GUILLERMO ARANDA-MENA

a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric on to a backing. [mass noun] the art of making collages. a collection or combination of various things: a collage of musical genres. Origin, early 20th Century from French, literally 'gluing'. Conclusion:  "la vita è come un collage"   Guillermo Aranda-Mena © 2013

The month of youth is here. Already June 5 and I have not been able to come up with a blogpost worth a cent or two. I thought of a title for June such as Collage, Cityscape, Buildscape... but I think I'll leave those for later on and for the time being just mumble to myself on how much I have been enjoying Milano over the month and a bit I have been here. No other thing to report other than I got a couple of major events coming up in mid-June and late-June. Amongst other things I am hosting an international conference at the Politecnico di Milano to which I am the Co-Chair, Editor and Creative Director. For late June I am hosting an art exhibition with Hanka , my business partner,  who also happens to be my sister. Some interesting developments might pan-out from our Milanese incursions! http://hankagoesforawalk.blogspot.it/ Milano is a just great city, very old, trendsetting,  civilised, very chaotic,  rational, passionate, emotional and temperamental, also tidy, d...

May is here... and while the world was either resting at home or protesting on the streets, this last May 1st (Primero de Mayo) I was moving homes from Zurich to Milano, ITALIA. Do come back in a day or two.... while I get to "unpack" my first impressions of Milano. Saluti e buona fortuna! Guillermo Follow up: Nearly a week since my arrival to this thriving city and a little more settled. I made my move "south-the-border" on Wednesday May 1. I got a direct train from Zurich-HB to Milano Centrale after a nice farewell by my girlfriend and friends at Rio Bar . Thursday and Friday I finished setting up my studio-flat and other 'useless paraphernalia' such as domestic appliances, metro tickets, internet connection and so on. The process was surprisingly fast and smooth. For accommodation I got a flat which belongs the Politecnico di Milano ("la residencia Archi mede " here above). It is in a trendy 'Milanese...