Camille Aubry
Camille Aubry is a French Bristol-based illustrator. Social and climate justice, as well as care and accessibility, are core values of her practice where she strives to amplify marginalised voices.
Projects
LIVE ILLUSTRATION EXPANDED
Live Illustration Expanded is a R&D project gratefully supported by Arts Council England DYCP grant that took place between April and October 2021. Through this project I wanted to make an ambitious shift in my ability to produce and support physical and virtual stage…Camille became a permanent resident in December 2019. She uses illustration as a tool to enhance connection and audience immersion. Her purpose as an illustrator is to demonstrate that it is a powerful and versatile discipline, an art form in its own right - not just visual content. She experiments with creative technologies and cross-disciplinary collaborations in order to explore innovative ways to tell stories. From live drawn sets to immersive and intricate fine art pieces.
She creates illustrations & comics for publications, books, zines, toolkits, exhibitions and campaigns. Interpreting difficult concepts and ideas with efficient, thought-provoking visuals that support the ripple effect of a project beyond its publication date. Camille mainly works with researchers, creatives and community groups to co-create visual representations able to communicate their projects and does live illustration at academic, cultural and community events. She records what is happening in real time during an event with live drawings and sketchnotes, offering a visual legacy to the participants. She actively listens to what is being said, shared and felt, especially by the quieter voices in the room.
Writer Nikesh Shukla and Camille are currently developing the comic book series Mad Villain, the story of a middle-aged dad in Bristol who decides to join Antifa.