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Art Battles

Live painting and collaborative performance for Swatch and MTV. Ben & Julia participated both on stage and behind the scenes, through artist curation, organisation and painting.

01 / BLUE BALLS FESTIVAL · LUCERNE

Curating a
Live Encounter

At Blue Balls Festival in Lucerne, Ben & Julia’s role brought artist curation and organisation into the live painting format. The event is presented here as a shared stage for different artists and visual languages.

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02 / ILLUSTRATIVE · BERLIN

Julia
Versus Ben

At Illustrative Berlin, the encounter became a duel between Julia and Ben. Two individual ways of drawing and painting met in public, bringing the partnership into a different kind of performance.

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