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Caren Jeß

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Caren Jeß, born in Eckernförde in 1985, studied German philology and modern German literature in Freiburg i.Br. and Berlin. She first appeared as a playwright in 2017, when she came third in the Osnabrücker Dramatikerpreises with her play Deine Mutter oder Der Schrei der Möwe. In 2018, she won the residency of the Münchner Förderpreises für deutschsprachige Dramatik with Bookpink. With the Graz premiere production of Bookpink, she was nominated for the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreise in 2020 and named Young Dramatist of the Year. The year before, she also won the  Else-Lasker-Schüler-Stückepreis for her play Der Popper and the taz audience jury prize at the 26th open mike for Die Ballade von Schloss Blutenburg. In 2023, she won the  Mülheimer Dramatikpreis and the Mülheimer Theatertage Audience Award for her play Die Katze Eleonore in the Staatsschauspiel Dresden production. Caren Jeß lives in Dresden.

Xanten

The Grand Snail Tour will be accompanied by literary, photographic and illustrative artists, who will collect impressions and reflections from the same city at the same time as the Trailer is there and put them into visual or literary form. The result is a paratext on the three-year tour, a travel chronicle in the form of a kaleidoscope of stories, connections and snapshots in the 53 cities of the region, revealing the simultaneities and non-simultaneities of the Grand Snail Tour.

Xanten by Jul Gordon

Black and white illustration of a house with a front yard in Xanten. Text: "We are not talking about work here, we are talking about... front yards."

© Jul Gordon

Hand-drawn illustration of a house entrance with a palm tree and decorative figures. Text: "There is a lot of work here... and very careful work."

© Jul Gordon

Drawing of two lion statues in front of a door with dialogue. Text: "So, I just wanted to say, I won’t set an alarm or anything." – "Why? If something happens...?"

© Jul Gordon

Black and white illustration of a frog with binoculars sitting on a table in front of a door. Text: "Do you remember Simex?"

© Jul Gordon

Artistic drawing with flying birds and a ribbon. Text: "She has become a cat." – "Could we maybe redirect this?"

© Jul Gordon

Hand-drawn illustration of a creative front yard decoration with stacked shapes. Text: "She is really awesome."

© Jul Gordon

Minimalist drawing of a house with a lion figure in front of the door. Text: "And prevent more of this mess."

© Jul Gordon

Critical illustration of an advertising poster with the text "You belong" and a crowd. Text: "E.g. fascism."

© Jul Gordon

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Jul Gordon

Jul Gordon lives in Hamburg and works as a comic artist. In addition to drawing, she curates exhibitions and works as a lecturer at the HAW Hamburg.

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