Cartooning for Peace
Cartooning for Peace ( Draw for Peace ) is a network comprising about 200 international press cartoonists together. It works to promote freedom of expression, human rights and mutual respect between peoples of different cultures or beliefs through the universal language of cartoons .
founding
The French draftsman Plantu convinced the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to organize an exhibition on Cartooning for Peace even before the conflicts over the Mohammed caricatures in 2005 and the subsequent debates on freedom of the press and the moral limits of caricatures . The exhibition took place, accompanied by a congress, at the New York headquarters of the United Nations in 2006. At the initiative of Plantu and Annan, the Cartooning for Peace network was founded on October 16, 2006, which was established in 2008 as an association under French law (Association loi de 1901). The network is based in Paris.
With the support of the Swiss Foreign Ministry and the United Nations Office, the Cartooning for Peace Foundation was founded under Swiss law in 2010 by the cartoonists Chappatte (Switzerland) and Plantu (France) and Marie Heuzé, former spokeswoman for the United Nations, in Geneva. Kofi Annan was honorary president of the foundation until 2018.
Effective range
Cartooning for Peace aims to contribute to the recognition of press cartoons by organizing exhibitions, meetings with the public or in an educational context, and by helping cartoonists in trouble worldwide. In addition, cartoon books on current topics are regularly published, which are published in French by Gallimard . The books have already been translated into several languages.
Since 2012, the Swiss Foundation for Cartooning for Peace and the city of Geneva have awarded the “Prix International du dessin de presse de Genève” every two years, which was awarded to the Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart in 2018 .
Book publications (selection)
- En avant toutes! 120 designs from the press . With a foreword by Laure Adler . Gallimard, Paris 2020, ISBN 978-2-7424-6158-5
- Les Droits de l'enfant, c'est maintenant! 120 designs from the press . With a foreword by Jacques Toubon . Gallimard, Paris 2019, ISBN 978-2-7424-6059-5
- Les Droits de l'Homme, c'est pour quand? 120 designs from the press . Collection Cartooning for Peace in collaboration with Amnesty International , Gallimard, Paris 2018, ISBN 978-2-7424-5595-9
- Ça chauffe pour la planète! 60 designs from the press . With a foreword by Yann Arthus-Bertrand . Gallimard, Paris 2018, ISBN 978-2-7424-5276-7
- Alors, ça marche? 120 designs from the press . With a foreword by Régis Debray . Gallimard, Paris 2017, ISBN 978-2-7424-5066-4
- Place aux femmes! 60 designs from the press . With a foreword by Elisabeth Badinter . Gallimard, Paris 2017, ISBN 978-2-7424-4938-5
Exhibitions
- 2006–2007: Cartooning for Peace , traveling exhibition, New York headquarters of the United Nations, then in Geneva, Paris, Brussels.
- 2018: Ninth Art - Cartooning for Peace , Center for Persecuted Arts in the Solingen Art Museum
Award
- 2015: Franco-German Journalism Prize (DFJP) for “Commitment to freedom of the press and respect for those who think differently”.
Documentary about cartooning for peace
“Caricaturistes, fantassins de la démocratie” is a documentary by Stéphanie Valloatto that portrays twelve cartoonists from twelve countries and shows how they work together in the Cartooning for Peace network . The film ran in competition at the 2014 Cannes International Film Festival . After the attack on Charlie Hebdo in 2015, French television broadcast the film as a tribute to the murdered cartoonists.
Web links
- Official website
- Le Blog de Cartonning for Peace at Le Monde .fr
- Cartoonists: Footsoldiers of Democracy? Official trailer of the documentary by Stéphanie Valloatto (on Vimeo, accessed March 18, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Elise Graton: Caricatures. Cartooning for Peace , from: Die Zeit No. 19/2007, online May 3, 2007
- ↑ Leah Sarah Levin: Human Rights. Questions and Answers , Unesco Publishing, 6th edition, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-92-3-104238-6 , Illustrator : Plantu, p. 15
- ^ Prix International du dessin de presse pour un caricaturiste turc condamné , L'Express, 3 May 2018
- ^ Art Museum in Solingen. A satirical look at society , Rheinische Post Online, July 29, 2018
- ↑ Nils Crauser: DFJP - Media Award for "Cartooning for Peace" , Saarland Radio, library, 6 July 2015
- ^ Pauline Le Gall: Caricaturistes, fantassins de la democratie: la planète au taille-crayon , Le Figaro , May 27, 2014
- ↑ Par Franck Nouchi: Homage to "Charlie": France 3 diffuse "Caricaturistes, fantassins de la démocratie" , Le Monde , January 8, 2015