You can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.With more than two decades of experience as a music producer and DJ, Chris Inperspective, our latest guest for this episode of Metralla Rosa, is the founder of Inperspective Records, Eloisa Records and Black Junglist Alliance.Thanks to his ongoing stance against racism and his conviction that black artists must work to reclaim the importance of black culture in the history of the western world, Chris has constantly found himself in a position of being able to create musical experimentation and spaces in which the cultivation of quality and innovation are the only priority. With a successful career as an artist on the London Jungle and Drum’n’Bass scene Chris has, for many years, been an active voice within a movement that was born in the early nineties from the hearts and souls of young people living in primarily black and socially marginalised communities on the streets of the English capital. Culturally, these musical movements were responding to the limitations and anger arising from post Thatcher Britain, a spontaneous musical genre that promoted cultural diversity and social unification through dance. It was a musical scene that, with its priority of rhythm over melody and its acknowledgement of a musicality present within its sequences of accelerated breaks, inadvertently brought people together in their desire to positively destabilise the status quo in more ways than one. Join us to explore the artistic journey of a DJ who has touched several generations with his music and to see how political and business decisions within major record labels and the music world affect the day to day reality of the international Jungle and Drum’n’Bass scene. In this interview, Chris and Carla discuss, amongst many other things, the lack of representation for black women on the British dance scene, how the necessity for him to self-manage and self-promote led to the creation of the Black Junglist Alliance and how his passion for discovering new and emerging talents has allowed Chris to face the future with optimism and a spring in his step. And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksChris Inperspective: InstagramInperspective Records: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Bandcamp | SoundcloudEloisa Records: Instagram | Facebook | Soundcloud | BandcampBlack Junglist Alliance: Instagram | Facebook _____________________For further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Chris, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa website.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

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Ep 43 with Chris Inperspective: DJ, musician & music producer

You can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Adele Brydges’ ceramic creations sit perfectly and harmoniously at the crossroads between tradition and innovation. Her style and artistic projections live in a world that hovers between the tranquil inspiration of classical beauty and a vindictive voice that breaks the rules, whilst voluntarily placing itself in the absolute centre of the eye of a hurricane.Believing that Art can be therapeutic, pleasure can be healing and sex can be sacred, Adele creates dildos and other erotic toys that are eco-friendly and aesthetically refined, allowing you to explore the art of pleasure through creation. And by learning ancient techniques used to create durable, every day objects and applying them to her pieces made for self pleasure, whilst at the same time staying true to her own tastes and sensual preferences, she has elevated the creation of utilitarian ceramic pieces to a new level.To be welcomed into one of Adele’s East London workshops is to be invited into her innermost sanctuary, an intimate and sacred space, and the generosity implicit in this inclusive and welcoming gesture creates an immediate sense of gratitude and respect. Whether attending couples workshops, mixed sex workshops, or female – and female identifying – only workshops, your experiences will be enormously liberating, revitalising and healing. They will encourage you to go on a journey that reconnects you with creativity and self-pleasure, whilst helping you recognise that both are intrinsically intertwined and that neither of these life experiences should be seen as a final destination or a specific goal. The pleasure of creating and, in turn, using creation as a means of exploring the erotic self, lies in the journey itself – one of constant and continuous exploration and which is, according to Adele, full of seeds that will readily erupt into flower. It is for this reason that Adele’s stunning pieces are such elegant symbols of power, well-being, worth and beauty that will shamelessly open the doors to pleasure.Discover, in this interview, the connections between her creations, her childhood and her grandmother, what she feels her most successful collaborations have been and where she feels her future and current challenges lie, in the face of the conservative, patriarchal morality.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksAdele Brydges: Website | Instagram | Twitter | FacebookDecorate a Dildo workshops: Instagram | Facebook | Bookings_____________________For further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Adele, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa website.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 42 with Adele Brydges: Ceramic artist

