INTERNATIONAL COMIC RESIDENCY
Higinia Garay, Marine des Mazery & Jimmy Beaulieu: Sharing experiences and perspectives
Higinia Garay, Marine des Mazery and Jimmy Beaulieu have reached the mid-point in the International Comic Residency driven by Azkuna Zentroa, Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de L'image (Angoulême), and Maison de la Littérature (Quebec). After their first weeks in Angoulême, the 3 artists will be at Azkuna Zentroa until 6th April to continue with the projects they have been working on as part of this residency, where river and water comprise the common thread. They consider the experience “couldn’t have been more satisfying”. According to Jimmy Beaulieu “it gives me enormous pleasure to be resuming my personal work on comics surrounded by my esteemed colleagues in Europe, constantly fed with the new and familiar beauty of architecture and landscapes”.
Higinia Garay and Marine des Mazery coincide in highlighting “how rewarding it is to have the time to be able to focus on a comic project.” They also highlighted that “being able to share our processes, likewise different ways of tackling the same project is really constructive not only personally but also collectively.” After their time at Azkuna Zentroa, where they took part in Gutun Zuria Bilbao. International Literature Festival, they will finish their residency in Quebec, coinciding with the Quebec BD Festival.
The International Comic Book Residence is supported by the Etxepare Euskal Institutua
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