In 2010, I sat down with Luis Cerveró, one of the founding partners of CANADA—a creative production company born during turbulent times. Founded in 2008 amid the global financial crisis, CANADA began as a small collective of directors united by a singular mission: to connect with audiences through meaningful, meticulously crafted films.

A former punk musician turned sonic architect. Three performances in a church — one with a double bassist, one with the full Detect Ensemble, one bridging into AFAR's live set. Acid Pauli at Detect Classic Festival 2025 was something rare: music born in the moment and cherished just as fleetingly.

Nika Neelova seals her own tears inside glass sculptures that will dissolve in air. She carves roses from shark teeth millions of years old. She salvages bannisters from demolished houses and carves them into the symbol for infinity. She calls all of this reverse archaeology — bypassing the straightforward to find what the material already holds. The Lacrymatories in UMBRA, Paris, have been disappearing since September 2024. That is not a metaphor. It is the actual thing it describes.

Today, we’re speaking with Malagüera a multidisciplinary artist originally from Santiago de Chile, now based in Berlin, whose work fluidly bridges theater, music, and electronic performance.