You can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.For more than forty years, Sue Dray has been communicating with her art in many capacities and on many levels – starting as an illustrator for pioneering feminist publications such as Spare Rib and The Women’s Press, both now considered cult magazines and historical treasures, archived and faithfully preserved as study material by The British Library.Throughout the 1980s, Sue illustrated book covers for renowned authors such as Fay Weldon and Margaret Atwood, put her talents to use illustrating cookbooks and magazines such as Gay News and Gai Pied, completed a master’s degree in art that led to her teaching at universities in the United States and produced some of her most personal work, inspired by her two young daughters. She has since drawn live alongside the catwalk during shows by designers such as Pam Hogg, Vivienne Westwood and Zandra Rhodes, illustrated behind the scenes for Andrew Logan‘s Alternative Miss World and appeared drawing backstage during the 2018 film &apos;Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist&apos;. Her style is a combination of strong lines, painterly textures and intense, contrasting colours. Yet, despite her constant search for evolution and change, these characteristics of her artistic language have remained intact since the beginnings of her prolific career, during the golden eighties.Today Sue is regularly commissioned by magazines and designers for the drawings and sketches she creates during the unveiling of collections in all the major fashion capitals, throughout fashion season. In 2018 she was Fashion Scout‘s first resident artist for the Spring/Summer collection of London Fashion Week, during which we could see her standing in a sea of surrealism at her elegant easel, a mouth full of paintbrushes, surrounded by throngs of press photographers, all competing with her for the best images from each collection. Following an approach by Apple in 2015, she has also found time to experiment with digital drawing – a medium she has come to appreciate when working under the hectic conditions of fashion shows. Last but not least, it is impossible to ignore the extent of her teaching experience: Sue has taught in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States and was, for eight years, course leader of the Fashion Illustration Course at The London College of Fashion. She continues to contribute to this renowned institution as a guest lecturer, nurturing future generations of fashion artists with her vibrant teaching style and a faith in the arts that exudes life, spontaneity, authenticity and innovation.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksSue Dray: Website | Instagram_____________________For further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Sue, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa website.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 41 with Sue Dray: Artist, fashion illustrator & art tutor

Músico | Cantante | SanadoraYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.No cualquiera puede darse el lujo de tener un oido musical y una voz privilegiados, 21 hermanos, una familia excepcionalmente estimulante, y contar con la fortuna de ser de Lara, probablemente el estado mas prolífico desde el punto de vista musical de toda Venezuela. Originaria de Sanare, un pueblo en las montañas del estado Lara, considerado cuna del Tamunangue – una celebración devocional que incluye música en vivo, canto y baile- gracias a su precoz iniciación musical, Luzmira Zerpa desde muy temprana edad es considera reina del Tamunangue. Hoy por hoy Luzmira es una cantautora de voz potente, de formidable presencia escénica y de fama y reconocimiento internacional. Le ha dado prácticamente la vuelta al globo terráqueo con su cuatro, y compartiendo su sensacional voz sin mezquindades, ni divismos, ni recelos. El mismísimo Manu Chao la invito a tocar junto a él después de escucharla cantar en el desierto, en un festival en Sahara Occidental, confirmándole que tenía una voz imposible de ignorar. Con su agrupación Family Atlantica se presentó en un sin numero de escenarios internacionales, y grabó un par de álbumes que fusionan el folclore venezolano con sonidos del mundo europeo y africanos, tradicionales y contemporáneos. Estas grabaciones recibieron una excelente acogida por parte del público y de la crítica especializada. Luzmira es madre, es hija, es hermana latinoamericana, es una mujer incansable desde el punto de vista artístico, pero sobre todo es músico en mayúsculas. Su interés por las raíces sonoras de su país natal, Venezuela, la han hecho urgar incansablemente en la trascendencia universal de ritmos y sonidos de la Venezuela profunda – como el Tamunangue – y en la importancia de conquistar audiencias globales sin renunciar a su expresión auténtica. Descubre gracias a este episodio como Luzmira se ha convertido en la reina del folclore venezolano en Europa, y por que viajar de su pueblo natal directo a Londres fue lo mejor que pudo haberle sucedido al público de este lado del Atlántico.¡Y ahora, disfruten la entrevista! ___________________Enlaces relacionados:Luzmira Zerpa:  Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | TwitterFamily Atlántica: Soundway Records | YouTube | Bandcamp | FacebookFor further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Luzmira, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa website.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 40 con Luzmira Zerpa: Músico, cantante y sanadora

ArtistYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Visions of perfectly proportioned giant women, sitting amongst skyscrapers with red nails and fabulous platforms or walking through the night with glam punk hairstyles and faces made up in scandalous colours. Women without ethnicity, holding flowers that are daggers, fiercely dressed or proudly nude – sometimes with penis and testicles. Her painted protagonists are anonymous legends, rock stars and futuristic warriors – all visions of a controversial universe exuding pop art fantasies and Rock and Roll attitudes, whilst inhabiting the pictorial ecosystems that Susan Diamond has created from glimpses reflected back at her in the mirrors through which she lives her life – a life full of risk and adventure.Susan’s paintings – and subsequent limited edition prints of the paintings – are large format and high impact. They inevitably contain subliminal messages that, intentionally or not, seem designed to simultaneously awaken the troublemaker and the philosopher that lie within us all, awaiting patiently for some unexpected stimulus. Born in Montgomery, Massachusetts to a Polish father and Russian mother, Susan studied Fashion Illustration at the Boston School of Fashion and, shortly after, decided to travel around Europe before eventually settling in London, where she met Mark Charles who is, to this day, her accomplice in love and her closest creative ally. After years of dedicating herself to both music (with the rebellious electro-noise band Gobsausage) and fashion (with the highly successful glam-punk brand, Charles of London), Susan has returned, and is fully dedicated to, her former love of painting.This episode is a walk through the life and work of an explosively creative mind, a colourful journey through the experiences of an artist who has lived a career full of adventure and fascinating stories, and through which you will be lovingly guided by Metralla Rosa.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksSusan Diamond: Website | InstagramCharles of London: Facebook | Twitter | YouTube_____________________For further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Susan, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa website.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 39 with Susan Diamond: Artist

Actor | Writer | DirectorYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.To sit in front of a young woman, full of energy and plans for the future and who has, at the same time, already achieved so much artistically and creatively, is incredibly inspiring. Gaël Le Cornec – our guest for this episode of Metralla Rosa – is a multi award wining actress, a tireless creator of dreams and a storyteller who places the value of good narrative above all else. Gaël creates works that use the immediacy and intimacy of theatre to delve into people’s stories and memories in order to explore themes such as gender, migration, displacement and stereotypes.Born in the Amazon, in northern Brazil, Gaël is a writer, director and actress who moved to London at a young age, having already qualified with a degree in environmental biology. Once in London she did a masters in cultural studies and took a course that used theatre to teach English, thereby igniting her vocation as a storyteller and her desire to create in order to bring communities together with her art, which was often developed in close collaboration with organisations dedicated to defending the rights of women, young adults and migrants.Skilled in the art of the monologue and widely recognised in London for her success as a one-woman-show, Gaël has not only played Frida Kahlo, Camille Claudel and Ana Mendieta, but also every female immigrant whose voice has been unjustly silenced. Despite her self-sufficiency as an artist and creator, Gaël’s strength lies in building alliances with other actors, activists and theatre companies and proudly assumes the mantle of representative to the community of Latin American migrants in the UK who fight against stereotypes that restrict, limit and pigeonhole us. The many obstacles she has come up against have only served to reinforce her need to develop her own theatrical style and defend her voice – and message – through thick and thin. Today Gaël continues to create a dignified reputation for herself within the world of international theatre and juggles to act, write and direct, whilst at the same time pass on the valuable lessons she has learned and which she knows she can translate into invaluable and constructive inspiration for future generations.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksGaël Le Cornec: Website | Instagram | Spotlight | VimeoFootprint Productions: Website | Instagram _____________________For further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Gaël, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa websiteSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 38 with Gaël Le Cornec: Actor, writer & director

DJ | Music Promoter | Events ProducerYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Latin American music owes a large part of its diffusion, promotion and continuous celebration within London to Callum Simpson. Mostly known as Dj Cal Jader, he has been the driving force behind the emotions and very existence of Movimientos – a project created with two clear and distinctive intentions: To offer spaces for fun, dancing and joyful recreation and to create political resistance out of the cultural reaffirmation of diversity and differences.Emma Goldman, the well known anarchist and writer, once said ‘If I can’t dance to it, it is not my revolution’ and it is almost as if this has served as the inspiration for Movimientos’ creation of its solid artistic agenda, in which the right to be different is a fundamental part of its fight against the homogenisation of predominant cultures. Movimientos, in addition to being the most active and productive non-profit organisation dedicated to the creation of Latin American music events in the United Kingdom, is also the most interesting because it combines club culture with the promotion of the live music. Movimientos has, for years, offered support to emerging Latin American talent seeking exposure within London, while offering the more established names the opportunity to connect with British audiences by performing in the English capital.Listen to this entertaining conversation in order to discover how a political student from the north of England and with Scottish roots ended up in love with Latin American music after taking an interest in South America’s political movements of the 20th century. Also discover what it has been like to co-produce Love Carnival, probably the best known and most fiery tropical party in the city, playing the musical fusions so loved by Cal. And finally, discover what it feels like to be a leading light of the scene he has embraced with his brotherly and multi-rhythmic beat, giving the Latin American diaspora his loyal support as well as his absolute commitment.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksDJ Cal Jader: Instagram | Bandcamp | Soundcloud | FacebookLove Carnival: Instagram | Soundcloud | FacebookMovimientos: Website | YouTube | Instagram | Bandcamp | Soundcloud  | Facebook _____________________For further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Cal, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa websiteSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 37 with Cal Jader: DJ, music promoter & events producer

