I the 38th Festival of Angoulême and the working-class culture. Interview with Alfred.
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(Via Po, 19 February 2011) 
eight drawings (Alfred, Charles Berberian, Tanxxx, Tebo, Matthieu Bonhomme, Merwan Chabane, Mathieu Sapin, Bastien Vives) and orchestra music (that of Areski Belkasem) here the names of Concert de dessins this year. The hand trace the first signs on a white sheet and at the same moment the first notes filled the air. Thus begins the show in the theater of Angoulême, a small French town that is home for 38 years the most important comics festival in Europe. This year's edition (January 27 to 30) was all in the name of rock'n roll and reflection on working-class culture. It could only be so having regard to the presidency Baru ( L'autoroute du soleil , Poor nullity, The Angry Years Sputnik, only to remember some of his work), the undisputed master of Italian origin French . There are many surprises. The most beautiful? The Palme d'Or for Best Albo won by 5000 kilometers per second (Coconino Press, 2010), Manuele Fior graphic novel, a young talent ours. Not to mention the Grand Prix assigned to Art Spiegelman, a sacred monster of the international BD, author of Maus (this year celebrates 25 years since its first publication), which compares with the tragedy of the Holocaust and with the figure of the father survived Auschwitz.
But back where we started, ie Concert de dessins , an all-French. For an hour or so, these have suffered and rejoiced with the protagonists of the story says: love at first sight between a wrestler and partner of a "gentleman" in the public, love "different" among other wrestlers and the squire himself. Both crowned with a sweet happy ending. We talked with Alfred who is now a veteran of the team. And the talented young Frenchman who has lived for two years in Venice, has just published the book Octave (Tunué, 2010) that combines the comic book series for children created with David Chauvel.
When the idea of \u200b\u200bthe concert shows?
"Zep is the inventor, the creator of Titeuf. When he was president of the 32nd edition of the Festival of Angoulême, had the idea to combine music and comics, two closely related arts. Since 2005, therefore, every year we try to create a new project. "
How to get to the final product?
"There are two phases. Chose the group that will play, writes a story - this year by Charles Berberian - and decided the songs. When this material is ready, it is passed to designers working on the images. Two days before the concert the whole team will get together for a moment of confrontation and this is where the show begins to take shape. A form that is never final, though. Because the fact that all is done live and in the presence of an audience, sometimes require unexpected changes. "
Improvisation plays a key role.
"Thus, although the stage we have to pretend to have everything under control. Although sometimes just do not know where we're going and how will the next vignette. In addition, this year we experienced a new way that I personally have found more fun and a great source of creative energy: there were two tables on the stage and we did back and forth. In four or five we have worked with each image. Usually, however, everyone realized a cartoon and we took turns to the only table on stage. "
And in the end, what remains? You never thought of publishing the drawings made?
"No, not possible. It makes no sense. The goal is not to make a beautiful design. Are five of us on the same page and we have only three minutes. Making mistakes is part of the game and the important thing is being able to bring to life images to communicate something to the audience in the theater. Fun and exchange of emotions is the real goal. "
Silvia Santirosi
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