“When I was 9 years old, I used to make my own dollhouse furniture for this doll set I had of mice and rabbits wearing frumpy, pastoral clothing. They lived in a manufactured dollhouse made of bare balsa wood, with no decoration. So I made a bunch of furniture for it: a full living room set and a full kitchen.

‘Heads or Tails’ features the couch, TV with lizard show and mini-coloring book which I made at age 9.”

“Heads or Tails” was created for the 9th anthology of Bilderberg Konferenz, Berlin. Titled: Child Labour Comix: Tales from the Underage Underground. The anthology is all comix made by the artist collaborating with their former child-self using something they made when a kid.

“I saw this collaboration with my child-self as an opportunity to portray difficulties of childhood which I wouldn't have dared express at the time, and to give tribute to the different ways kids cope with living in a violent household.”

Bilderberg Konferenz #9: Child Labour Comix

Anthology cover art by Crippa Almqvist. 2023.

Bilderberg Konferenz #9: Child Labour Comix. Berlin, Germany. 2023. Contributors: Joost Halberstsma, Hannah, Daniele Murtas, Philipp Yurij Niepold, Crippa XXX Almqvist, Dirk Verschure, Mariana Rodriguez Acebal, Tinet Elmgren, Cristina Vivez Brozgol, Mary Bluestocking, Rich Grizzly, Mat Pogo, Hannes Berwing, Romig Ded, Hannes Niepold, Zeke Clough, Gene Mutation, Lars Sjunnesson, Zven Balslev, Colin Raff, Marcel Ruijters, Jonkie Moordkuil, Yann Jouette, Kirsten Rothbart, Vincent Zurwesten, Kinga Janiak, Ronan Furax, Oska Wald, Ernesto Lucas HO, Fufu Frauenwahl and Adrian Abudraham.