Clayton Junior, born in Curitiba, Brazil, is an award-winning illustrator, author and graphic artist based in Berlin.
His graphic novel ‘Wild Thing’ came out recently in the USA (Ablaze Publishing), after being published in France (Editions Sarbacane) and Brazil (SESI-SP Editora). He’s also the author of the children’s books Alone Together and Free the Lines, the graphic novella Temporama, published in the United Kingdom by Nobrow Press.
He develops a wide array of projects in visual arts, from comics to animation, from painting to live performances, while works as freelance illustrator for renowned clients around the world such as the New Yorker and the Museum of London Docklands.
At Psicotrópicos Festival 2020 Clayton Junior will be reading the first chapters of his graphic novel “Wild Thing”, accompanied by music and sound design created for the occasion. The artist also participates on the PANEL: BRAZILIAN COMICS AS CULTURAL RESISTANCE.
Wild Thing tells the story of a young guard dog who, raised by sheep, finds himself on an identity crisis. A chance encounter with a pack of wolves will unchain a series of events that will take him through a journey of self-discovery.
Told through the perspective of animals and with a guard dog as its protagonist, Wild Thing is a graphic novel for all ages based on the conflicts between instinct and domestication.
You can find out more about Clayton’s work here: http://www.claytonjunior.com
Tine Fetz was born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and is working as a freelance Illustrator and Comic Artist in Berlin.
In 2019 she was invited for a residency by Goethe Institut and spent two months in Salvador, Brazil.
She published two comic books „This Is Not Uganda“ (Jaja Verlag, 2014) and „Planet Bohemia“ (Ichi Ichi, 2018) and the project „Ghost Bag & Tine Fetz“ (Adagio830, Don Giovanni, Subroutine, 2018) with the Dutch musician Ghost Bag.
In Psicotrópicos Tine will perform a reading of her book “Planet Bohemia', in German language.
Tine also participates in the PANEL: BRAZILIAN COMICS AS CULTURAL RESISTANCE.
José Aguiar is a Comics author and independent publisher from Brazil and currently living in Leipzig since 2019. Awarded and nominated for prizes not only in the field of Comics but also in the field of literature. His publications have crossed the oceans and released in Portugal and France.
In Germany worked for “Uni Humbold” in “Die Anthropozän-Küche comics”. With Goethe-Institut worked in expos, workshops and Osmose exchange with a plural forum of Germans and Brazilians.
José is one of the main heads behind events like “Gibicon Comics Festival” and “Cena HQ”.
His graphic novels go across different genres and styles by exploring the language of comics’ strips around historical events and the current ordinary life.
Some of his works you can find at: www.ainfanciadobrasil.com.br/english and www.maluca.com.br/english
In Psicotrópicos Festival 2020 the author will read the first chapter of a story called “A infância do Brasil” (The childhood of Brazil) and instigate the public for a discussion after that. José also participates in the PANEL: BRAZILIAN COMICS AS CULTURAL RESISTANCE.
This story is not only about being a child during the last 500 years of the Brazilian history. It is a compendium of short tales about social problems like abuses, violence, sexism and more.
A way to discuss and maybe discover how Brazil lives today a cultural, social and political dystopia.
”A infância do Brasil” can be also found as webcomic at www.ainfanciadobrasil.com.br in four languages.
This graphic novel is currently searching for publishers in Germany. If you are interested please write to: projeto.quadrinho@gmail.com
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Festsaal Kreuzberg - Am Flutgraben 2
Has Pop become unpolitical? Quite the opposite, according to author and radio host Lukasz Tomaszewski.
Just like the daily political discourse, Pop and Rap are increasingly shaped by linguistic brutalisation and reactionary positions. Homophobic and sexist lyrics keep finding their way into the charts.
However, more and more musicians worldwide are mobilising against right-wing agitation and exclusion. For WDR COSMO, Tomaszewski portrayed protagonists from Germany, Poland, the USA, Venezuela and Italy.
In Psicotrópicos Festival, he speaks with Jens Balzer and Oxa from Brazil.
How does the liberal music- and cultural scene in Brazil experience the right-wing populist government of Jair Bolsonaro? And what strategies did they adopt in the fight against racism and homophobia?
Created and directed by Héloa, the movie brings the relationship of six women with the orixá "OXUM" at the "ILE AXE OMIN MAFE".
TALK TOPICS
1) Female leadership in cinema
2) Religious racism beyond religious intolerance
3) African mother religions in Brazil
4) Folcloric and "Para-Folcloric" context
5) Vale do Contiguiba: why this is an immaterial patrimony.
