“The Bridge” – Short Out 2025 Official Poster
Digital Illustration, Stefania Delponte (laDuPont)

I was honored to win the contest for the official poster of the fourth edition of Short Out with my digital illustration “The Bridge”. The 2025 poster reflects this year’s theme, “The Boundaries of Memory”, exploring new ways to remember, tell stories, create, and reflect on the many cultural dimensions of memory: historical, artistic, literary, and performative.

Created on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation, the work addresses not only the act of remembering but also the limits that define what we choose to recall and what risks being forgotten—both as individuals and as a society.

The central figure of the illustration is a bridge connecting past and future, both observing each other. A tightrope walker balances in the center, symbolizing the fragile, uncertain nature of the present. Memory, like a bridge, requires care and preservation; without it, it collapses. Just as artworks need restoration to endure over time, collective memory must be protected and transmitted. Forgetting erodes the foundations we rely upon, and history has already shown how delicate the balance we walk upon can be.

This project celebrates the role of memory as a bridge linking generations and underscores the responsibility of safeguarding and passing it on through art.