“Flamenco guitarist, composer and Gran Gala Flamenco musical director Tati Amaya — great-nephew of Carmen Amaya — on returning to his family's Barcelona, why silence is the loudest sound on stage, and how a glance keeps a whole company improvising as one.”

“Barcelona sculptor Samuel Salcedo on trading canvas for iron and concrete, the memory held in rust, and why getting 'lost a little bit everywhere' is his creative method.”

“Barcelona painter Ernest Compta Llinàs on reinventing himself after the 2008 crisis, an expressive portrait style that arrived fully formed, and why every imaginary woman he paints is really a self-portrait.”