Gisela Colon's guest appearances

Gisela Colon

Dior Talks

Desert X AlUla Podcast

Dior Lady Art

Robin Morgan

Katy Hessel

Lita Albuquerque

Tracey Emin

Felicity Jones

Judy Chicago

Vicki Noble

Bharti Kher

Janette Beckman

Marinella Senatore

Sharon Eyal

Justine Picardie

Penny Slinger

Pamela Hanson

Nadim Karam

OwlTail

Welcome to the Dior Talks series themed around the 5th edition of Dior Lady Art and hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this year’s event, ten artists and collectives from around the world have participated in a game of metamorphosis by rendering the iconic Lady Dior handbag as a unique piece of art. Joining us on the podcast today is Gisela Colon, whose creative universe and spark comes from tapping into different geographic locations, from Puerto Rico, where she grew up, to the Californian desert and the whirling metropolis of Los Angeles, her adopted hometown. In this fascinating deep dive, the artist discusses the underlying concept of her two ‘Lady Dior’ bags, which are based on the Eastern philosophy of balance. “The concept of yin and yang, night and day, on complementary opposites,” as the artist puts it — as well as duality in the physical world, like Earth and outer space, and the past and the future. Inspired by the El Yunque National Forest tropical rainforest in Puerto Rico, Gisela’s ‘Amazonia’ take on the Lady Dior features a central green spheroid that, the artist says, emits a special energy imbued with the spirit of the “plants, animals, and the generations that lived before us.” Crafted from holographic iridescent leather, her spellbinding ‘Stardust’ Lady Dior channels the Space Age, the future, magic and intergalactic travels to the “wonders that lie beyond the Earth.” One of her biggest fantasies? Taking the Lady Dior to the moon.  Discover Gisela Colon’s creations : https://youtu.be/etbtVWFMIgA

Welcome to the Dior Talks series themed around the 5th edition of Dior Lady Art and hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this year’s event, ten artists and collectives from around the world have participated in a game of metamorphosis by rendering the iconic Lady Dior handbag as a unique piece of art. Joining us on the podcast today is Gisela Colon, whose creative universe and spark comes from tapping into different geographic locations, from Puerto Rico, where she grew up, to the Californian desert and the whirling metropolis of Los Angeles, her adopted hometown. In this fascinating deep dive, the artist discusses the underlying concept of her two ‘Lady Dior’ bags, which are based on the Eastern philosophy of balance. “The concept of yin and yang, night and day, on complementary opposites,” as the artist puts it — as well as duality in the physical world, like Earth and outer space, and the past and the future. Inspired by the El Yunque National Forest tropical rainforest in Puerto Rico, Gisela’s ‘Amazonia’ take on the Lady Dior features a central green spheroid that, the artist says, emits a special energy imbued with the spirit of the “plants, animals, and the generations that lived before us.” Crafted from holographic iridescent leather, her spellbinding ‘Stardust’ Lady Dior channels the Space Age, the future, magic and intergalactic travels to the “wonders that lie beyond the Earth.” One of her biggest fantasies? Taking the Lady Dior to the moon. Discover Gisela Colon’s creations : <a href="https://youtu.be/etbtVWFMIgA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/etbtVWFMIgA</a>

[Lady Art] Gisela Colon Talks Taking the Lady Dior to the Moon

Neville Wakefield leads listeners into the canyon surrounded by petroglyphs that mark the site for Desert X AlUla. He and Raneem Farsi stop off at On Parade by Nadim Karam, and learn that his parade of 30 sculptures is about “the power of nature.” Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim mixes rocks from his hometown of Khor Fakkan, UAE, with those of AlUla to make his colorful Falling Stones Garden. Gisela Colon says her iridescent, 25 feet-high, carbon fiber totem is at once masculine and feminine, futuristic and primal. “I'm trying to make something that is softer and different from the traditional masculine land art,” she says.

Neville Wakefield leads listeners into the canyon surrounded by petroglyphs that mark the site for Desert X AlUla. He and Raneem Farsi stop off at On Parade by Nadim Karam, and learn that his parade of 30 sculptures is about “the power of nature.” Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim mixes rocks from his hometown of Khor Fakkan, UAE, with those of AlUla to make his colorful Falling Stones Garden. Gisela Colon says her iridescent, 25 feet-high, carbon fiber totem is at once masculine and feminine, futuristic and primal. “I'm trying to make something that is softer and different from the traditional masculine land art,” she says.

Episode 2: With artists Nadim Karam, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim and Gisela Colon