Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez

palabras y todo lo demás

a little tribute to chatting, conversations, sharing stories, fears, celebrations, debate and everything else that contributes to human progress or expresses human life in all its diversity.

art

every like kills

there's too much longing for external acceptance and too little work on building oneself and spending time to know your own ground. Which kills what would potentially be the really important stuff - in art, innovation and elsewhere.

art

vida y sombra y luz y muerte

an allegory on my Mediterranean sea, on light, shadow, papermaking & the tragedy of troubled migrants.

art

variaciones del yo

variaciones del yo (variations of self) is a work that deals with meaning making, affections and identity in reaction to life around oneself.

art

lo que no está

Lo que no está, a collection about light, shadow, surrealism and what is not.

art

Slowing down with... Anna Lucia

A short interview with artist Anna Lucia.

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Slowing down with... Stefano Contiero

A short interview with artist Stefano Contiero.

opinion

Gianni Rodari, Khachaturian y el caos que llevamos dentro

Un alegato en favor de fomentar el aprecio por las artes como forma de entender qué nos importa realmente. Y algo de IA. // A plea to foster appreciation for the arts as a way to understand what really matters to ourselves. And some AI.

art

Slowing down with... Bas Uterwijk (Ganbrood)

A short artist interview with Bas Uterwijk / Ganbrood

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Slowing down with... Michael at LabelsOnHumans

A short interview with artist Michael / LabelsOnHumans

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Slowing down with... Shvembldr

A short interview with generative artist Shvembldr.

strategy

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (wake up, the voice calls us)

Digital services that are too easy and tailored liquidate difference; the constant flow of products liquidates our cycles. A provocation to rethink our rythms, the way we build products and the way we consume them. This is NOT a piece about filter bubbles (oh, please!). It goes well beyond that.

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Slowing down with... Mumu / MOON HMZ

A short artist interview with Mumu / MOON HMZ.

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Slowing down with... Nicolas Sassoon

A short interview with artist Nicolas Sassoon

art

Polycircles collection

A tour on the origins and presents of my polycircles collection.

strategy

A public response to The Guardian on the impact and challenges of NFTs

The majority of NFTs are traded in blockchains that don't have a significant environmental impact. And they represent a true opportunity for all to achieve a better redistribution of wealth and prosperity.

art

Slowing down with... SVADA

A short interview with artist SVADA

strategy

sho(r)ts: process vs. goals

Process vs. goals (execution vs. idea) is a non-debate. Both are important. You don't need to read the article, this is enough. But you can, it's very short (it's a shot!).

art

Recreating a recreation

Recreating what we do with advanced technology using less sophisticated means may help us understand how the technological advances actually expand our total range of capabilities.

art

Slowing down with... p1xelfool

A short interview with artist p1xelfool

AI

Portraits of emotions: a collection

A collection of works exploring human-machine emotional interaction, in the form of an article + 4 #cleannfts

art

Slowing down with... Orfhlaith Egan

A short interview with artist Orfhlaith Egan / @orlainberlin

music

Slowing down with... Stevie J Jones / 1x1

A short interview with artist Stevie J Jones / @1x1_NFT

art

Slowing down with... Bjorn Calleja

A short interview with artist Bjorn Calleja.

product strategy

About frictions: slowing down, or the art of the effort, or how streaming services degrade the joy of each single piece of content, or how art speaks human but technology per se does not.

We need to pause and reflect on how we experience the content we love. Baking the need for effort/friction into services increases the reward. Let's savour life and help others do as well.