Historiadora | Feminista | EscritoraYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Historiadora, escritora, editora, feminista interseccional, activista cultural y pentecostal disidente, Jael de La Luz es una mujer de un empuje, una convicción ideológica y una capacidad de lucha francamente admirables. Mexicana por convicción además de por nacimiento – Jael nació y creció en las afueras de la Ciudad de México – además de ser una intelectual que fomenta la resistencia del pensamiento y de las ideas, Jael es también una mujer comprometida con las luchas diarias de las comunidades latinoamericanas que se ven obligadas a sobrevivir situaciones puntuales de injusticia social y política, en Londres y el resto del Reino Unido.Desde la organización sin fines de lucro LAWA, Latin American Women’s Aid, ofrece ayuda y protección a mujeres y niños latinoamericanos que sobreviven condiciones de violencia doméstica – esta organización cuenta con el único refugio para mujeres y niños víctimas de abuso doméstico de este país y Europa creado por y para mujeres latinas. Desde LAWA dirije el programa Change Makers – The power of our Ancestors, creando así las condiciones idóneas para que mujeres lésbicas, transgénero, queer, negras, o de cualquier otra minoría étnica, se atrevan a resignificar su posición en la sociedad y a contar sus propias historias, sin miedo, y como un acto de reafirmación cultural, auto validación personal y disidencia política. Su propia historia está llena de abusos y de luchas, pero también de formidables victorias auto gestionadas. Su voz tiene la autoridad y la ecuanimidad de quien ha logrado desafiar los obstáculos que los estados y las sociedad patriarcales siembran al paso de quienes son blanco certero para la perpetuación de modelos de poder corruptos, violentos y desiguales. Y a nosotros en Metralla Rosa nos fascinan especialmente las victorias de Jael vinculadas a su rol de editora y escritora, y sus invaluables contribuciones culturales como miembro de The Feminist Library, como fancinera impenitente, y como fundadora de Feminopraxis. Este último, un espacio digital creado para la discusión de los feminismo que Jael gestiona junto a otras tres autoras mejicanas, y desde el cual publica Militancias, una columna que debería ser lectura de rigor para comprender las disidencias feministas del mundo, con una mirada latinoamericana y en español.¡Y ahora, disfruten la entrevista!___________________Enlaces relacionados:Jael de la Luz: Instagram | YouTube Feminopraxis: Website | Instagram Latin American Women’s Aid: Website  | Instagram For further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Jael, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa website.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 36 con Jael de la Luz: Historiadora, feminista y escritora

