The Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá (Ibero-American Theater Festival of Bogotá) is a biannual international theater festival held in Bogota, Colombia and it is considered one of the most important events of its kind around the world.
The Festival was founded in Bogota in the year of 1988 by Argentine-Colombian actress Fanny Mikey (1930-2008), as an event to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the foundation of the city. Mikey commissioned Colombian artist Antonio Grass (1937-), who is known for his designs based on Colombian native culture's art, to create a logo for this first edition and the promotional poster. Grass created the logo based on the Comedy and Tragedy Masks of Theater and Pre-Columbian motives.
The logo was eventually used as part of the institutional brand of the organization in charge of the organization of the festival, the Corporación Festival Iberoaméricano de Bogotá.
Designer:
Antonio Grass
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
Unknown
Festival Edition Logos[]
For each edition of the Festival, a new logo and slogan are commissioned and released in the form of an official poster, those logos are the ones used to advertise the festival along with the main logo.
1988[]
The slogan of the first edition of the festival was "Un acto de Fé" (an act of faith in Spanish), a quote from a tale from Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
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Designer:
Antonio Grass and Siegenthaler&Co.
Typography:
Krana Fat
Launched:
April, 2018
For the 16th edition of the festival, the Colombian advertisement agency Siegenthaler&Co brought back the main logo as the logo for this version and revamped it with the use of a customized version of the font Krana Fat for the festival. The slogans for this edition were "¡Vuelve!" (it's Coming back!) and "¡Vuelve el Teatro!" (Theater is back!)
2020[]
The Festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The same logo was used for the 2022 version of the Festival.
2022[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Futura and Bebas Neue
Launched:
April, 2020
The logo is a new version of the original logo, this time the faces are facing each other.
