The Russi Hive
The Russi Hive is a podcast about creativity—unfolding in conversations with expected and unexpected people; not only artists, but anyone with a practice, a system, or an obsession that shapes how they think and live.
Presented by Ricco/Maresca and hosted by Alejandra Russi, The Russi Hive is filmed and recorded in the gallery’s New York City space. This show is a place for those drawn to the unseen mechanics of making, the inner weather reports, invented languages, and the way an idea arrives at the "wrong" time and still changes everything.
The Russi Hive
Latest Episodes
Creative Dispatch 2: The Thursday Machine — Nothing Happens. Then the Work Begins (Bonus)
In the second of three late-summer Creative Dispatches closing Season 1 of The Russi Hive, Alejandra moves from the thrill of launching a project to the stranger, less glamorous reality of keeping it alive.Dispatch 2 begins with anticlim...
Creative Dispatch 1: The Spark — Perfectionism, an Imaginary Assistant, and Doing the Obvious Thing
In the first of three late-summer Creative Dispatches closing Season 1 of The Russi Hive, Alejandra rewinds to the podcast’s private prehistory—the research labyrinth, the tug-of-war between desire and avoidance, and the self-hacking required t...
Gallerinas: A Beginner’s Reality Check — Chic Illusion vs. Clockwork Machine
For the last interview in Season 1 of The Russi Hive Podcast, Alejandra turns the mic toward the team behind Ricco/Maresca, the Chelsea (NYC) gallery where the podcast was born, sitting down with Suzy Bucky and Chloe Kohlhoss for a loose, funny...
Natalie Crist: Ecosystem Builder — Bloom, Decay, and Designing for Awe
In Episode 11 of The Russi Hive Podcast, Alejandra sits down with landscape designer Natalie Crist for a conversation about gardens as sensual, unruly worlds—places where beauty, ecology, pleasure, and human intention are constantly negotiating...
Alejandro Triana: Dude with the Oud — Passion, Place, and Playing Between the Notes
In Episode 10 of The Russi Hive Podcast, Alejandra sits down with Alejandro Triana—her nephew, almost-sibling, and the musician behind Dude with the Oud—for a conversation about obsession as creative fuel, the worlds we build as children, and t...