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Julia Jesionek
animation

Academy of media arts cologne

Specialisms: Animation / Painting / Drawing

Location: Cologne, Germany

julia-jesionek ArtsThread Profile
Academy of media arts cologne

Julia Jesionek

Julia Jesionek ArtsThread Profile

First Name: Julia

Last Name: Jesionek

Specialisms: Animation / Painting / Drawing

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My Location: Cologne, Germany

University / College: Academy of media arts cologne

Course / Program Title: animation

About

Julia Jesionek was born in 1998 in Gifhorn, Germany. She recently graduated from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, where she started out working with photography and video art
but quickly discovered her interest in animated drawings and painting. Her work mainly focuses on the topics of body and sexuality as well as associative, stream-of-consciousness storytelling
that is often derived from personal experience.

Everythingness is an autofictional animated short film about the transformative power of difficult decisions, inner conflicts and guilt. In a colorful chaos of ambivalence and brushstrokes, the protagonist embarks on her journey in search of reliable truths. When she encounters her alter-ego, she realizes that she cannot even trust her own reflection – in fact – especially not her. The film is made with acrylics on paper, using both regular brushes and paint as well as an airbrush. For my graduation show I chose to embed the film within an immersive installation that brought elements from the film into the real world in the form of papermaché sculptures.