"Talking Images - When everyday life speaks", drawing workshop with Viktoria Lomasko

In cooperation with the Zwetajewa Center at the University campus Freiburg e.V. How can images make social realities visible? Russian-born artist Victoria Lomasko, who lives in exile and is internationally renowned for her graphic novels Forbidden Art, Other Russias and The Last Soviet Artist, explores this question with impressive clarity and expressiveness. In her workshop, she shows how drawings can become an instrument for social observation and criticism. The focus is on so-called "talking pictures": portraits, landscapes and still lifes that reveal the social context through details. Participants will analyze such images and translate their own observations into drawings: at the exciting interface between art, journalism and sociology. A special focus is placed on the interplay between image and text. The workshop is aimed at anyone interested, regardless of drawing experience, and will be held in English. Please bring your own drawing material, if available. Further information about the artist can be found here: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktorija_Walentinowna_Lomasko The workshop is part of the FEAR-LESS-HOPE project. The project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and organized by the Zwetajewa-Zentrum an der University campus Freiburg e. V.. Further information will be available here from October 2025: www.zwetajewa-zentrum.de

Course number: 252207409