This week on TezTalks Radio, host Brandon Langston reconnects with Bosque Gracias, the artist collective and residency built by hand in the forests of Patagonia by Rosio and Mariano. After years offline and a chance reconnection during lockdown, Bosque found a new creative chapter through Tezos. Now, one year later, we return to see how that chapter has unfolded.
🎙️ Our guest is Mariano, co-founder of Bosque Gracias, returning to reflect on how the residency has grown over the past year and how hosting artists continues to shape both the space and his own practice.
In this episode, we explore:
What it feels like, in hindsight, to reconnect to the internet after five years offline
- How daily rhythm changes when residencies fill an entire calendar
- Moments when forest, river, and weather quietly reroute creative work
- Unexpected collaborations sparked by Bosque’s pairing wheel
- Times when things broke down and improvisation led to meaningful outcomes
- How hosting others has revived parts of Mariano’s own artistic practice
- The story of the engraver living on a mountain island and what visiting her studio reveals
- The tension between growing the residency and protecting its soul
- What Mariano hopes artists feel on their first morning at Bosque as spring begins
