teaching in sörängen with aggie

 

On the last week of August me and Aggie teached a week-long workshop for the 3rd year animation students in Sörängen's Folkhögskola, Sweden. It was a creative kick-off week, aiming to offer various approaches to animated film making as the students were about to start their own film projects.

We experimented on architypes, script structures, drawing the rhythm, simplifying the character, unexpected in-betweens and making one's own brush from materials found from nature, for example.

It's always a pleasure to visit Sörängen and get a glimpse of kind of an "ideal" world. With nature, beautiful houses, good food, decent coffee breaks, friendly people, art and a goal of offering education for everyone.

These drawings present visiting teachers on their free time after the school days. 

little green

 This summer there were many days that I sat on the park bench for a long time. This tree I was facing often. Watercolor is always a gamble and this time I didn't win - have to keep practicing.

anonymous meditation

 

mooso

 

gina kaminsky

Sharing wisdom in Tricky Women opening.

 

me, interviewee

Expectations: Great wisdom delivered with ease

 

Lately I've been invited for several online interviews. One was due to my residency in Vienna, two thanks to Nun or Never! being shown in Mubi at the moment. 

This is flattering of course. Now people will REALLY know what a deep, humorous person I am! This is the mindset with what it starts... But not always ends.

 

All the interviews were executed by email which has its good and bad sides. Good side: I can think about my answer in peace and take time to form it. Bad side: Exactly the same. 

Even though it takes eternity for me to write the answers, I admire the effort and thought the interviewers have put to their questions. Also big respect to the graphic designers. These people actually managed to make my work look nice. 

 

Here are links for the interviews. 

 

Waltraud Grausgruber interviewed me to the MQ website as part of my Tricky Women residency in Vienna.

 

Turkish creative studio Ait Istanbul interviewed me to their website.

 

And a Dutch writer Ruth Van de steene interviewed me to her series Ruth and the beautiful makers.

 

I hope you enjoy reading them. 

 

Reality.

puutarhajuhla ja muita kesähetkiä