For centuries, large ocean serpents, monstrous sea lions and other mythological creatures reminiscent of dragons illustrated the margins of maps alongside the Latin phrase Hic Sunt Dracones (“here be dragons”), as a warning that everything beyond these borders was unknown terrain. The 42 Festival’s main exhibition this year, commissioned by author and veterinarian Eduard Martí Blanch, will be an opportunity to learn about history’s leading literary dragons, including some that are well known, such as those created by J. R. R. Tolkien and George R. R. Martin, and others that may come as a surprise, such as those found in certain mythological canons and the works of Catalan author Víctor Nubla. The exhibition adds the recreations by artists Kaffa, Elsa Velasco and Sara Cuervo and will teach us about dragons’ biological, mythological and anthropological traces.

Opening times: Wednesday, 6 November, starting at 4 pm. From 7 to 10 November, from 10 am to 9 pm.

Exhibition credits

Curator: Eduard Martí Blanch

Artists: Elsa Velasco, Kaffa and Sara Cuervo 

Graphic design: Sara Cuervo

Printing: Sundisa 

Organize: Institut de Cultura de Barcelona and Biblioteques de Barcelona

Collaborate: Federació de l’Agrupació del Bestiari Festiu i Popular de Catalunya and Associació d’Artistes Huaxing

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