In conversation with .. 4!
Welcome to our new digital issue: IN CONVERSATION WITH – Part 4, 148 pages art and illustrations! Out 01.06.2020 – featuring in conversation with Lee Freeman, Andrés Hernández , Ieva Ragauskaite, Suzanne Forbes, Albert Madaula, Norbert Bisky, Theresa Baxter, Yermine Richardson, ggggrimes, Ally Zlatar, Alva Skog, jaik puppyteeth, Cute Brute, TOMA, Daria Coxranima, Emma Weird, Klaus Kremmerz, postitpals, Molokid, Ruttu, TradeMark, Barbara Moura, Ole Paland. 2020 will forever be known as the year of the pandemic we’re all experiencing at the right now. We knew the Pre and it will be for sure a Post-COVID-19 Era. Over the last few days, some countries started to ease the conditions of their lockdown. The quarantine got to all of us, scared us, forced us to rearrange the way we live, work, communicate. In this special issue, we wanted to give light to artists, especially illustrators and painters, to know how his time affected their lives and their process. We wanted to showcase a different story ...
Welcome to our new digital issue: IN CONVERSATION WITH – Part 4, 148 pages art and illustrations! Out 01.06.2020 – featuring in conversation with Lee Freeman, Andrés Hernández , Ieva Ragauskaite, Suzanne Forbes, Albert Madaula, Norbert Bisky, Theresa Baxter, Yermine Richardson, ggggrimes, Ally Zlatar, Alva Skog, jaik puppyteeth, Cute Brute, TOMA, Daria Coxranima, Emma Weird, Klaus Kremmerz, postitpals, Molokid, Ruttu, TradeMark, Barbara Moura, Ole Paland. 2020 will forever be known as the year of the pandemic we’re all experiencing at the right now. We knew the Pre and it will be for sure a Post-COVID-19 Era. Over the last few days, some countries started to ease the conditions of their lockdown. The quarantine got to all of us, scared us, forced us to rearrange the way we live, work, communicate. In this special issue, we wanted to give light to artists, especially illustrators and painters, to know how his time affected their lives and their process. We wanted to showcase a different story ...
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Emma Weird<br />
Berlin, Germany<br />
@emma.weird<br />
It’s been almost 2 months since self-isolation has been enforced worldwide, how are you<br />
feeling?<br />
As a firm optimist, I’m feeling quite hopeful, that this might be the beginning of a<br />
better world. Though I am still longing for spontaneous happenings, human touch and<br />
connection, sweaty dance floors.<br />
What have you been doing to pass your time in quarantine?<br />
I’ve been painting, finding new ways of making art, spending time in nature, trying to<br />
secure an income, drinking wine at noon, connecting <strong>with</strong> friends near and far. I have also<br />
been studying, as this lockdown and all the free time has enabled me to finally get a high<br />
school diploma through online studies.<br />
How has the situation affected your work?<br />
I’m used to working from my bedroom <strong>with</strong> a shoestring budget, so my work setup didn’t<br />
drastically change. I normally have IRL shoots for reference photos that I use for painting,<br />
but that hasn’t been possible since the lockdown. <strong>In</strong>stead, I’ve had friends send me nude<br />
selfies. I actually love working from these grainy smartphone selfies. At the moment I am<br />
painting friends from as far as Brazil and Pankow.<br />
Do you have a day-to-day lockdown routine?<br />
I wake up at sunrise, paint, work out and the rest is up to how I feel each day. That’s the<br />
closest I can get to a routine. I’m highly intuitive and not a big fan of routines.<br />
Have any unexpected benefits come out of this situation for you?<br />
It has been heartwarming to see so much solidarity in my surrounding communities during<br />
these times of uncertainty. With life slowing down so tremendously I have been able to<br />
reassess my life and what I want from it.<br />
What do you wish for the future?<br />
I don’t wish everything goes “back to normal”. I wish for the abolition of oppressive<br />
systems, enhanced collective care of the most vulnerable, and global basic income.<br />
Where can we buy your art?<br />
At emmaweird.wordpress.com, or via <strong>In</strong>stagram at @emma.weird<br />
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