PRESENTED BY

KAUNAS, 2015

SW\/ON #4

As you probably understood, this 4th issue of SW\/ON zine

is about delusions and errors. Although you can find

mistakes and delusions in our other publications, this issue

is particularly devoted to delusions and errors. The reason

for this is that both the human and the machine are

characterized as being fallible. It is programmed in our

gens. And somehow we convey it not only to our children,

but also for anyone and anything that is touched by our

hands and our minds. Don't get angry for being fallible. It

won't help.\r\r

But why there are delusions, you may ask. Itā€™s because

we believe that the reality without delusion is just an

illusion. Everything breaks and erodes, but still we create a

brilliant future with synthetic happiness and love. We live in

a world where common sense is often perceived as delirium

and error of errors. And that's why this edition is

specifically dedicated to this phenomenon.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

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A yeast dough island forms from the flour and it is slowly rising. 4. After a while a bread tree grows on that island. 5.

Even the Lithuanian writer Zemaite liked the bread.

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COMFORT

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S W / O N #4 C O N T R I B U T O R S

Ana Kun (Romania) - http://www.anakun.com/

Ana Kun is a lowbrow artist who combines narrative and image in visual works referring pop culture.

Birute Bikelyte (Lithuania) - http://www.birutebi.com/

Birute Bikelyte is a post-disciplinary designer mimicking observed reality in her free time. Building a tree house,

healing Soviet trauma, researching the death of museums, designing creativity books and board games for

children, making interactive map for alternative urban exploration, etc.

Boris Pramatarov (Bulgaria)- http://boris-pramatarov.blogspot.be/

Boris Pramatarov (1 989) is a Bulgarian visual artist, based in Belgium. He was elected in the top 1 0 “Young

talents“ at the Angoulême International Comics Festival 201 3, his comic project “Machines à cubes” was

published in Jeunes Talents Angoulême album (Iconograf-Atelier BD).

Chiara Lammens (Belgium) - http://www.chiaralammens.be/

Chiara Lammens lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. She investigates the boundaries between the classic comic-

strip, different ways of storytelling, genretableaux, prehistoric murals and so on. All these influences make for a

colourful mash-up of influences and gives lead towards the acting out of little histories. Together, the images

make up an exiting mix of strange improbabilities, age-old love stories, disorienting accidents and other rabbles.

Egle Plytnikaite (Lithuania) - http://www.behance.net/egleplytnikaite/

Egle Plytnikaite is a freelance illustrator, working and living in Vilnius, Lithuania. After graduating from

architecture studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Vilnius (201 4) Egle began to work in the sustainable architecture

field. Soon her focus was taken by illustration and so she started her career.

Gerda Jord (Lithuania) - http://gerdajord.blogspot.com/

Lithuanian comics artist Gerda Jord works on short and long comics which are constantly published in Lithuanian

cultural press and her personal blog gerdajord.blogspot.com. She is often inspired with history, personalities,

absurd and beauty. In collaboration with Miglė Anušauskaitė Gerda has published a graphic novel "1 0 litų" in

201 4.

Gianluca Sturmann (Italy) - http://www.gianlucasturmann.com/

Gianluca Sturmann is an Italian illustrator and designer. He takes his inspiration from nature, music and zen

meditation.

Ieva Gvazdaityte (Lithuania) - http://whitecardboard.blogspot.com/

A woman living in a mushroom 

Ilya Pasawetawat (Russia) - http://pasawetawat.tumblr.com/

Jana Lenova (Slovakia) - https://www.behance.net/JanaLenova/

Jana Lenova is a graphic designer and illustrator currently working as a freelancer in Vienna (Austria) . Jana like

cats, good food, patterns, colors and sound of sea. In her projects Jana is mostly looking for borders between

design, art and illustration. It is challenge for her to experiment with forms of graphic design and try to find new

possibilities of visuality as it is common.

jrs0ul (Lithuania) - http://jrs0ul.com/

jrs0ul is a programmer and illustrator from Lithuania. He was making a few games over a decade, but suddenly

realized that programming is not meant for him, nor could successfully express his ideas, as it can be expressed

through comics. So jrs0ul ditched programming and returned to comics drawing!

