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Jan Berger

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The artistic work of Jan Berger (*1993) deals with the ludic formation of cultural mythologies and the production of subjectivity in online spaces. He is the founder and attending curator of the Mythical Institution, a Minecraft project space and art school. As StJennifer, he produces music and streams live gameplay from video games.

Jan Berger received his Master of Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College in London and his Bachelor from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Jan has shown work at 35C3 at the Exhibition Grounds in Leipzig, basis Frankfurt, Saatchi Gallery and he performed at the Museum of Modern Art (MMK2) and the Museum of Applied Art (MAK) in Frankfurt. He was commissioned to create a digital opening concept and Minecraft world for Simon Denny’s exhibition ‘Mine’ at K21, Düsseldorf.

From January to March 2022, Jan Berger is a resident artist in the programme Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr in Dortmund.

Dorsten

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. Chroncler in Dorsten is Anna Haifisch.

Dorsten von Anna Haifisch

Illustration by Anna Haifisch: Dorsten street scene featuring the "Dorsten City Markt" sign, a Tipico store, and a handcart of Clubheim Angel u. Sportverein Dorsten e.V. in stylized colors.

© Anna Haifisch

© Anna Haifisch

„Vorbei am Baumarkt und dem geschlossenen Wettbüro, nach zwei schaurigen Eisenbahnbrücken, stand da plötzlich dieser kleine Kohlenwagen mit dem Namen des Angelsportvereins als liebevolle Erinnerung an alte Zeiten. Statt Erz und Kohle lugten ein paar erfrorene Blümchen hervor. Mit dem kleinen Wägelchen wäre ich gern durch Dorsten gerollt, musste aber leider meine kalten Füße benutzen.“ - Anna Haifisch

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Portrait of artist Anna Haifisch, known for her comics and illustrations, wearing a pink beanie and a smiley sweater in front of a blue wall.

© Matthew James Wilson

Anna Haifisch

Anna Haifisch writes and draws comics, works as an illustrator for national and international media and designs print series, posters and design products.

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