Pictures that count
During the early days of photography, its practice was reserved for professionals, that is, commercial photographers. The procedural equipment was expensive and to operate it required notions of physics and...
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Portrait of an artist, Rose Madone
Straight forward and immediate. Her drawings of people, parts of body, objects and events are a reminder of the process of rediscovering and proving of great interest to the...
Time is nothing but a symbol, Joaquin Garcia Torres
Joaquin Torres-Garcia was born in Montevideo in 1874 and died there in 1949. He arrived in Barcelona aged 17 when his father, a Catalan who had immigrated to South America,...
On design and being Valeria Vasi
The Barcelona based designer Valeria Vasi was born in Moscow and moved to Spain with her mother aged six. Valeria went on to work in fashion for years to then...
Ever wondered how to make a new friend ? Here...
You’re sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car, someone else’s. You don’t have your license; you’d love to take the test but you don’t have the cash. Rock...
The politics of poetry. Talking to sociologist, feminist, writer and activist Carine Valette.
Carine Valette is an ambiguous talent whose abilities flow from one magical project to another. Her uncompromisingly artistic approach to life means that she creates and collaborates organically. She...
In the mood of Gertrude Stein... from Paris to Tangier.
Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Francis Bacon, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Jean Genet, the Rolling Stones, Yves-Saint Laurent… So many artists of the XX century felt...
Gnawa Music and Simo Lagnawi
Gnawa music is a story of pain, sorrow, care and gratitude which has never lost on its strength. Maybe it is the most trans- conscious music on earth… It all...
The architecture of Riad, Ksar and Kazba
If we tried to describe the history of the riads and its specific architecture, there could be only four words, and all of them starting with a letter R, religion,...
I understand that I will never understand
I understand that I will never understand, I thought when kneeling during the Black Lives Matter demonstration. @blklivesmatter, I want you to know that I stand for solidarity. This pictures...
The videomaker´s impulse
I first encountered Sofia Mattioli - perhaps observed would be a better term - at the NOWNESS online video platform. Recently, a good friend and brilliant videomaker from Buenos Aires,...
Forever Imke Ligthart
Photographer, artist and model Imke Ligthart shared some images, impressions and discoveries from her journey through the Jordan desert. We sat down with her in Ibiza to talk about the trip. Imke...
Alejandra Perini´s world of product design
Have you ever wondered what industrial designers do? First time I heard this term I literally imagined a person designing some kind of big industrial construction or manufactured tools, someone...
The honesty and simplicity of Antonella Tignanelli
For the Argentinian born, food conceptualist, Antonella Tignanelli, food is a lot more than just a mere fuel. I first met her on a rainy day in Barcelona in 2017....
Art principles with Hassan Hajjaj
Born in 1961 in Morocco, Hassan Hajjaj lives life on his own terms and arrived at his prominent position as an artist through a lifetime of experiments. He entered London...
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