Milena Hachim is an eclectic illustrator who lives in Santiago, Chile with her rabbit. For the past several years she has devoted herself entirely to illustration and ceramic work. Everything she does is modeled, hand-painted but first of all drawn-this is how all her characters come to life.
Not owning many toys, she spent all day as a child drawing and making plasticine figures. Illustration therefore has always been a part of her life, surrounded by her mother’s comic books (“Disney Fantasies,” “Peanuts,” and “Babar the Elephant”) that over time influenced her stroke. Milo’s father, on the other hand, a school teacher, often frequented the finest bookstores, and she never missed an opportunity to accompany him to minutely observe all the picture books.
“I feel that I have not changed much in my favorite activities, I keep many objects and books from when I was a child. My hobby is going to flea markets to find treasures and old toys that inspire me, although my rabbit remains without a doubt my number one muse.”
What she likes most about her work with clay is that it allows her to experiment and materialize figures that she imagines and which then become physical pieces with an affective value.
Milena thinks that ceramics is similar to drawing because it involves several steps, the difference being that in ceramics the process is much slower and unpredictable. The moment after the kiln is her favorite because you can never know for sure what will come out of it.
His style is figurative he uses strong colors and the objects he makes are gentle and fun. Some pieces are real tools of everyday life (flower vases, jewelry boxes, or candle holders) but for the most part they are not, at least in the traditional sense, and their only use is perhaps to be beautiful.
Collater.al, together with BRILLO Magazine interviewed Jacopo Rosati, asking him to take sides in what is utopically a world in wahich there always seems to be only two contrasting elements to choose between. This or That?
– Noon or midnight?
Noon
– Venice Biennale or Vatican Museums?
Venice Biennale
– Coca Cola or Pepsi?
Coca Cola
– Easy Rider or Fast and Furious?
Easy Rider
– Batman or Spiderman?
Spiderman
– Zombie invasion or alien invasion?
Alien invasion
– Phone call or text message?
Text message
– Nostalgia or imagination?
Imagination
– A world in ceramics or that your ceramics can come to life?
A world in ceramics
– To be a child forever or to be 20 years old forever?
To be a child forever
– Being eaten by a shark or a tiger?
Tiger
– Screaming or whispering?
Whispering
– Flying or mind-reading?
Flying
– Full or empty?
Full
– NY or LA?
LA
– 00s or 10s?
00s
– Gen Z or Millennials?
Millennials
– Instagram or TikTok?
Instagram
– Apple or Samsung?
Apple
– Bates Motel or Overlook Hotel?
Overlook Hotel
– Iron or stone?
Stone
– Mozart or Metallica?
Mozart
– Angels or Evil?
Angels
– Federer or Nadal?
Federer
– Anarchy or law?
Law
-’70s or ’90s?
’90s
-Auction House or crypto art?
Auction House
-Win an Oscar or a Grammy?
Grammy
– Survive in Squid Game or Hunger Games?
Hunger Games
– Having a doppelganger or a talking dog?
A talking dog
– Tea or coffee?
Coffee
– Winter or Summer?
Summer
– Suv or Spider car?
Spider car
– A trip with a VolksWagen van or in an all inclusive hotel?
A trip with a VolksWagen van
– Cooking or Deliveroo?
Cooking
– Waking up early or going to bed late?
Going to bed late
Testo: Collater.al e BRILLO Magazine
