Remix Comix residency entitled “Mezikrok”, hosted by LUSTR Festival, was held from July 1th  to 15th in Prague. The main output had two forms: firstly, a mural painting on the wall of the renowned Vnitroblock café, which was the result of the residents’ collaborative work. The second output is a website (www.mezikrok.cz) that provides clear information about the project to the public.

The Prague residency, led by curator Štěpánka Jislová, involved the following participants: illustrator Jakub Bachorík for the Czech Republic, graphic designer Asja Komadina for Serbia,sculptor Neža Jurman for Slovenia, dramaturge Indi Hoorweg for the Netherlands, and comic author Jana Adamović for Serbia.

“Mezikrok,” focused on raising awareness of the challenges faced by young adults leaving institutional care, with a particular emphasis on the issues encountered by those transitioning from children’s homes to independent adult life. These individuals, let down both by their families and society to some extent, enter adulthood with financial, social, and emotional deficits. Unofficial statistics suggest that at least half of them face a life on the streets, in prison, or premature death.

During the residency, educational lectures and workshops were conducted by experts from collaborating nonprofit organizations. They provided residents with statistical information about children’s homes in the Czech Republic, as well as share their personal experiences within this system. The lecture series also included team-building workshops.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

ASJA KOMADINA

Asja Komadina is coming from Novi Sad, Serbia.

Asja is a graphic designer who is currently in her final year at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Her current interests are centered around typography, interactive and digital design and visual design systems. After finishing her Erasmus+ exchange in Poland this year, she is looking forwards to future endeavours.

INDI HOORWEG

Indi Hoorweg from Netherlands is an actress, theater maker and teacher from Utrecht. She sees theater as the perfect facilitator for story-telling. Through dance, movement and music she makes fast, stimulating performances about social themes, often relying on experiences and stories collected from participants or other actors.

JANA ADAMOVIĆ

Jana Adamović from Serbia is a comic book author and illustrator. She often finds inspiration in important social subjects like the refugee crisis, climate crisis or women’s rights. Next to her artistic work, she is active in promoting the visibility of women in the field of comics. This year she co-founded a collective of women comic artists in Serbia named Comic-Aunties, whose mission is to encourage the creation of original comics by young artists, male and female alike, as well boost visibility of female comic artists in Serbia. In 2019 she was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Republic od France.

NEŽA JURMAN

Neža Jurman from Slovenia graduated in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She generally works with recurring motives of space, subculture, urban environment and sound exploration through various media – audiovisual works, installations, sculptures, graphic prints, drawings, paintings or tattoos. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, festivals and residency programs around Europe and the Balkans. She lives and works between Ljubljana and Berlin.