August was an empty slate stretching in front of me. Where was I supposed to go next with my life? What if I was the one who authors it, and not some other entity or force?

I came back from my artist residency in Gran Canaria full of inspiration. So I threw myself back into my life in Leipzig, where I found a new creative community filled with sensitive women who would become some of my best friends in the coming years.

My trip to the Ostsee at the beginning of the month was a wonderful and solitary experience that helped me heal from my recent breakup. I realized I also had outgrown a shared workspace I had been part of for many years, and so I resumed to set up my art studio at home instead.

In Büke Schwarz’ erster Comic-Veröffentlichung folgen wir der jungen Künstlerin einige turbulente Monate lang, in denen sie sich mit ihrer Position zu Kunst und Identität auseinandersetzt. Elâ, die Tag für Tag im Studio vor sich hinarbeitet, tritt durch ein renommiertes Kunststipendium plötzlich in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit.