Louise Aleksiejew Mauk

“Rita has to face the facts: there is already someone in this T1. The signs are there, the presence of the “thing” is undeniable, we must put aside our reason, and accept the existence of the strangest of this co-loc : Mauk ! Yet Mauk is not easy to find, his uncertain form, his ability to hide, his mutism make him – at first anyway – a rather discreet creature. Then Mauk starts to talk, and even to discuss… Between the recalcitrant parasite and the young architect, the relationship will slowly but surely evolve, from stormy to more complicit, when they realise what binds them rather than camping on what separates them. With an undeniable sense of rhythm and narration, round graphics and acid colours, Louise Aleksiejew offers us a bittersweet comedy in the form of a reflection on solitude and friendship, but also on the power of our dreams – those that haunt our nights but also those that guide us and make us move forward, far from compromise and closer to our true inspirations. Louise Aleksiejew is a visual artist and comic book author.”