non profit organisation, solicits your imagination to drawings on the theme:
"The world of the automobile: today and in the future"
To partecipate:
all you have to do is fill in the participation form below, including the required biography (500 characters maximum) by June 1st 2022 at midnight UTC.
once the participation request has been received and verified, we will activate a Google Drive folder and we will notify you of the url to access it so that you can upload the digital files no later than June 15, 2022 at midnight UTC.
the works, limited to three per author, must measure a maximum of 25x35 cm, Tiff format, at 300 dpi.
A selection of the works received will be part of the exhibition to be held from 6 to 28 August in the former Anglican church of Bordighera.
A second gallery of drawings, this time virtual, will be opened on the official website of the Salone: www.saloneumorismo.com and on some social networks.
At the same time, on the occasion of the Bordighera Book Festival held in August, Paola Biribanti presents a preview of her book dedicated to the fabulous history of the International Humor Exhibition which lasted more than half a century. Paola tells, thanks to numerous testimonies, this extraordinary human adventure scripted by Cesare Perfetto and rendered in images by thousands of creators who have come over the years from all over the world, including many international stars ...
Palms, Dates and Laughter
“The International Exhibition of Humor in Bordighera (1947-1999)” Edizioni Graphe
For this relaunching edition of the Salone Internazionale dell'Umorismo, the usual prizes are not yet awarded but the humorists present on August 26 and 27 will receive an exceptional certificate:
"Salone Internazionale dell’Umorismo 2022: I WAS THERE! ".
We thank you for your talent and look forward to your work!
For the Associazione Salone Internazionale Umorismo®
Gigia PERFETTO, Secretary General