Changing Perspectives: Portrait Experiment (DE/EN/ES)
Drawing Workshop for children and accompanying adults

With Meeting Lines (artistic collective / Marcos García Pérez and Carla Schliephack)

How do we make contact when we draw each other? And: How does it feel to be drawn yourself? For three hours, everything revolves around experimental drawing, looking closely and creating respectfully.

In the exhibition, we look together at the paintings of the artist Irma Stern, who painted people in South Africa over 100 years ago - with many colours and strong feelings. Some portraits have a name; others remain unknown as a person. We can ask questions such as: How are people portrayed? Who is drawing whom and from what perspective? In addition, what is the connection between the painter and the people in the picture?

In the workshop, we experiment with pen and paper. Drawing games provide space to get to know each other and draw portraits with curiosity, emotion and an open eye for each other. No previous knowledge is necessary - the focus is on togetherness, exploration and creative experimentation. Although the workshop will mainly be held in German, we will indicate the languages of the workshop leaders (German, English and Spanish) to make it more accessible. If you do not feel confident with the German language, do not worry. You can still participate.

We value respectful interaction with each other. Discriminatory behaviour is not welcome at our events.

Marcos García Pérez and Carla Schliephack make up the Berlin-based art duo Meeting Lines. Together, they investigate critical collective processes at the intersection of human/environment and self-education/art. To this end, they develop site-specific drawing practices that involve copying, improvising and playing. The reuse of materials is central to their arts education work as well as their artistic practice.

Marcos García Pérez studied fine arts at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia and graduated from the UdK Berlin (Berlin University of the Arts) in 2020 in the Art in Context programme. Since then, he has worked as an independent artist and art educator.

After earning a B.A. in fashion design, Carla Schliephack was a master student in the Sculpture Department at the weißensee academy of art berlin, a programme she continues to promote. Through further training as a systemic coach, she now works as an art educator and freelance artist in Berlin.

Due to the limited number of participants, please register here. Participation in public events is included with the museum admission. Meeting point: ticket counter in the foyer.