Gucci Podcast

What can emerge from a period of confinement? One answer is Rat Hat—a crochet brand handcrafting vibrant creations. Alicesofia Navarin began it during lockdown when she craved new creative stimuli, and soon a hobby turned into a slow fashion production that encompasses her whole family. In this episode, host Shahida Bari talks to Alicesofia to discuss her home-grown fashion startup, which has created a limited-edition capsule collection of hats exclusively for Vault.Vault is the experimental online store expanding the narrative of the House. Through a careful curation of rare vintage Gucci finds alongside exclusive capsule collections from noteworthy brands, it becomes a meeting place where an impossible conversation becomes an inevitable one. To reveal a few facets of this ongoing dialogue on Vault, the Gucci Podcast sits down with the contemporary creators featured on the virtual shelves of the concept space.

On this episode dedicated to Vault, host Shahida Bari talks to Alex Olson, founder of the brand Bianca Chandôn, which collaborated with Vans on a capsule collection pondering the stars. With the collaboration as the jumping off point, the conversation delves into the eclectic influences from which Alex pulls to render Bianca Chandôn so distinctive. Vault is the experimental online store expanding the narrative of the House. Through a careful curation of rare vintage Gucci finds alongside exclusive capsule collections from noteworthy brands, it becomes a meeting place where an impossible conversation becomes an inevitable one. To reveal a few facets of this ongoing dialogue on Vault, the Gucci Podcast sits down with the contemporary creators featured on the virtual shelves of the concept space. 

In this episode, award-winning writer and activist Raquel Willis speaks with actor and artist Amandla Stenberg. They sat down together during 22 For ’22: Visions For a Feminist Future, a project of by The Meteor in partnership with Gucci’s Chime For Change. The event brought together 22 activists, artists, and leading voices to share their visions for a gender equal future. Raquel and Amandla discuss the fight for gender liberation, the importance of protecting and defending trans and non-binary youth, and embodying your true self. Follow @gucciequilibriumMusic: 'Workaround Seven' by Beatrice DillonSelected by C2C Festival

For the third and final installment of Vault Art Space’s exhibition and auction entitled ‘The Next 100 Years of Gucci,’ host Rowynn Dumont sits down with Luke Whyte from SuperRare Magazine to discuss how NFTs and Web3 have transformed art collecting. Recorded live on Twitter Spaces, artists Alex Trochut, Pindar Van Arman, and loudsqueak join in on the conversation to share their experiences in the shifting landscape, particularly how they are able to better connect with their collectors and community. Discover more of the creativity exhibited on Vault Art Space here.Music: 'Anti Chessst' by Proc FiskalSelected by C2C Festival

Opening in March of 2022, ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear’ is the first major V&A exhibition to celebrate the power, artistry, and diversity of masculine attire and appearance. The show traces how menswear has been fashioned and refashioned over the centuries, and how designers, tailors, and artists – as well as their clients and sitters – have constructed and performed masculinity, unravelling it at the seams.This special episode features a conversation between Creative Director Alessandro Michele and Alexander Fury, the Fashion Features Director of AnOther Magazine and menswear critic of the Financial Times. Recorded at the V&A, the two discuss how Alessandro Michele’s work has shifted modern perceptions of fashion, especially the different ways of being a human. To follow, Hamish Bowles, Editor in Chief of The World of Interiors magazine and Global Editor at Large for Vogue, talks with the show’s co-curators, Claire Wilcox and Rosalind McKever. Together they recount the exhibition's rooms which display iconic looks by legendary designers and rising stars alongside historical treasures and acclaimed artworks.Discover more about the ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear’ here. Hamish Bowles’ first issue as Editor in Chief of The World of Interiors magazine, which includes a special feature on the exhibition, is out now. 

