Camille Aubry
Camille Aubry is a French Bristol-based live illustrator & cartoonist. She explores how to create live drawn sets for various performances, be they physical or virtual.
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 is a live illustrator for academic conferences, industry and cultural events. She records what is happening in real time with live illustrations and sketchnotes. It offers a visual legacy of the event and keeps the momentum going. She also creates (non-live) illustrations and cartoons for editorial, research, educational and campaign projects. She interprets difficult concepts and ideas with efficient, thought-provoking visuals. These offer another layer of reading and understanding to a project and support its ripple effect beyond publication date. Social & climate justice, as well as accessibility, are recurrent themes in her work where she strives to amplify marginalised voices.
Camille has been a resident of the studio since December 2019, where she explores ways to enhance her live illustration practice with the help of creative technologies through various R&D projects. She is particularly interested in creating live drawn scenographies, by projecting her live illustrations during various performances to expand their reach.
She worked on Live Illustration Expanded, a R&D project funded by Arts Council England, where she studied how to support physical and virtual stage events with live illustrations. She also took part in the collective Across The Room, with experience designer Imwen Eke, creative technologist Takita Bartlett and creative producer Will Taylor, where they explore ways of creating online multi-cultural and audience-driven facilitation experiences that amplify all voices. Camille's most recent R&D projects was Live Drawn Stages, where she partnered with co-resident & performer Tom Marshman to live illustrate on stage two of his existing shows at St Georges' Bristol and Ashton Court Arts Mansion.
Organisations Camille works for include: CARGO Classroom, In Between Time, Theatre Bristol, Bristol Good Food, Citizens In Power, Sustrans, Knowle West Media Centre, the Centre For Disaster Protection, Culture Connect, the NHS, World Health Organisation, Citéco, University of Bristol, University of the West of England, University of the Arts London, the Young Foundation, ClearView Research, Bath Spa University, Royal College of Music, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama...
Camille also occasionally lectures on the BA Illustration Course at the University of West England.