His mother started drinking when he was eight years old. Jan Koester projects photographs from his childhood onto his body that speak of loneliness and helplessness in toxic relationships.
Jan Koester is an animator from Berlin. He studied at the Konrad Wolf Film and Television University in Potsdam and is one of the co-founders of the animation collective Talking Animals. He works as a director or animation director on music videos, as well as documentaries and short films.