A nomadic space and platform for multidisciplinary experimentation, exploration and discussion, SPAZIO GRIOT recently inaugurated its first exhibition in Rome, sponsored by Gucci. In the new episode of the Gucci Podcast independent curator and cultural producer Johanne Affricot and by Céline Angbeletchy, an editor, artist and music producer known by the stage name EHUA present SPAZIO GRIOT. Together, they discuss the recent exhibition ‘SEDIMENTS. After Memory’ and talk to Autumn Knight—an interdisciplinary artist whose work is featured in the exhibition.SPAZIO GRIOT's summer programming will run until September 2022.Music: 'Grey Eye' by Patrick BelagaSelected by C2C Festival

Spazio nomadico, piattaforma di sperimentazione multidisciplinare ed estensione fisica di GRIOTmag, Spazio Griot nasce con la volontà di amplificare le voci sottorappresentate e marginalizzate nel panorama artistico e culturale italiano e internazionale. In occasione di “SEDIMENTS. After Memory”, mostra che apre la programmazione artistica estiva di Spazio Griot, la curatrice e produttrice culturale indipendente romana e direttrice artistica dello spazio Johanne Affricot racconta la mostra insieme all’artista Christian Offman, tra i protagonisti dell’esposizione. Esplorando e approfondendo il significato dell’opera presentata dall’artista, la conversazione tocca temi importanti, come cittadinanza e appartenenza. Visita “SEDIMENTS. After Memory”: la mostra, sponsorizzata da Gucci, è aperta al pubblico fino al 4 settembre 2022, presso i padiglioni 9a e 9b del Mattatoio a Roma.Musica: ''Grey Eye' di Patrick BelagaSelezionata da C2C Festival

In many ways ushering in the future of art, the rise of NFTs has expanded the playing field for artists, especially those who are digitally focused. As a spotlight and a platform created through a partnership between Gucci and SuperRare, Vault Art Space further explores these opportunities within Web3. In occasion of Drop II of ‘The Next 100 Years of Gucci,’ exhibition, artist, philosopher, curator, and writer Rowynn Dumont hosted a conversation alongside Luke Whyte from SuperRare Magazine on Twitter Spaces. Artists Alexis Christodoulou, Jordan Schiffer, Pet Liger, Tyler Spangler, VEXX, and YEAHYEAHCHLOE joined the discussion, sharing how NFTs have opened up new opportunities for their practices. Discover more of the creativity exhibited on Vault Art Space here.Music: 'Anti Chessst' by Proc FiskalSelected by C2C Festival

Created in collaboration with Talk Art, this special episode of the Gucci Podcast celebrates ‘Shifting Intimacies,’ an exhibition by visual artist Andrew Moncrief sponsored by Gucci to generate conversations about what masculinity and identity mean in 2022, through the prism of our men’s universe.Influenced at an early age by a rigid and immobile interpretation of masculinity, Andrew’s work explores depictions of the male identity, questioning idealism, queerness, and representation. The Canadian artist, now based in Berlin, questions masculinity and the representation of queer bodies in his surreal and powerful canvases inspired by existing images, reworked as collages where colors and shapes intermingle. Hosted within Gucci’s Saint-German boutique, the exhibition, comprising a series of paintings featuring five queer Berlin personalities wearing pieces from the Gucci Love Parade collection, ran during Paris Fashion Week in June 2022.Music: 'Remolinos' by Sara BertsSelected by C2C Festival

Expanding the narrative of the House, Gucci’s experimental online store inaugurates its very own platform to view and collect NFT artworks from contemporary creators. Through a partnership between the House and SuperRare, Vault Art Space launches its first exhibition and auction entitled ‘The Next 100 Years of Gucci.’ To celebrate the first of three drops, artist, philosopher, curator, and writer Rowynn Dumont hosted a conversation alongside Luke Whyte from SuperRare Magazine on Twitter Spaces with illustrator An Chen from Taiwan, 3D artist Sasha Katz based in Athens, painter Alanna Vanacore living in New York, experimental artist Dārta Katrīna from Latvia, and interdisciplinary artist Kris Andrew Small based out of Sydney, Australia.Discover more of the creativity exhibited on Vault Art Space here.Music: 'Anti Chessst' by Proc FiskalSelected by C2C Festival