My name is Julika. I am from Hamburg and so is my work. It stems from the prevalence of blues and greys, of wind and constant movement, of light reflecting on water. Like cargo ships on the river Elbe my work carries its freight back and forth, from time to time exchanging content, not weight. To discover new shores, I ventured out to England to study Illustration at Norwich University of the Arts. Since I was always intrigued by the medium of light being the main storyteller, I dedicated a lot of my time using analog photography as my preferred method of work. However, Hans Albers was always right about the pull of home, so that after graduating NUA, I could not help but return to Hamburg. Keeping the narrative component to my work, I have since then extended my working media by moving the two-dimensional imagery into a three-dimensional space, giving it physical form. I am now experimenting with different materials, forms and figures, while always keeping the written word close by. As part …