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Jessica Arseneau

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Jessica Arseneau (*1988) explores the way human perception and subjectivity is shaped by social codes, patterns of behaviour, accelerating culture and technological progress. She works with video, performance, print, and text to create environments that allude to a poetic space between consciousness and the unconscious. Her current work focuses on the phenomena of sleep and insomnia in a 24/7 world. Jessica Arsenau, who was born in Canada, holds a Bachelor of visual Arts at Université de Moncton and a Diploma of Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, both with distinction.

Her solo exhibitions include The Screen Under My Eyelids at Helmut, Leipzig, Nothing but a Constant Glow at Spinnerei archiv massiv, Leipzig (2020) and Lost Idyll at Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, Moncton, Canada (2016). She exhibited at Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, Canada, Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, BronxArtSpace, New York, Agora Collective, Berlin, Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, France, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France and Westpol A.I.R. Space, Leipzig.

From Jan—Dec 2021, Jessica Arseneau was a resident at the Makroscope – Zentrum für Kunst und Technik.

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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