Comics Workshop with Malwine Stauss - Open Call

Comics Workshop with Malwine Stauss, 07-09 February 2025, Goethe-Institut Riga, Riga, Application deadline 28.01.2025

Take part in Malwine Stauss' comics workshop Time Capsules from a Parallel Reality.

In Malwine Stauss' comics workshop, we imagine parallel realities. We explore our post-Soviet heritage and consider what we want to take from it for our visions of the future. We reflect on the resources, both material and immaterial, that this heritage provides us. We collect objects, smells, feelings, materials, dreams, and stories and relate them to one another to create new perspectives on our pasts and our futures. The medium of comics and visual storytelling gives us the space to do this. In the workshop, we work both collaboratively and individually. We experiment with drawings, words, objects, and stories.

Malwine Stauss, born in 1993 in Dresden, is a visual artist and author. She works in various fields and media, including drawing, comics, and sculpture. She has published several books and zines and is a co-founder of the SQUASH collective. Malwine lives and works in Leipzig.

Take Part:
Participation is free. Places are limited and allocated through a selection process. Please apply by email to kushmens(at)gmail(dot)com with the following info:

 - Name, surname, age (18+), place of residence
 - Link to your own portfolio/blog/insta (alternatively three comic pages or drawings in low resolution)
 - Short letter of motivation (2-3 sentences)

Application deadline: 28.01.2025

Baltic Travel Grants:
One participant each from Lithuania and Estonia can apply for a travel grant of 50 euros to take part in the workshop in Riga. The same selection procedure applies as above.  

Dates and Place:
07.02.2025 (18.00- 20.00), 08.02.2025 (11.00-18.00), 09.02.2025 (11.00-17.00). Place: Goethe-Institut Riga, Berga bazars, Marijas iela 13 k-1, Riga, Latvia

Organizers:
The workshop is organized by kuš! in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Riga.