Artista plásticaYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Enriqueta Ahrensburg es la cabal personificación del artista que existe inmerso en el proceso creador y casi totalmente desapegado del resultado que su obra podría generar en el mundo que la co-crea. Es la personificación del artista que respira, vive y produce experiencias visuales consecutivas y continuas, con la única y genuina finalidad de preservar su esencia vital y su sanidad mental, y sin esperar necesariamente el aplauso o la validación de un mercado que no siempre se alinea con su proceso. Estando en un momento histórico en el que todos estamos reconciliándonos más que nunca antes con la existencia como espacio para la evolución y la transformación constante, y no como un destino repleto de certezas, nos pareció justo y necesario conversar con Enriqueta e indagar en su práctica artística, fecunda, íntima, vital y libre de compromisos de mercado y de etiquetas.De ascendencia alemana, Enriqueta nació, creció y se formó como artista en Venezuela, y hoy por hoy vive en Londres donde cada día de su vida se aferra con mayor sentido de fusión a su imparable producción plástica. Su lenguaje pictórico es abstracto y expansivo. Sus lienzos son un viaje que parte del caos, de una chispa inicial capaz de crear capas de materia física cuya comprensión no debe ser lineal ni vertical sino en espiral. Capas de geologías pictóricas en las que la materia, como la naturaleza, se entrelaza, se encuentra, se manifiesta y se hace presencia. Por otra parte, sus dibujos realizados con el seudónimo Juana De Monch, ensamblan alegorías simbólicas repletas de eclécticas mitologías y arquetipos variopintos. De expresión figurativista, sus dibujos son sincréticas expresiones de cosmológicas en las que el Tarot, el folclor medieval, el ocultismo y la metafísica se unen para crear obras que podrían ser ilustraciones antiguas o estampillas provenientes de realidades paralelas. Bajo este alter ego, estas visiones mágico religiosas aterrizan, se circunscriben y dan vida a una de las facetas más prolíficas de su obra. Este episodio de Metralla Rosa es un viaje hacia el mundo interior de una artista que a pesar de los obstáculos que supone la vida en la diáspora, y las limitaciones generales de la vida moderna, inhala inspiración y exhala creación todos los días de su vida. Esta conversación es un viaje hacia el corazón de una artista que crea por la misma razón que respira, y cuyas visiones de futuro están impregnadas de dinámicas humanas y convicciones del mercado del arte altamente revolucionarias.¡Y ahora, disfruten la entrevista!___________________Enlaces relacionados:Juana De Monch: Instagram | Facebook | TwitterEnriqueta Ahrensburg: Instagram | Saatchi Art | LinkedInFor further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Enriqueta, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa websiteSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 35 con Enriqueta Ahrensburg: Artista plástica

ArtistYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Carl Randall is an artist who dedicated an important part of his adult life to the practical and theoretical study of the arts, graduating from temples of academia such as the Slade School of Fine Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, to name but a few and, in doing so, succeeded in developing an exceptionally personal voice which combines his fascination for urban spaces with his interest in those who inhabit them. His paintings usually depict people and places, passersby and locations, all intersecting without merging in a strikingly whimsical way. His ultra-detailed depictions of the world around him are brought to life with a genuine modesty, while the reality he describes with such a clear narrative intention is overwhelmed by his personal and unpredictable creativity.Within his large canvases both subject and object are presented with equal prominence and with the same luxurious detail, capturing the attention of his viewers in an almost hypnotic way. His scenes of everyday life present urban ecosystems with playful perspectives and oblique, divergent dynamics in which human beings and inanimate objects coexist with a certain detached nature, as if their respective universes were destined to remain oblivious of each other, never to meet.Ten years of living and studying in Japan gave Carl the opportunity to delve deeply into his role as an observer of reality and student of life, cultivating his passion for environments in which life flows in multiple directions simultaneously, creating scintillating and exhilarating visual stimuli. Both London and Japan have allowed his work to respond to the realities of overpopulation, ostracism and alienation present in the daily lives of strangers within these great metropolises.Full-time artist, part-time art tutor and winner of awards such as The Nomura Art Prize, the Sunday Times Prize for Watercolours and the prestigious BP Travel Award in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery, amongst others, Carl is an ambitious painter with an enviable CV. And in this interview we managed to delve into his stylistic visions with a delightful dose of refreshing honesty, seasoned with some unexpected twists and turns which we hope you enjoy when you watch this episode of Metralla Rosa.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksWebsite | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | WikipediaSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 34 with Carl Randall: Artist

ArtistYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Carl Randall is an artist who dedicated an important part of his adult life to the practical and theoretical study of the arts, graduating from temples of academia such as the Slade School of Fine Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, to name but a few and, in doing so, succeeded in developing an exceptionally personal voice which combines his fascination for urban spaces with his interest in those who inhabit them. His paintings usually depict people and places, passersby and locations, all intersecting without merging in a strikingly whimsical way. His ultra-detailed depictions of the world around him are brought to life with a genuine modesty, while the reality he describes with such a clear narrative intention is overwhelmed by his personal and unpredictable creativity.Within his large canvases both subject and object are presented with equal prominence and with the same luxurious detail, capturing the attention of his viewers in an almost hypnotic way. His scenes of everyday life present urban ecosystems with playful perspectives and oblique, divergent dynamics in which human beings and inanimate objects coexist with a certain detached nature, as if their respective universes were destined to remain oblivious of each other, never to meet.Ten years of living and studying in Japan gave Carl the opportunity to delve deeply into his role as an observer of reality and student of life, cultivating his passion for environments in which life flows in multiple directions simultaneously, creating scintillating and exhilarating visual stimuli. Both London and Japan have allowed his work to respond to the realities of overpopulation, ostracism and alienation present in the daily lives of strangers within these great metropolises.Full-time artist, part-time art tutor and winner of awards such as The Nomura Art Prize, the Sunday Times Prize for Watercolours and the prestigious BP Travel Award in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery, amongst others, Carl is an ambitious painter with an enviable CV. And although he warned us that talking about his work was not necessarily his favourite activity, we still managed to delve into his stylistic visions with a delightful dose of refreshing honesty, seasoned with some unexpected twists and turns which you can enjoy by watching this episode of Metralla Rosa.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksWebsite | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | WikipediaSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Artist | Art Tutor You can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Known across London - and now the world, thanks to the rise in popularity of online sessions - for being an artist who is actively involved in the life drawing scene, Frank Gambino is a superstar of portraiture and figurative drawing. And although, as an artist he is energetically expressive, uses large-scale formats and practices constantly and uncompromisingly, Frank is also a creator who greatly values the benefits of anonymity, preferring to pass on to his students what he has learnt through his constant process of trial and error, than to see his work displayed in art galleries and salons. With a reputation for being a Master of Charcoal, Frank draws almost every day of the week; in his studio, during life drawing sessions throughout London, in colleges and in independent groups - for which he also teaches and passes on, with an absolute passion and generous dedication, all that he has learnt over the years. In his experience, Frank believes that an artist&apos;s apprenticeship is never over and, with this in mind, he makes sure that his lifestyle reflects this. His early experiences within the art education system taught him to distrust any process that leads a student towards creating a business from their art, rather than focusing on the discovery of their artistic voice and style.Frank&apos;s relationship with his creative process could be seen as an affectionate alliance - a friendship that walks alongside him - allowing his artistic freedom to grow without imposing any conditions or restrictions. Thanks to her experience as an art model, Carla is incredibly familiar with Frank&apos;s creativity and altruistic spirit, and it is precisely for this reason that she feared she would be unable to do justice to this elusive aspect of his character which is, after all, the one that keeps his visions so unquestionably alive. We wanted this interview to shine a light on the tireless creator who lives within Frank, continuously expressing himself in a visceral, independently playful process that is seen in both the creation of Frank&apos;s work and the work itself. We will leave it to you to judge whether we have succeeded or not.And now, enjoy the interview!_____________________Related LinksWebsite | Instagram | FacebookSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 33 with Frank Gambino: Artist & Art Tutor

Artista Digital | ProgramadorYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Para nadie es un secreto que el mundo de las artes se ha estado movilizando con mayor determinación de los escenarios tradicionales a los virtuales en los últimos años. Músicos, actores, bailarines, performers, poetas, escritores y artistas plásticos, han comenzado a explorar la infinita potencialidad de la comunicación digital global comprendiendo que esta ofrece nuevas dinámicas expresivas, nuevos lenguajes, nuevos lugares de encuentro y un sin fin de fascinantes nuevas interrogantes. Por esta y muchas otras razones, se hacia primordial darle la bienvenida al 2021 con un artista digital de lujo que pudiera iluminar cosas que aun no vemos claras en este sentido. Gorka Cortázar, nuestro invitado en esta edición de Metralla Rosa, es un experto en la consolidación de visiones a simple vista imposibles. Un artista pragmático y visionario en idéntica medida, y capaz de salirse de la caja para crear ingeniosas soluciones digitales que materializan sueños. Acostumbrado a trabajar en equipo y a asumir proyectos internacionales de gran escala, Gorka se ha especializado en los últimos años en la intervención de espacios públicos y privados en los que la gente ve alterada su percepción de la realidad gracias al efecto mágico que la iluminación tiene sobre los ambientes compartidos. Todos sabemos que la realidad no es otra cosa que un cúmulo de condicionamientos de la percepción, y partiendo de esta premisa todas las alteraciones de la experiencia que nos permiten expandir las fronteras de lo sensorial no sólo son absolutamente legítimas, sino que además pueden ayudarnos a desarrollar el nivel de conciencia que pacientemente espera por todos en algún lugar del futuro cercano.Gorka es un artista que propone la intervención de espacios reales y virtuales en los que lo real y lo virtual se encuentran, creando un discurso narrativo consistente y conceptualmente transgresor. Un artista que si bien tiene años de experiencia en la materialización de colaboraciones e intervenciones de proyectos arquitectónicos de gran envergadura, en el 2020, en plena pandemia, cuando todas las compañías productoras de eventos estaban en modo recesión, decidió lanzarse a la conquista de nuevos mercados con la creación de dos ambiciosas iniciativas de investigación y expansion de lo digital: Protean Powerhouse y Tecné Collective. Todos podríamos coincidir en que el Arte Digital es esencialmente conceptual, universal, progresista y futurista, ahora bien, si el medio es el mensaje, como decía el teórico de la comunicación Marshall McLuhan, ¿Cómo el progreso tecnológico que se avecina afectará el modo en el que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y el modo en el que contamos nuestras historias? El papel del arte digital no es cuestionarse lo posible sino desafiar lo imposible, por eso te invitamos a disfrutar esta conversación con Gorka Cortázar, un artista que no debes perder de vista si el futuro de las artes y las comunicaciones te intriga y te concierne. Enlaces relacionados:Protean Powerhouse | Tecné CollectiveFor further information, including links to anything mentioned by Gorka, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa websiteSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 32 con Gorka Cortázar: Artista digital y programador

