Andrée-Marie Dussault
Locarno
Published on November 14, 2024 at 08:52. / Modified on November 14, 2024 at 10:02.
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Lugano celebrates the 50th anniversary of the animated series Heidi with a multisensory exhibition in the San Rocco room.
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The exhibition unveils more than 90 original works, sketches, and backgrounds created by Japanese artists, including Yoichi Kotabe and Hayao Miyazaki, who transcribed Switzerland seen through their eyes.
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We discover, for example, that Heidi was first drawn with braids, or that Joseph, the big Saint Bernard, did not exist in the original novel.
Entering the San Rocco room in the heart of Lugano’s old town, you almost feel in the middle of a picturesque Alpine landscape. The floor is covered with artificial grass and the smell of bales of hay placed here and there assaults our nostrils. The walls are lined with giant reproductions of iconic scenes; the protagonist lying in a meadow with Clara and Peter, the view of a lake and snow-capped peaks; Peter running with Blanchette, his favorite goat, the grandfather…
Until mid-January, the Ticino city is hosting an exhibition on the most famous Swiss woman in the world: Heidi. The city celebrates the 50th anniversary of the animated heroine of the novel by Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) with Happy Birthday Heidi!promoted by the Associazione Nona Arte, and which will please nostalgic fans. Published in 1880, the book was a huge success and was translated into 70 languages, reaching Japan in 1920. In 1974, fifty-two 24-minute episodes of Japanese animated television series were produced and broadcast.
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