Agnes Guttormsgaard

Gjenskinn is a graphic novel about feeling stuck, and the attempt to walk it off. The comic follows the young student Mia as she leaves her apartment around midnight to go buy snacks, ending up on a trip that is both longer and more social than planned.

Exploring themes of melancholia through excessive overthinking and awkward conversations, Gjenskinn tries to put images to feelings that are difficult to express in words. It is a story about finding your way back (from the store), told with both humour and seriousness.

Agnes Guttormsgaard is a Norwegian illustrator and graphic designer. In their work, they are often trying to stop time, capturing brief moments in time and space with digital drawing and painting. Through illustration, they explore the many mixed feelings of everyday life, how we connect and disconnect.