Valencia: All Over the Place (Walks & Talks)

# GRAPA: Gallery for Rebel Artists & Political Art

Join Alexey for a guided visit to GRAPA's current exhibition spanning the world from Brazilian street art to indigenous crafts of Fiji.

Diogo Rustoff is a Brazilian street artist working with collage(s)
Meet Diogo
INFO: Across stark desert landscapes, curious beings emerge: a harpy eagle reclaiming what was taken, an artisan defending their craft, a photographer confronting the fragility of memory. Rooted in dystopia yet grounded in our present, this body of work asks what survives when the familiar disappears. “When fiction and dystopia cross the border and become reality, a new way of thinking and navigating the world becomes necessary.”

Mela Lutuvakula is a textile artist from Fiji redefining traditions
Meet Mela
INFO: Crudo ¨raw¨ is an entirely ecological art collection inspired by the Indigenous tradition of masi, each piece is made entirely from natural materials: a barkcloth crafted from the mulberry tree, pigments derived from plants, and smoke used to shape and mark the surface. These ancestral techniques carry generations of cultural knowledge, yet today they face increasing threats as climate change endangers both the communities who practice them and the environments that make them possible. Lutuvakula’s collection stands as both an artistic testament and an urgent call to protect vulnerable cultural traditions.

Follow THE GRAPA: The Gallery for Rebel Artists & Political Art

NYC has Fifth Avenue. Paris has Champs Élysées.
We got Gran Via de Marqués del Turia & Avenida de Regne de Valencia.
It's a leisurely circular walk perfect for your wellness resolutions!
Come discover the grand boulevards that run thru the city's historically luxurious neighborhoods (even though one of 'em was renamed after an anarchist for a bit).
A perfect Sunday-Upon-Winter activity!

We'll start & end at the intersection outside Bastard Coffee
The host will highlight a few curiosities along the way
You're also welcome to just wander along in peace
An afternoon for introverts, expats & fab "misfits"
We'll finish just in time for your brunch plans :)

This walkshop is free. The host will pass the hat at the end for welcome donations, but the point is to enjoy each other's company and the city.

Alexey is a storyteller who teaches criticism at Academy of Art University (San Francisco) and International Fashion Academy (Paris). In 2023 he was on the jury of CLEC Fashion Festival and had an art installation in the City of Arts and Sciences. He is also a host of Book Lovers Unplugged, a monthly literary open mic at the only English bookstore in Valencia, and a producer of @standupcomedyvalencia. Most importantly, Alexey is a fulltime Gemini with ADHD.

P.S. The cover image for this walkshop comes from a research paper "Local Development and Gentrification Resulting from the Rehabilitation of Singular Buildings: Analysis of Neural Networks" available HERE.

What is blasco and how often do you need to ibáñez?
What can we learn about/from Valencia's smartest street?
From Vivers to Cabanyal, it's about 3 km or a couple hours.
Perfect way to keep up with your wellness resolutions!

University! Stadium! Hollywood! Wait, what?!
Let's discover an avenue full of plot twists ...
To get back to city center you can take a bus, a train or the metro.

The host will highlight a few curiosities along the way
You're also welcome to just wander along in peace
An afternoon for introverts, expats & fab "misfits"

This walkshop is FREE. The host will pass the hat at the end, but the point is to enjoy every step and each other's company.

ABOUT THE HOST
Alexey is a storyteller who has taught at Academy of Art University (San Francisco) and International Fashion Academy (Paris). Since 2023 he's been on the jury of CLEC Fashion Festival in the City of Arts and Sciences, a host of Book Lovers Unplugged literary open mic at the only English language bookstore in Valencia, and the producer of @StandUpComedyValencia shows. Most importantly, Alexey is a fulltime Gemini with ADHD.

Comedy ExChange is a bilingual standup show with comedians joking in English or Spanish (and a little bit of Spanglish).
Comedy ExChange es un show bilingüe de monólogos standup con chistes en inglés y español (y un poco en Spanglish).

Jueves, 5 de Febrero| 🕰️ 20:00 | 📍 @la_batisfera de Cabanyal
Thursday, February 5 | 🕰️ 08:00 PM | 📍 @la_batisfera in Cabanyal

Not another "language exchange", por favor!
No es un intercambio de idiomas de tus padres!
A @standupcomedyvalencia & @comedyrocket_ co-production

Comedians/Comicos:
Julien Losa + Diana Lescut = English/Inglés
Chicho Rodríguez + Javier Ruiz = Castellano/Spanish

Price / Precio: 5 euros
Capacity / Entradas: 40 🪑 online
All tables are shared / Todas las mesas son compartidas

🎭 Valencia (English) Standup Scene 🌟 @standupcomedyvalencia
🎤 Are you a comedian? DM on Instagram for a spot! Debuts welcome.

@standupcomedyvalencia x @comedyrocket_ x @la_batisfera