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TINA BERNING ILLUSTRATOR/ARTIST

WHERE DOES YOUR WORK START?

WHEN I DO COMMISSIONED WORK IT STARTS WITH READING THE TEXT IN THE EVENING, SLEEPING OVER IT AND DEVELOPING SOME IDEAS WHEN BREAKFASTING. THEN I GO TO THE STUDIO AND JUST DO IT, EXECUTE IT. THAT IS BEST CASE. IF IT DOES NOT WORK I START RESEARCHING, SCRIBBLING UNTIL THERE IS AN IDEA.
MY PERSONAL WORK IS A NEVER ENDING STORY, IT HAS STARTED A LONG TIME AGO, AND EACH NEW ATTEMPT REVEALS FROM THE THINGS, DONE BEFORE. IT IS A STEADY DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT MOST INSPIRES YOU?

SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS WORKS: OLD PHOTOS FROM THE FLEA MARKET CONTAINING ENDLESS MEMORIES I CAN JUST GUESS. SOMETHING THAT SO OFTEN RESCUED ME: MUSIC, THERE ARE A FEW RECORDS THAT FOLLOW ME FOR MANY YEARS THAT WILL ALWAYS LEAD ME INTO A PRODUCTIVE MOOD. MUSIC THAT FADES OUT EVERYTHING AROUND ME AND MAKES ME BE ALONE WITH ME, MYSELF AND THE PAPER. TUNES I KNOW BY HEART. MOST OF THEM ARE BY GIANT SAND AND THE TINDERSTICKS. THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER MUSIC I LISTEN TO, BUT THESE ARE MY PERSONAL SECRET WEAPONS WHEN I NEED TO DEEPEN.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR WORK?

MY EIGHT YEARS OLD NIECE PAULA STAYED IN MY STUDIO RECENTLY FOR A WHOLE WEEK AND SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE GISELA (MY STUDIOMATE GISELA GOPPEL) AND I WERE GROWN-UP BUT ALLOWED TO SPEND ALL DAY DRAWING, PAINTING AND DOODLELING AROUND. AND SHE IS RIGHT, IT'S WONDERFUL AND I LOVE IT.

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE BEST AND THE WORST BITS OF YOUR CAREER SO FAR?

BEST: DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO, AND KNOWING IT'S ONLY UP TO ME. WORST: FORGETTING HOW YOUR HOME LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY WORKING.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?

FOR THE FUTURE I AM PLANNING TO CONTINUE MY EXHIBITION WORK AND DO SOME MORE BOOKS AND ALL THE ONE MILLION OTHER THINGS I WOULD LOVE TO DO, IF I JUST HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME...

HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE THE VARIETY OF INFLUENCES IN YOUR WORK?

TO BE HONEST, I CAN'T TELL YOU. SOME INFLUENCES I TRY TO KEEP OUT OF MY WORK, SOME JUST SLIP IN, SOME I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE FROM. IT IS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS.
I HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH BEING COPIED THE LAST YEARS. IT IS AN ARTIST OBLIGATION TO BE AWARE OF HIS INFLUENCES, THEY ARE NOT A SELF SERVING THING.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM, BORN - LIVING?

I WAS BORN IN BRAUNSCHWEIG BY ACCIDENT, LIVED IN DIFFERENT GERMAN CITIES, SPEND SOME TIME IN NORTHERN WALES AND STRANDED IN BERLIN, TEN YEARS AGO. THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE I WOULD WANT TO LIVE RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT STARTED TO SNOW TODAY.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING RIGHT NOW?

WOULD THING ALSO INCLUDE MY BLACK CAT STROLLING AROUND MY LEGS RIGHT NOW? IT IS THE BOSS IN THE STUDIO, I AM ONLY THE GUEST THERE.....

TINA BERNING.DE

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