LaTurbo Avedon is an avatar and artist, working solely from the Internet. Their work emphasizes the practice of nonphysical identity and authorship. Over the past ten years they have explored the growing relationship between users and virtual environments. They create this body of work using the simulation tools of the current moment.

Italian director and performer from Treviso (Italy), Silvia Costa proposes a visual and poetic theatre nourished by a deep reflection on images. Alternating roles as writer, director, interpreter, and set designer, this protean artist crosses different aesthetic fields in a personal exploration of Theatre. Her creations are regularly presented in major Italian and international festivals.

Square Meters starts the second season welcoming the listeners into the studio of Thomas Sauvin, author of the project Beijing Silvermine. Since 2009, the French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin has salvaged discarded negatives from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing, negatives that were destined to destruction. His Beijing Silvermine archive, one of the largest archival projects in China, now encompasses over 850000 anonymous photographs spanning the period from 1985 to 2005, thus...

Square Meters is a sneak peek art culture podcast hosted by Alessandra Chiericato and produced by The Room Projects. In this second season, Alessandra introduces the listeners into the studio of nowadays artists and authors. From the description of their actual workplace to the designation of a potential one, the podcast offers a unique perspective from some of the most interesting people in the visual art scene, music, theatre, and art critic.

Square Meters ends its first season with a focus on The Room Projects. Talking about The Encyclopaedic Palace curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the role played by images in our research and curatorial practice, to finish with some thoughts around this podcast, Alessandra Chiericato lets you peek in our Room. This episode has been recorded at The Room Projects’ office located at VOLTAIRE, a shared workplace in the 11th neighborhood of Paris, France.

The seventh episode of Square Meters features the Spanish visual artist María Tinaut. Her artistic journey began as an abstract painter until she was admitted to the Fine Art faculty of Virginia Commonwealth University. There, she started experimenting with mediums, questioning herself about photography and reproduction. Starting with the description of her personal photocopy archive that she travels with since the American days, talking about the color blue has a source of constant...

The sixth episode of SQUARE METERS features the French Caribbean painter Alexandre Lenoir. After a life-changing experience in Casablanca, Alexandre found himself questioning his personal approach to painting in relation to his position in contemporary art. Starting by introducing Garance, one of his most inspiring collaborators, talking about the influence of people’s energy in his practice, to finish with the research of his true self while “digging” into the painting, Alexandre lets us...

The fifth episode of SQUARE METERS features the writer and visual artist Adrien Van Melle as its guest. For him, everything starts from a simple $1 notebook, in which a fragment of a conversation or a short story creates suggestions for a possible installation. Talking about an old mobile phone, about an orange chair stacked in a corner of his Parisian studio, to finish with the story behind a very cheap notebook, Adrien lets us peek into his creative mind. This episode has been recorded at...

The fourth episode of SQUARE METERS features the painter Dorian Cohen. Born in Paris in 1987, Dorian’s practice started with influences coming from public spaces, architecture, and urbanism. Looking for the juxtaposition between the beauty and the unsightly, the artist tries to reveal the pictorial potential of ordinary life through the codes of the classical figurative tradition. To start with the comparison of the white canvas to an unwritten page, then speaking about the use of red as a...

The third episode of SQUARE METERS features French painter Rebecca Brodskis. Born in France in 1988, Rebecca’s childhood was spent mostly traveling around the world. Her nomadic lifestyle has greatly influenced her practice, which led her to a deep fascination for human beings. Talking about the employment of an old Renaissance technique to prime the canvases, passing by the encounters she has during her daily commutes, to finish with the imminent relocation to Marseille to seek new vibrant...

The second episode of SQUARE METERS features sound artist Nicola Ratti. Born in Milano in 1978, Nicola has been active for years in the experimental fields. Since May 2015, he has been one of the founders and curators at Standards, an experimental sound research gallery located in Milano. Today he works as a musician, as sound director and sound technician with Romeo Castellucci–Socìetas, and as musician and sound designer with Silvia Costa. Talking about his first approach to music through...

The first episode of 'Square Meters' features the ceramic artist King Houndekpinkou as its first guest. Born in Montreuil in 1987, King's childhood in the suburbs of Paris was greatly influenced by the Japanese pop culture of the 90s, which led him to develop a fascination for Japan during his teenage years. For King, ceramics stood as a revealing material of the spiritual bond existing between the West African and Japanese cultures. This epiphanic discovery changed the course of his life and...