Frederic Leitzke

Painting, the process and what actually happens before the work is complete. Julia Benz is a young painter who has been living in Berlin for two years now. Painting is the center of her life. After several exhibits outside the capital, she is now preparing for her first solo exhibition at the Urban Spree gallery in Berlin. One person, one exhibit and everything in between. Andreas Lamoth and Frederic Leitzke from editude pictures, a film production company from Berlin, accompanied Julia Benz and her work with the canvas in the two weeks leading up to the start of her exhibition, in order to record a very important part of her artistic work: the process.

Berlin has long established itself as one of the first places to go for up-and-coming creative minds from all over the world and clearly stands out within the German art scene. But what draws the young bohemian to the cultural metropolis on the Spree of all places? And what opportunities and dangers does the existing oversupply on the art market hold?