Compositora | Pianista | Productora musicalYou can also watch this episode on Youtube where English, Italian and Spanish subtitles are available or visit the Metralla Rosa website for more details.Eliane es una super estrella de la escena musical de la ciudad de Londres. Llegó a esta gran capital para estudiar etnomusicología y se quedó porque a veces el amor y el odio se dan la mano, y porque lo que amas y lo que te ama terminan siendo dos caras muy simbióticas de una misma moneda. Activa, asertiva, deshinibida, vital y visceral, con su música Eliane amalgama y expresa todas estas cualidades y las expande a su enésima potencia. Sin miedo a señalar los defectos del sistema y sin dudar a la hora de tomar partido para mejorar lo establecido como norma sine qua non, desde muy joven asumió la dirección musical de proyectos ambiciosos y valientes como WARA, En El Aire, y Ely y La Evolución. Proyectos que llevan de distintos modos su estampa personal y que han generado mayor interés por el latido musical latino en este lado del mundo, contribuyendo con su difusión.Aunque nació y creció en Luxemburgo, en el seno de una familia en la que su madre – Caridad Correa – salía a trabajar y su padre – el mítico fotógrafo argentino Carlos Bosch – jugaba con ella en casa creando toda clase de terrorismos artísticos, pocas veces tendrás la oportunidad de conocer a una mujer mas cubana y mas representativa del caribe hispano que Eliane. Dicho esto, no esperes sin embargo, un encuentro cliché con un tipo de sabrosura tropical de libreto. En esta entrevista vas a enamorarte de una mujer llena de ímpetu, de talento, de determinación y de vocación transformadora, pero también única en su rebeldía y reacia a encajar en ningún formato de clasificación estereotipado. Siendo producto de una familia de humanistas combativos y progresistas, Eliane tiene sin duda posturas políticas que la convierten en la voz de una generación anti-paternalista y anti-imperialista, pero sobre todo anti-conformista.Carla y Eliane en esta conversación fluyeron como impetuosas olas del Mar Caribe. Sin miedo a abrir espacios para la polémica, hablaron de la Havana, de Buenos Aires, de Luxemburgo y de Londres. Hablaron de la música, de las luchas de género, de como vivir la experiencia multicultural con sensibilidad ética y del futuro de la música en tiempos de interacción artística online y de socialización virtual. Ambas dibujaron juntas el mapa de un mundo lleno de postales a color, memorias de infancia, sueños a futuro y cálida esperanza humana.¡Y ahora, disfruten la entrevista!____________________Más información:Enlaces relacionados:Website | Soundcloud | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | TwitterFor further information about this interview, including links to anything mentioned by Eliane, or to continue reading this text in Spanish, English and Italian, visit the Metralla Rosa websiteSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/metrallarosa)

Ep 31 con Eliane Correa: Compositora, pianista y productora musical

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