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Two languages are in Thecla
Teresiná |
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Quito.
The image and the
word are conjugated in a same story. It is the history of a Russian
who travels to our country and he takes root in Quito,
fascinated by the universe of the butterflies and Zulema, a girl by
who loses the head.
The story comprises of the unpublished
book, "Guests of honor", that includes six stories. "Each one
is dedicated to some writer", indicates Javier Vásconez, the author
of the work.
Of that selection, Vásconez chose "Thecla
Teresina", a fable of butterflies "that is based on the possibility
that the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov arrives al country in looks
for of a series of winged insects", says its creator.
With
the text in hand, and a project that took to long time making the
rounds its mind, the writer begins the project to publish a book
that will mix the exquisitez of the drawings and the images that are
born of the words.
After talking it in several occas! ions
with the artist Manuela Ribadeneira, the moment arrived for
putting hands to the work. For it it gave the text to him to
Ribadeneira and together they explored the fantastic world of the
butterflies, its color, its brightness, its texture, its form and
lightness.
Those sensations took to the artist to create all
a collection of drawings that now illustrate to "Thecla
Teresina".
A butterfly of the Amazonia is ícono of the
edition. And in house of the author, in his library it appears a
eternizada blue Morpho in a urnita of crystal.
"It was
a fascinating experience. I had to read several times the story, to
enter to me in the world of the butterflies and to engage in a
dialog with Xavier finally to illustrate this history much ",
explains the artist.
The drawings do not count history,
but they introduce to the reader in the atmosphere and they give a
decorative aspect him and aesthetic to the book, it refers the
woman.
The work is offered to 19:00 in the Poor Devil
(Isabel Cato'lica and Galavís). Fine Godoy will comment the
work. |
Thursday, 18 of December of the
2003 | |