The Faculty of Law at the University of La Laguna will host an exhibition next month on Only Six, The exhibition features the story of Salimata Sangare, a comic published this year by Eduardo González from Tenerife. It is part of the program of the 23rd Tenerife International Comics and Illustration Fair and includes 32 reproductions of this work in which González addresses the drama of migration through a real-life case.
The exhibition was inaugurated this Tuesday, October 27th at 10:00 by the dean of the faculty, Dulce María Cairós; the vice dean of Academic and Student Affairs of the center, Sergio Siverio; the CEO of the Canary Institute of Cultural Development (ICDC), Guillermo Martínez; the president of the Cine+Comics Foundation, Francisco Pomares; the head of Special Projects of this cultural entity, Patricio Ducha, and Eduardo González himself.
Cairós praised how the exhibition aligns with the faculty's objectives and the message it wishes to convey to its students. "This exhibition is very appropriate for our students, who need to be aware of human rights, especially those of vulnerable people," she stated. Siverio added that the exhibition also serves as a reminder of the work done at the Faculty, specifically through the INFORMA Project, which provides legal advice to migrants under the direction of Professor Elena Sánchez Jordán.
During the opening, Pomares and González explained what Solo Seis is about and where it came from. Like the author's recent comics, this work is part of the Los archivos de la Fundación collection, published by Ediciones Idea and the Foundation, and is an adaptation of a book. In this case, by Ebony Heroes, which includes several chronicles by journalist Juan Manuel Pardellas about the arrival of a boat of migrants to the Canary Islands coast in the early 2000s. Of the eighteen people on board, only six managed to survive, hence the title of González's comic.
Visually, the work stands out for its use of red to represent the sea as "a terrifying space," as the author stated. In fact, when the journey begins, the water is practically colorless, and after the first death, it turns red, symbolizing blood and death.
Despite the harshness of the plot, as González pointed out, "the ending is hopeful," since Salimata Sangare, the protagonist, manages to survive and rebuild her life, something that the CEO of the ICDC, Guillermo Martínez, also highlighted.
Following this opening, the exhibition will be open to the public free of charge at the Faculty of Law until November 30th. Visiting hours will be the same as the university's opening hours, that is, Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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