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Kristina Paustian

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Kristina Paustian (*Omsk, RU) studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. She examines cultural anthropological and socio-political topics in her works. In cinematic images she focusses in particular on the themes of times of upheaval and technical utopias. Her films are characterized by a strong visual signature and her video works are often executed in plan sequences. For her first documentary ZAPLYV – Swimmers (2015, 77 min.) she received the ARTE Documentary Film Award for the best film and in 2017 she was part of the Berlinale Talents program. For the development of her debut feature film Velimir’s Prophecy she received the Elsa Neumann scholarship and the Robert Bosch grant. Her film essay Timekeeper is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Paustian's work was exhibited at Les Rencontres Internationals, Arsenal Cinema Berlin, Visions du Réel, Torino Int. Film Festival, Odessa Biennale, Athens Biennale, Tashkent Biennale, and in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, and more.

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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