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.
Episodes
4 episodes
Sarah Theresa Lee: The Inner Archive — Intimacy, Fantasy, and a “Process with No Process"
Sarah Theresa Lee paints domestic scenes that feel like stage sets for the psyche: living rooms, bathrooms, and bedrooms where women, animals, and masked children share the same charged air—unsettling, off-kilter, and strangely familiar all at ...
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Episode 3
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47:09
Hydeon: Don’t Force the Magic — Alter Egos, World-Building, and Meditative Focus
Ian Ferguson—aka Hydeon—builds worlds where time folds in on itself: street‑level present, layered pasts, and speculative futures all coexist like screenshots from a game your childhood brain only half-remembers. In this episode of The Russi Hi...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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43:17
Frank Maresca: Legendary Eye — Fear, Instinct, and the Art of Looking
In the debut episode of The Russi Hive, Alejandra sits down with Frank Maresca, co-founder of Ricco/Maresca Gallery and one of the most influential champions of vernacular, self-taught, and outsider art of the last four decades.They trace ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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44:16