Bitte Andersson – 25% doctoral seminar

In this seminar Bitte Andersson will be in conversation with artist Rudy Loewe, Phd student at the University of the Arts London, about an idea for an exploratory workshop series around visual markers of race in comics and potential problems with it. The conversation will be held in English.

Bitte's project investigates aspects of visual empowerment and ask questions about what is empowering to whom and why. Through a series of short format comics she experiments with themes, styles, functions, narrative techniques, levels of intimacy with the reader, pedagogy and political urgency to find out more about comic’s medium specific capacities. She has identified homogeneity the field of Swedish comics as a problem and wants to explore how her phd project can contribute with infrastructure to develop and strengthen her field.

NOTE!
There are limited places for the seminar. Please email mathew.gregory@konstfack.se to register attendance and receive the seminar material.

Opponent: Rudy Loewe

Rudy Loewe is a multidisciplinary artist blending painting, drawing, and sculpture to examine complex socio-political dynamics. Through their work, Loewe brings to life histories unearthed through archival research and interviews. In their practice-based PhD research, Loewe unravels British government operations dismantling Caribbean Black Power movements during the 1960s and ‘70s, transforming this into paintings.

In 2025, Loewe is the ninth exhibiting artist for the Art on the Underground Brixton Mural Programme. This work honours the historic role that Brixton has played as a gathering space, particularly for London’s black communities, adding another layer to Loewe’s ongoing exploration of culture, identity, resistance and collective memory.