Travel routines and intimate conversation: In bed with otvaal and cculdesacc
In bed with, an intimate conservation to invited guests about their travel routines, creative journey and connection to the hospitality experienced in Jardín Prim's guest rooms.
A few months ago we received the Russian art collectives otvaal y cculdesacctheir arrival was the result of a collaboration with one of our creative community members, xpan. We met with Blad, Cameron and Nikita in the lobby above Taverna; and we started warming up the conversation are their first outings in the city.
1. What would you like to dream today?
Blad: Whatever! We have a 14-hour flight in front of us and I would be very grateful to have a nightmare, an anxious dream... whatever!
Cameron: For me, if my dream was good, I would repeat it over and over again.
Nikkita: I would like to have some improvisation sounds like when you are about to fall asleep and you start to visualize some sounds, have some more abstract dreams!
2. With whom would you share a bed?
Blad: I would say Björk.
Cameron: Nicki Minaj!
Nikkita: I think Petrov Mamonov, he was a Soviet rock star who later became a monk, he was very cool and left his mark in many areas of culture.
3. What story would you like to see happen here?
Cameron: Something cultural, the other day on this very carpet some guys from otvaal and culdesac are here making music together...I think that says a lot about the space.
Blad: Yes, some improvisations, maybe something vocal. I don't know, for example, come back here and use more of the space like the stairs, the terrace! maybe something dj with a cigar, I don't know...
Nikkita: Yes! On the weekend I saw about a thousand weddings here, all staged and stuff, I'd like to see some of them.
4. What do you take away from this place?
Blad: Many experiences in general from the trip, it was my first trip in this part of the world. I left wanting to know more about everything, because Mexico has great stories about everything. I take with me enthusiasm to know more.
Cameron: Great, that defines my whole experience in Mexico it's a lot of things that happen in this country and you can't experience it all, you have to come back several times to this place to understand all its dimensions.
5. Finally, tell us a little bit about harcha, what is it about?
Cameron: For the project. Harcha we collaborated with otvaal. It was a kind of exploration of our own language with the help of the guys; they have an incredible vision of sound and a unique style of working. It was a pleasure, something unpredictable, an investigation. We didn't know where we were going to meet.
Nikkita: There really is a power in pushing ourselves to get ahead with our ideas because our friendship is not built by parties and things like that, but by constantly thinking with each other.
When we are together, we think we can do anything together, we don't limit ourselves to our own perspective. We don't think about how to do it, we just do it. We don't think about the school that we create....
Vinyl record Harcha, 2025
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