Crazy Wave: Renzo Francabandera curator of the Graphic novel section of the great project on legality of the Ministry of Culture

"Onda Pazza - The thread of memory" is a project that has been proposed to create moments of reflection and dissemination on the theme of legality and memory by involving the schools of 7 Italian regions (Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Piedmont, Lazio, Campania, Sicily and Sardinia). The program provided meetings with the anti -mafia witnesses who promoted, in schools that have joined the project, creative workshops with the aim of creating original materials to be spread at national level.

The project promoted meetings with witnesses, creative workshops, production of original materials, podcast, Graphic novels and video in Co-Creation with the students of the participating schools. They participated in the start of the various programs in the Luisa Impastato schools, nephew of Peppino, Assassinated by the mafia in Sicily, Arianna mazzotti, Cristina's nephew, Innocent victim of the 'Ndrangheta, Beatrice Federico, wife of Raffaele Pastore, that in 1996 He was killed by the Camorra after the report for Racket two years earlier, Celeste Costantino, which has always dealt with cultural policies, gender issues, Communication and mafias, and Alessandro Gallo, Son and grandson of two important exponents of the Neapolitan Camorra of the 80s who, Thanks to the theater, He soon understood which side to stay on, deciding to keep away from the underworld, indeed actively fighting it.

The realities involved, Beyond the Teatro dei Venti and Caracò are: FNAS - National Federation of Arts on the street, Stalker Teatro, Crab Theater (Piedmont), Theater invitation, Pandemonium teatro (Lombardy), Emiliano Valente, Emanuele Di Giacomo, Valentina Virgili (Lazio), Proactive (Sardinia), Theater, Buffoni shack (Campania), LABART genly (Sicily). Students' works: podcast in total are 27 Audio audio products, distributed between Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Campania, Sardinia and Sicily. Creative freedom has been entrusted to operators and classes, Thus were born of different types, Some more narrative, Others with a documentary cut, In all the boys are the protagonists, their voices, their reflections, their interpretation of the mafia phenomenon and their gaze on the world.

During the project they were created 4 Graphic novel, distributed between Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Sicily, With the curatorship of Renzo Francabandera. Also in this case the creative freedom of operators and classes has led to products of different types, enhancing the gaze of the boys, The skill in drawing and writing, the ability to observe reality from different points of view.