Comic-Workshop with Mia Oberländer

Postcard from the Future  

Comic workshop with Mia Oberländer, 03.-05 March 2023, Goethe-Institut Riga, Riga, Application deadline 21.02.2023

We are very happy to welcome Mia Oberländer to Riga. From March 3 - 5, 2023 she will give a workshop about "postcards from the future" at the Goethe-Institut.  

We've all wondered what we might look like in 20 years. But how do you think the places we live in age? The gas station that we pass every day or the monument in front of the town hall? How could the choices we make today change the way we live in the future? The participants imagine a Riga in the year 2043 and write postcards to each other. Based on these postcards, they draw one-sided comics under the guidance of Mia Oberländer and talk about innovative, funny or tragic visions of the future. After the workshop, the best results will be printed as A3 Riso posters and will tour Latvia as an exhibition.

Mia Oberländer (*1995) studied illustration and graphic storytelling in Hamburg. With her comic debut «Anna» (Edition Moderne) she won the main prize of the Berthold Leibinger Foundation in 2021 and in 2022 the German youth literature prize «New Talents». After its publication, the autofictional story was recognized by numerous feuilletons and culture editors, as well as published abroad. Oberländer has already illustrated for the German edition of LE MONDE diplomatique, the Kiblind magazine, the French daily Libération, and Strapazin, among others.

Take Part:

Participation is free! Places for the workshop are allocated through a selection process. Please apply to kuš! 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: 21.02.2023

Baltic Travel Grants

Two participants 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:

03.03.2023 (18.00-20.00), 04.03.2023 (11.00-18.00), 05.03.2023 (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.