Formicolio

Debut graphic novel by a talented artist. A wry and highly lucid account of the anxieties and hopes experienced by young people today.

What form do our fears take? To what extent can they swarm in us before they burst out of us?

The resort “Cicalandia” resembles a hell circle of banality and bad taste. In the meshes of holiday routine, between evening entertainment and water aerobics in the pool, three characters cross paths, each with their own ongoing battle. They move uncertainly, yet dominated by a silent force, which urges them never to lower their gaze from their own horizon.

VISIONARY SERIES
Young authors measure themselves with disruptive energy on themes of everyday existence, with an innovative language that has many points of contact with the digital world of social media, from which the projects presented often arise.

AUTHOR
SILVIA MERCURI – Born in Ancona in 1997, she has always lived in Civitanova Marche. After graduating from language school, she realized she knew how to express herself best through drawing and decided to enroll at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ma-cerata, first in “Comics and Illustration Art” and then in “Languages and Art of Comics,” graduating in 2023. Formicolio is his debut graphic novel.