EMMA MARGARITA ERENST
VISUAL STORYTELLING ACROSS EDITORIAL, CULTURE AND TECH

I’m a visual storyteller, illustrator, researcher, and in general a highly creative, interdisciplinary and curious human - working across text, image, movement, stage and space.

At the heart of my practice is a way of reading through drawing. I develop visual narratives, interactive and spatial concepts by drawing line by line as I read or listen - revealing a text’s rhythm, perspective, and underlying ideas. I use this approach to create illustrated publications, visual essays, live drawing events, and define the vision for spatial and performative experiences, physical products and design collections.

I collaborate with publishers, editors, curators, cultural institutions, and artists to explore new ways of bringing texts, stories, sounds, choreography, and archival material to life.

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Some of my projects have received recognition and support from leading institutions including The Van Leer Institute and The Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Art (Mifal HaPais). 

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I have  been teaching at Shenkar since 2011, and have spoke at local and international conferences including Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Ralli Museum, Interaction 23, ISRAHCI, and Outlier.