BEST OF Fresh Talk: Carolina Grau

Cathy Byrd Talks Art with Carolina Grau
Published August 6, 2012
This BEST OF Fresh Talk episode was recorded in Barcelona, home base for curator Carolina Grau's international practice.

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In Barcelona, Cathy Byrd speaks with Carolina Grau, an independent curator from Spain, who has created projects in London, Madrid, Lisbon, Sao Paulo and Paris. Carolina describes what she learned as a facilitator for Rachel Whiteread and the late Juan Muñoz; her curatorial residency at the Center for Contemporary Art, Noisy-le-Sec; the evolution of her work with Martin Creed (Cubitt Gallery and Tate Modern, London; Sala Alcalá, Madrid); and how locals get involved with the one-weekend D.I.Y. biennial she co-organizes with Mario Flecha, in the village of Jafre, Spain.

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz      
Photos: Courtesy the artists and Carolina Grau, except where noted     
Sound: Martin Creed, Thinking, Not Thinking

En Barcelona, ​​Cathy Byrd habla con Carolina Grau, comisaria independiente de España que ha creado proyectos en Londres, Madrid, Lisboa, Sao Paulo y París. Carolina describe lo que aprendió como facilitadora para los artistas Rachel Whiteread y Juan Muñoz, su residencia curatorial en el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo en Noisy-le-Sec, la evolución de su trabajo con Martin Creed (Cubitt Gallery y la Tate Modern, Londres; Sala Alcalá, Madrid); y cómo durante un fin de semana, la gente se involucra en la D.I.Y. bienal que co-organiza con Mario Flecha, en Jafre, España. 

Fresh Talk: Carolina Grau

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Conversations about Creativity in the 21st Century

In Barcelona, Cathy Byrd speaks with Carolina Grau, an independent curator from Spain, who has created projects in London, Madrid, Lisbon, Sao Paulo and Paris. Carolina describes what she learned as a facilitator for Rachel Whiteread and the late Juan Muñoz; her curatorial residency at the Center for Contemporary Art, Noisy-le-Sec; the evolution of her work with Martin Creed (Cubitt Gallery and Tate Modern, London; Sala Alcalá, Madrid); and how locals get involved with the one-weekend D.I.Y. biennial she co-organizes with Mario Flecha, in the village of Jafre, Spain. 


Sound Editor: Leo Madriz 
Photos: Courtesy the artists and Carolina Grau, except where noted 
Episode Sound: Martin Creed, Thinking, Not Thinking
 
En Barcelona, ​​Cathy Byrd habla con Carolina Grau, comisaria independiente de España que ha creado proyectos en Londres, Madrid, Lisboa, Sao Paulo y París. Carolina describe lo que aprendió como facilitadora para los artistas Rachel Whiteread y Juan Muñoz, su residencia curatorial en el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo en Noisy-le-Sec, la evolución de su trabajo con Martin Creed (Cubitt Gallery y la Tate Modern, Londres; Sala Alcalá, Madrid); y cómo durante un fin de semana, la gente se involucra en la D.I.Y. bienal que co-organiza con Mario Flecha, en Jafre, España.

Fresh TALK: Art Meets Food in Barcelona

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Cathy Byrd meets creatives at the intersection of contemporary art and food in Barcelona. Iranian-born Mariam Shambayati talks about her multi-media art project Moulinex-Me and the conceptual dinner parties she stages in the Food Cultura Museum. The anti-museum's founders Montse Guillén and Antoni Miralda have generated projects revolving around art and food for decades. They introduce their most recent collaboration, Off Menu—a series of fantastical events that offered a creative alternative to Alimentaria, Barcelona's annual culinary festival.

Sound Editor: Jay Agoglia | Photos: Courtesy of Moulinex-Me and Food Cultura Museum 
Art Meets Food sound bites: Moulinex-Me Cena3 dinner conversation; Disco Kitchen, Off Menu 2012

Cathy Byrd se encuentra en Barcelona con creativos de la intersección entre el arte contemporáneo y la comida. De origen iraní, Mariam Shambayati habla acerca de su proyecto artístico multimedia Moulinex-Me y de las fiestas y cenas conceptuales que se organizan en el Food Cultura Museum. Los fundadores del anti-museo Montse Guillén y Antoni Miralda  llevan a cabo proyectos de arte y comida desde décadas. Ellos presentan su colaboración más reciente, Off Menu, una serie de fantásticos espectáculosque ofrecieron una alternativa creativa a Alimentaria, la anual feria culinaria de Barcelona.

Fresh Talk: Nomad Studio, Barcelona

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In this episode, Cathy Byrd talks to a couple of creative nomads from Holland. Artist Iris Tonies and writer Arnout Krediet live on their boat in Port Veil, Barcelona, with their two children. They talk about how they made themselves at home, founded Estudio Nómada and became animators in the local art scene. The last week in May, they'll be projecting films on the mainsail of their boat during SCREEN, an annual city-wide video art festival.

Sound Editor: Jay Agoglia | Images: Courtesy Estudio Nómada and Cathy Byrd | Music: Oumou Sangare, Ah Ndiya

En este episodio, Cathy Byrd habla con dos nómadas creativas de Holanda. La artista Iris Tonies y la periodista Arnout Krediet viven con sus dos hijos en su barco, en el Port Vell de Barcelona. Ellos hablan de cómo se fundó el Estudio Nómada y cómo llegaron a formar parte de la escena artística local. La última semana de mayo, durante el festival SCREEN, proyectarán películas sobre la vela de su barco coincidiendo con el festival de vídeo arte que se da cita anual en la ciudad.

Fresh Talk: Antoni Muntadas

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Living and working in New York and Barcelona, Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas talks about the importance of language and the social body in the multi-media work he's been creating globally since the 1970s. His complex conceptual projects were featured in exhibitions in the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona earlier this year. 

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz
Sound: Muntadas, Stadium, 1988

El artista español Antoni Muntadas, que vive y trabaja entre Nueva York y Barcelona, habla de la importancia del lenguaje y el cuerpo social en las obras multimedia que ha ido creando a nivel mundial desde la década de los 70. Sus complejos proyectos conceptuales se presentan este año en exposiciones en el Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, y el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona.

Fresh Talk: Martí Guixé

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Ex-Designer Martí Guixé talks to Cathy Byrd about his concepts for Camper pop-up shops, food design and work as a recreational activity. 

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 
Photos: Imagekontainer/Knölke, except where noted. 
Music: Rechenzentrum, the John Peel Session