S W / O N #4 C O N T R I B U T O R S

Juste Urbonaviciute (Lithuania) - https://www.facebook.com/justesmwhr/

Juste Urbonaviciute is a freelance photographer/illustrator based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Juste Venclovaite (Lithuania) - http://sungalvis.tumblr.com/

Juste Venclovaite lives and works in Vilnius. She does different things, mostly related to art in one way or

another.

Laura Kenins (Latvia/Canada) - https://laurakenins.com/

Laura Kenins is a Latvian-Canadian comic artist living in Riga, Latvia and Halifax, Canada. In between making

comics she writes about the arts and teaches haunted kindergarteners.

Lina Itagaki (Lithuania) - http://lina-itagaki.tumblr.com/

Lina Itagaki graduated from Vilnius Art Academy (graphic art) a year ago and now is trying to become an

illustrator. Likes drawing illustrations and comics, creating artist books. Recently she started to enjoy drawing big

illustrations on the walls.

Luigi Filippelli (Italy) - http://luigifilippelli .wordpress.com/

Luigi Filippelli is a cartoonist and a short stories lover. He likes autumn, Suikoden and Henri Rousseau. In 201 1

together with Nadia Bordonali he founded a small, independent publishing house: MalEdizioni. On the same year

they created “Tra le Nuvole”, a traveling comic festival that bring comics in the provinces libraries. His last book is

“1 3 sardine circa”.

Migle Anusauskaite (Lithuania) - http://ihavenoteeth.com/

Migle Anusauskaite draws comics about literature, science, movies and everyday human life (as she is a human

herself) . She has a comics column in a paper "Siaures Atenai" and has published a comic book "1 0 litu" together

with Gerda Jord. Comic in this zine is an excerpt from upcoming project "K+V+K".

Nerijus Smola (Lithuania) - http://kgpress.org/

Nerijus Smola, now living and working in Kaunas, is a illustrator and undeground comix fanzine publisher since

1 999. Nerijus has created his first comix during Geology studies in Germany. From that time he has published few

fanzines together with other comics artists from Germany, Czech Republic, UK and Lithuania. Nerijus is also one

of the members of Lithuanian comics group and small press publisher “Kitokia grafika”.

Nettmann (Germany) - http://nettmanna.blogspot.com/

Nettmann is 1 980 awardee of the gallery at the primary school,1 982 got trophy for the funniest costume at the

final ceremony at the summer camp,1 984 studied in the fine arts class of the local youth club, 1 990 became

member of the Berlin based comic crew "Renate"* and co-editor of the same name fanzine,1 994 released first

cartoonbook, 1 998 got driving licence, 201 3 got a son and started topical project "Familienjuwelen", a comicblog

in collaboration with his colleague and friend Anna Bas Backer, 201 4 his 8th and freshest cartoonbook was

released at the chartbreaking German publishing house Jaja Verlag.

Tadas Bujanauskas (Lithuania) - http://whitehousevsslippers.tumblr.com/

Neither tomorrow nor today: - 1 2:00 o'clock.

Zane Zlemesa (Latvia) - http://zanezlemesa.tumblr.com/

Zane Zlemesa is from Riga, studying there Graphic Art and doing drawings as illustrations and comics. Zane like

books and looking forward to draw forever.

S W / O N #4 C O N T R I B U T O R SS W / O N #4 C O N T R I B U T O R S

T H A N K Y O U !T H A N K Y O U !

Edition: 250 copies, printed with environmentaly firnedly duplicating machines at KG Press studio, Kaunas.

More information: kgpress.org

Front cover by Juste Venclovaite

Inside front cover by Birute Bikelyte

Back /inside back covers and layout by Nerijus Smola