Comics
Beware the Eye in the Sky
ARTIST
PASCALE VELLEINE
Pascale Velleine, born in Luxembourg, studied at the Federal Academy of Arts Düsseldorf. She has been working as a freelance artist since 1986. Loves living in Paris since 1992.
She draws various comic series, like Paula for the women’s magazine ‘Brigitte’ and works in cooperation with Lucien Czuga on Déi Branchéiert, Ballast & Klüger and Jamie Blond, de Spioun vun der Kroun.
Location
Paris, France
Artistic Focus
«ligne claire» & humour
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Keeping up With the Bacteria
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“When Serge Haan came to meet luxemburgish bandes dessinées artists in Contern at the festival in summer 2019 and presented the first Descom.Uni.lu book « Wëssenschaft zu Lëtzebuerg – Ënner d’Lupp geholl », I immediately agreed to participate to further projects and agreed with him, that the concept is a very good idea, as I had already had a similar experience.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“The teamwork! Drawing is a quite solitary profession. Working with brilliant students and fantastic university teachers was definitely enriching.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Creating bandes dessinnées in a foreign language. Almost no one in the groups used his own native language.”
SCIENTISTS/AUTHORS
ITZEL VAZQUEZ SANDOVAL
Itzel’s research currently focuses on the improvement and application of logic-based techniques for the security analysis of protocols and ceremonies used in IT systems, in particular, for secure email and secure e-exams.
Research Focus
Security Protocol Analysis
Affiliation
Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research in Sociotechnical Security (IRiSC),
Interdisciplinaty Centre for Security, Reliability and Tust (SnT)
University of Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I love science and comics. :)”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“That creativity was pushed in a fun and engaging way. Also, I realized how challenging the job of science comic artists is.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“To communicate accurately within an interdisciplinary team. It takes an open mind and many sessions to be on the same page.”
TRISTAN MADANI
Tristan Madani is investigating cybersecurity at the SECAN-Lab, a research group at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and the Department of Computer Science (DCS) at the Uni.lu.
Research Focus
Cybersecurity
Affiliation
Department of Computer Science (DCS), Interdisciplinary Center for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
University of Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Beware the Eye in the Sky
MENTOR
JESSICA BURTON
Jessica Burton is a researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), working on the relationship between European comic transfers in the 1960s within the Popkult60 project. She previously worked as a comic editor for Titan Comics, on titles such as Doctor Who, before embarking on her PhD. She is a mentor for LUX:plorations, wrote the comics “What is a Phd?” as well as “Zamara & Yso’s Space Odyssey” and teaches classes on comics history at the University.
Research Focus
Comics, History, Cross-cultural Transfers, Popular Culture
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
What Is a PhD?
Zamara & Yso’s Space Odissey
It’s About Time!
One Ome To Rule Them All
The Future Is Now
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Becoming an Agent of Change
Chronicles from Platform 6
Inside the Solar Cell
Microglia: Guardians of the Brain?
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I truly believe in the power of comics to inform and educate, so jumped at the chance to help fellow doctoral candidates learn how to tell their research through comics form.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“Watching the doctoral candidates work on their ideas and seeing them engage with the artists for an amazing end product.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Finding the balance between suggesting ideas and allowing participants maximum creativity.”
SUPERVISOR
BRUNO TEHEUX
Bruno Teheux is a researcher in the Department of Mathematics (DMATH) at the University of Luxembourg. He also likes to organise activities that allow as many people as possible to experience the multiple aspects of mathematical research and to become aware of the incredible modernity of this discipline. Where there is no fun, there is no math!
Work Focus
Mathematics, research, science communication, higher education
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Keeping up With the Bacteria
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Becoming an Agent of Change
A Furry Tale
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I lead the creation of the first comics booklet entitled ‘Through The Looking Glass’ and I was willing to pursue since science and comics are two complement ways to understand the world.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“The interactions between Phd candidates and artists were amazing. The resulting pieces of art are much more than the simple sum of their inputs.”