Drawers

In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Riga, kuš! looked over the shoulders of ten comic artists based in Riga and Berlin. Each artist was asked to draw a "drawing person" and the result is captured in time-lapse films.

Kate Elpo in Mawil's studio in Berlin filming Oliver Grajevski.

While each artist was filmed for about an hour, the videos are only 90 seconds each. So now you can see yourself very quickly how some of the best German and Latvian comics artists (Aisha Franz, Anna Vaivare, Ernests Kļaviņš, Ingrīda Pičukāne, Jakob Hinrichs, Mārtiņš Zutis, Mawil, Oliver Grajewski, Oskars Pavlovskis and Sophia Martineck) create their art!

Aisha Franz, Berlin / pencil, crayons


Anna Vaivare, Riga / gouache, Indian ink


Ernests Kļaviņš, Riga / Indian ink


Ingrīda Pičukāne, Riga / felt pens


Jakob Hinrichs, Berlin / pencil, crayons


Mārtiņš Zutis, Riga / Indian ink, tempera


Mawil, Berlin / pencil, water colour, gouache, crayons and beer


Oliver Grajewski, Berlin / computer, pencil


Oskars Pavlovskis, Riga / pencil, felt pens, markers


Sophia Martineck, Berlin / pencil, felt pens


On the Goethe Institut Riga site you can discover more about German and Baltic comics: German link / Latvian link

In the end of September the videos and the original drawings will be exhibited at the Goethe-Institut Riga. Huge thanks to all artists who took their time to draw under the eye of the camera and also to Renate Comics for offering their space as film studio in Berlin!