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SUMMARY:The history of manga - exhibition
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DESCRIPTION:La Maison d'Ailleurs\nFive modules put up within the EPFL’s 
 Rolex Learning Center explain the origins of modern manga through texts an
 d images.\n\nAt first\, the manga results from the collision between Japan
 ese and Occidental aesthetics and ideas. Today\, it is a whole independent
  sector of publishing which influences artists everywhere in the world. Le
 t’s take the time to discover\, understand them and to read them without
  prejudices because the history of manga is not going to end anytime soon 
 : they are part of our imaginary and enlighten us on the world.\n\nThe man
 ga is mentioned as soon as 1798 by Japanese poet and writer Santo Kyoden. 
 It is then three-colored (black\, grey and flesh color) prints which do no
 t tell us any stories yet depict landscapes\, the fauna and flora\, everyd
 ay life as well as the supernatural.\n\nModern manga as we know it today c
 ome into existence in 1946 with Osamu Tezuka’s work\, considered as the 
 god of manga. His most famous pieces in Europe are Metropolis (1949)\, Ast
 ro Boy (1952) and Phoenix (1968). From the end of American occupation of J
 apan (1952) follows the boom of the manga industry which is now an integra
 l part of Japanese culture and everyday life. From the 1980s\, the manga r
 eaches maturity by offering stories for adults and stories that are darker
  and more complex. The manga now conquers young Europeans. The first which
  was published in France with several volumes was Katsuhiro Otommo’s fam
 ous Akira (1982)\, a story at the crossroads of science-fiction and a dete
 ctive novel. Today the manga has the strongest growth these last years wit
 hin the French-speaking publishing. In France\, the manga makes up more th
 an 40% of comic books sales.\n\nExhibition organised in partnership with L
 a Maison d'Ailleurs
LOCATION:Rolex Learning Center https://plan.epfl.ch/theme/generalite_thm_v
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