Robin Thiesmeyer

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Robin Thiesmeyer (* 1979 in Bonn ) is a German cartoonist , author and copywriter. Under the pseudonym meta bene , he became known on social media with his minimalist drawings that are reminiscent of Japanese ink painting .

Life

Thiesmeyer studied philosophy, political science and history at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . He studied creative writing and cultural journalism at the University of Hildesheim . He is doing his doctorate on short text forms of advertising communication at the Berlin University of the Arts . He lives in Berlin as the father of two children .

Drawing work

Since 2013, Thiesmeyer has been drawing ink miniatures under his pseudonym of a speaking world of strokes, which he initially published on Twitter at the suggestion of his former teacher Stephan Porombka . He says of the minimalist nature of his calligraphic drawings: “Actually, these are all abstract cattle that always make the same movements. I just turn the swing back and forth ”. His thoughtful, sarcastic, distant or melancholy animals ask philosophical and naive questions, find surprising answers, comment on everyday situations, twist idioms, make jokes and think about themselves or the meaning of life: “I want to play with language in a way that is fun does, express things that do something to the head, but in such a way that you can understand it after work ”. Since the "critters" have no face, their expression is limited to body language, alignment and group constellation. Based on a cockroach, which usually appears in swarms and became the artist's logo, meta bene lets birds, penguins, “ existentialist fish and snails, depressed antelopes and hearty beetles” speak, think and philosophize.

In 2016 meta bene drew a weekly comic column for Zeit Online in the free text section under the title “Critters about ...”. In the same year his first illustrated book There are more stars than idiots was published . In 2017, the Bert-Brecht-Haus in Oberhausen showed a selection of his works, which Thiesmeyer himself describes as "pseudo-Zen", in a solo exhibition.

Publications

  • The rabbit farm . In: 14. open mike. International competition for young German-language literature by the Berlin Literature Workshop . Allitera Verlag , Munich 2006.
  • Mick the fish . In: BELLA triste . No. 20 , 2008, ISSN  1618-1727 .
  • Breathe underwater . In: Dirk von Gehlen , Annabel Dilling (Ed.): From A to B plus X. Stories from the back seat . Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-596-03456-7 .
  • Nowhere Man . In: Kristof Magnusson (Ed.): Danes don't lie. Curious stories from Scandinavia . Piper, Munich, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25916-3 .
  • Who knows where the world ends . In: Klaus Wowereit , Franziska Richter (Ed.): I would like to be one of us. Stories about getting on and off . Dietz, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-8012-0409-9 , pp. 25th ff .
  • The torso . In: BELLA triste . No. 36 , 2013, ISSN  1618-1727 .
  • The honey mushroom . Narrative. Kindle Singles, 2014.
  • What does advertising ... Robin Thiesmeyer? Interview. In: Hans-Otto Hügel , Jan Schönfelder (Ed.): Limits of Art. Advertising autonomy . Book accompanying the exhibition by the Department of Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Communication at the University of Hildesheim. Universitätsverlag, Hildesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-934105-44-7 , p. 41 ff .
  • Meta Bene: There are more stars than idiots . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-03456-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robin Thiesmeyer. In: bachmannpreis.ORF.at (archive). Österreichischer Rundfunk, Foundation under Public Law, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Robin Thiesmeyer. Scientific Assistant. In: Website of the course in social and business communication. Universität der Künste (UdK) Berlin, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Anna-Sophie Barbutev: Pleasure: The mythical animals of the META BENE. Blogfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, March 9, 2016, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  4. ^ A b Doris Akrap: Twitter artist "meta bene": Aphorizing antelopes. taz Verlags und Vertriebs GmbH, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  5. ↑ META BENE: There are more stars than idiots . S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016.
  6. ^ META BENE, writer. ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Arno Widmann: break artist. Perlentaucher Medien GmbH, March 17, 2016, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Ralph Wilms: Robin Thiesmeyer shows his drawings in the Bert-Brecht-Haus. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. May 22, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Thiesmeyer, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES meta bene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn