ISSUE2 - 1ON1 with F.M.7

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<div class="top">MacLean 17th floor, New Arts Journalism lounge</div> <div class="left"> <img src="img/poster.png" width="60%" height="auto"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">This study trip to Cuba seems interesting.</div> </div> <div class="middle"> <<button "Sign up for the study trip" "landed Havana">><<set $phone to true>> <<set $chat to true>><</button>> <<button "Maybe for next year" "2020">><</button>></div> <<set $instagramFollow to false>>

<div class="top">Havana, Cuba, January 2017</div> After a delay in the original flight timings and a few detours, we finally land in Havana. Everyone is assigned a host family to stay with, so the group splits up and goes to their individual houses. Just before we leave, Rachel Weiss announces the schedule for the next day at dinner and it includes visiting Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)--The National Art Schools of Cuba. <img src="img/Cuba01.jpg" width="98%" height="auto"> <div class="middle"> <<if $phone is true>> <<button "Check phone" "noInternet">><<script>> Dialog.setup("Instagram"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("nointernetInstagram").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>><</button>><</if>> <<if $chat is true>><<button "Chat with new host" "landed Havana">><<script>> Dialog.setup("balcony"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("chatwithHost").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>><</button>><</if>> <<button "Sleep" "visit ISA">><</button>> </div>

<div class="top">Chicago, United States,2017</div> In August of the same year you find out that Fabián, Mario and Eliane are visiting School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). F.M.7 will give a talk at SAIC and have a show in Pilsen, a neighbourhood filled with emerging art galleries. <div class="middle"> <<button "Go to the talk" "go to the talk">><</button>> <<button "Need to finish a report tonight" "2020">><</button>></div>

<div class="top">DuSable Bridge, Chicago, 2017</div> <img src="img/chicago.jpg" width="60%" height="auto"> <div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">What is the difference between making digital art in and outside of Cuba?</div></div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián:</div> <div class="content">To create digital art outside Cuba is something completely different and not in terms of quality because we know artists who are creating really great digital art without looking at their contemporaries. Cuba is a developing country with public access to the internet only for the last five years. The first difference is the access to programs for creating digital art even though they exist in Cuba it feels like a lie in contrast. </div></div> <<timed 8s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario:</div> <div class="content">On the island there are almost no laws against piracy, but for example in Holland you have to pay for these programs which is how it is in most countries, we suppose. In Cuba you don’t have to be a specialist in hacking into programs but outside while there is access to the internet there are a lot of restrictions in terms of rights of the creator and licensing.</div></div> <div class="ad"> YOUR AD HERE</div><</timed>> <<timed 13s t8n>><div class="middle"> <<button "What has your experience in Chicago taught you?" "What do you think of this journey in Chicago?">><</button>></div><</timed>>

<div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">What has your experience in Chicago taught you? </div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián:</div> <div class="content">This trip taught us a lot about the world outside of Cuba. We learned that this social platform, Instagram, was a vital tool for sharing art with a wider audience, especially for emerging artists to reach a wider and more international audience. The best part of having this account was that apart from being a place to show finished work, it also gave us the opportunity to show our work given our limited access to the internet. We just set up our official instagram account <span id="extend">[[FM7 (@f.m.7.group)|https://www.instagram.com/f.m.7.group]]</span>.</div></div> <<timed 8s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario:</div> <div class="content">Before this we were only able to show our work in galleries or pass it individually through PDFs. Day by day galleries are still elitist institutions and at times very conservative, but in our opinion, the internet with time is becoming one of the largest platforms for art distribution.</div></div><</timed>> <<timed 12s t8n>> <div class="ad"> YOUR AD HERE</div><</timed>> <<timed 15s t8n>> <div class="middle"> <<button "Follow them on Instagram" "followed">> <<set $instagramFollow to true>> <<script>> Dialog.setup("instagram"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("instagram").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>><</button>> <<button "Go to the show" "endof2017">><</button>></div><</timed>>

<div class="top">School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017</div> You are excited to see them in Chicago, and you attend their talk. <img src="img/chicago01.png" width="100%" height="auto"> <div id="work"> They talk their video work <<link "Rayas blancas y negras">> <<script>> Dialog.setup("Rayas blancas y negras"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("Rayas blancas y negras").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</link>>, <<link "Sol, Un arquero, Un Filósofo">> <<script>> Dialog.setup("Sol, Un arquero, Un Filósofo"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("Sol, Un arquero, Un Filósofo").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</link>> and installation work <<link "El Gran Contenedo">> <<script>> Dialog.setup("El Gran Contenedo"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("El Gran Contenedo").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</link>>.</div> When you go say hello at the end they suggest grabbing some donuts before their show. <div class="middle"> <<button "Go get donuts with them" "Eat donuts">><</button>> <<button "Meet them at the show" "endof2017">><</button>></div>

<div class="top">Conversation over Instagram, 2020</div> <div class="right"> <div class="content">I saw that you are part of the programming at hot wheelz. How are you? What have you been doing these days? </div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="content">We’ve started a new project called A week for an artist (AWA) on Instagram. Every week we give artists unlimited access to express themselves on the profile.</div></div> <<timed 3s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="content">It is in its experimental stages so we don’t know the outcome yet. It is primarily for cuban artists who are new to the world of the internet with unlimited access but a constraint of seven days. So we want to see how they make the app their own. We hope to cultivate an audience and encourage collaboration with other artists and projects. </div></div> <</timed>> <<timed 13s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="content">Hopefully it might even be possible to develop a physical connection with the participating artists since we haven’t met all of them in person.</div></div><</timed>> <<timed 15s t8n>><div class="middle"> <<button "Yeah, it does feel like..." "Yeah, it does feel like">><</button>></div><</timed>>

<div class="top">Conversation over Instagram, 2020</div> <div class="right"> <div class="content">Yeah, it does feel like newer spaces are being created rapidly to adapt to these circumstances. What about the impact on you directly?</div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="content">On a more personal level, when we were in Chicago we discovered how comprehensive and essential the internet is to human development. It’s not that this is news to us, it's just a very different experience. </div></div> <<timed 3s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="content">To come from Cuba, it was a shock to us to be confronted by a city full of glass and steel buildings, the scale and of course technology. Something so simple and common like paying by credit card is something new to us, because on the island it’s analogous and in cash. It was like stepping out of a bubble in which we have lived in since we were born. </div></div><</timed>> <<timed 13s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="content">Currently, many Cubans have mobile data on their phones even though it's very expensive, it's a way of trying to stay in touch with what is happening globally.</div></div><</timed>> <<timed 16s t8n>><hr> <div class="caption">TNL Team: Thank you for reading our interview with F.M.7. Please feel free to share this with your friends, press the like button on our instagram and subscribe to our newsletter for the most updated content of time-based art. </div> <<button "share">> <<script>>UI.share();<</script>><</button>><span id="noIcon"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theneulithium/" target="_blank" style="font-style: normal;"><<button "like">><</button>></a></span><<button "subscribe" "subscribe">><</button>><</timed>> <div class="caption"> Credits: Interview by Manisha AR, English version edited by Nicky Ni, Designed and Produced by Jiaqi Zhang, Images of Art Courtesy Fabián Alejandro González Escobar y Mario Sergio Álvarez</div>

<div class="top">Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, 2017</div> The people who give us a tour of the school share their phone numbers with us in case we want to ask them more questions about the school. They are Fabián Alejandro González Escobar and Mario Sergio Alvarez, the students from ISA. They are also founders and members of the Artist Collective F.M.7. <img src="img/Cuba02.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"> <div class="caption">There is someone playing an oboe in the building. The sound effect is amplified by the structure of the architecture.</div> <div class="middle"> <<button "Take a video">> <<script>> Dialog.setup("Recorded Video"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("video of the surroundings").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</button>> <<button "Walk downwards" "Walk downwards">><</button>></div>

<div class="top">Havana, Cuba, 2017</div> <img src="img/Cuba08.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"> The next few days, you visit many artist studios, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Chinatown, many private gallery spaces and the Museum of Revolution. <div class="middle"><img src="img/Cuba09.jpg" width="60%" height="auto" style="text-align:center;"></div> <div class="caption">Until 2019, access to private wifi in homes was illegal in Cuba. Before that people had to rely on more secret and undercover networks to access the internet. The image above shows people crowded on the pavement because the hotel has wifi. </div> While waiting in line to enter the Museum of Revolution, a man comes up to you and asks if you want an internet hotspot for 30 dollars. This is the end of the study trip. <div class="middle"> <<button "Fly back to chicago" "Fly back to chicago">><</button>></div>

<div class="top">Calle 17, Havana, Cuba</div> You get into a purple vintage Chevrolet from the 1950s. It makes a lot of creaking noises as you close the door. The engine purrs softly and driving above 40 mph makes the doors rattle. You enjoy the cool breeze from the ocean since you can’t really roll up the windows (the manual lever is broken). <img src="img/Cuba06.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"> You sit down for dinner at a street cafe while you wait for them to arrive. You’ve gotten used to not having access to Google maps, social media and continuous internet. They call when they arrive and you use landmarks to find each other. You climb many stairs to get to a rooftop bar, it’s a bit difficult after eating so much food. <div class="middle"> <<button "Enter the bar" "Enter the bar">><</button>> </div>

<div class="top">Rooftop Bar, La Habana, 2017</div> <img src="img/Cuba07.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"> <div class="caption">Image by @dwroesekejr</div> The place is crowded so you make your way to the rooftop outdoor section. Mario and Fabián order drinks for everyone. They bring a friend along, Eliane, who is a conceptual artist and goes to ISA as well. As you wait for the drinks to arrive, you introduce yourself and ask them questions. <div class="middle"> <<button "How do you know each other?" "How do you know each other?">><</button>> <<button "What inspired your art?" "What inspired your art?">><</button>></div>

<div class="top">Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, 2017</div> <img src="img/Cuba03.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"> The National Art Schools or the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte, established in 1976 and designed by Ricardo Porro, Roberto Gottardi and Vittorio Garatti. In 2011 the building, even though it remains unfinished, was declared a National Monument. More recently it has come to be known as the Instituto Superior de Arte and is said to be one of the most outstanding achievements of the Cuban Revolution. The school consists of five art schools: the School of Modern Dance, the School of Plastic Arts, the School of Dramatic Arts, the School of Music and the School of Ballet. You are curious about this artist collective. <div class="middle"> <<button "What media of art do you use in your work?" "What art media do you use in your work?">> <</button>> <<button "Walk outside" "Walk outside">> <</button>></div>

<div class="top">Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, 2017</div> <img src="img/Cuba04.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"> Previously a golf course, the space used to design the school was to become an integral part of the guiding design principles put in place by the three architects. So instead of demolishing it or making the land more even, it was integrated into the design. The other two guiding principles were: the use of locally found materials like terracotta tiles and an organic form of construction called the Catalan vault. The last two were largely practical decisions because the US embargo against Cuba, which started in 1960, had made the import of rebar (reinforcements steel) and Portland cement very costly. <div class="middle"> <<button "Keep walking" "tour end">><</button>> </div>

<div class="top">Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, 2017</div> <img src="img/Cuba05.png" width="100%" height="auto"> After the tour, along with a few people you decide to contact Fabián and Mario. They suggest meeting at a bar in downtown Havana. <div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario:</div> <div class="content">Do you want to grab a drink? We know a place. </div> </div> <div class="middle"> <<button "Go for a drink" "Go for a drink">><</button>> <<button "Go back to host house" "Go back to hotel">><</button>></div>

<div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">How do you know each other? </div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario :</div> <div class="content">We’ve known each other for 10 years. We met much before we started art school in Havana, San Alejandro. I remember back then we had a professor in common named Cueli who trained us between the ages of 14 and 15 to enter the Academy. At that time we weren’t very close but we started meeting more often in our final year. Unknowingly we had applied to the same place and we ended up spending more time together at Institute of Art.</div></div> <<timed 8s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián:</div> <div class="content">But this group never managed to carry out projects, perhaps because we were so young and our ideas were still disorganized, but it helped us strengthen our relationship and realize that we had many ideas in common and worked well as a team. For some time after that we worked individually but we were always the first to see each other’s work and offer comments on each other’s ideas.</div> </div><</timed>><<timed 13s t8n>><div class="middle"> <<button "Tell me the story of F.M.7." "What about the story of F.M.7?">><</button>> <<button "What inspired your art?" "What inspired your art?">><</button>></div><</timed>>

<div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">What inspired your art? </div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián: </div> <div class="content">We would say that we take our inspiration largely from cinema. On the international stage, video has lost the autonomy that it initially possessed and it has become increasingly easy to see works of high quality production, bringing it a lot closer to cinema. <span id="extend"> <<link "[read more]">> <<replace "#extend">>If there was one thing that defined the production of Matthew Barney, an icon of virtual art, is his intent to break boundaries between genres with his grand productions and the incorporation of other disciplines like audiovisual installations, sculptures, drawings as well as photographs. We realize this trend is not new to international audiences but it is not common in video art in Cuba.<</replace>> <</link>> </span></div> <<timed 8s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario: </div> <div class="content">Today the lines between what is video art, video clip, cinema are being blurred frequently from a Kanye West Video, or Léos Carax's first film “Boy Meets Girl,” or high-budget production videos from artists like Bill Viola to Omer Fast. In these videos the limit no longer matters, what matters is the message delivery in a form that is most effective.</div><</timed>> <<timed 13s t8n>><div class="middle"> <<button "Is there any artist that inspires you?" "Is there any artist that inspire you?">><</button>></div><</timed>>

<div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha</div> <div class="content">Tell me the story of F.M.7.</div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario:</div> <div class="content">In 2015, we participated in the 12th Havana Biennale where we realized our first project together ‘The Grand Container.’ In the months leading up to the event, it seemed impossible to find a crane and container to place them in the space and exhibit it as part of our piece, I mean we were only 20-year old dreamers but we managed it. We learned to fight until the very end and that nothing is impossible, as long as you push your ideas.</div></div> <<timed 8s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián:</div> <div class="content">A few years later, we formed the artist collective where we only produced work together. The name F.M.7 comes from combining our initials and the number something symbolic for us, it followed us around and let’s just say it tormented us until we made it a part of our world.</div></div><</timed>> <<timed 13s t8n>><div class="middle"> <<button "Is there any artist that inspires you?" "Is there any artist that inspire you?">><</button>></div><</timed>>

<div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">Is there any artist that inspires you?</div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario: </div> <div class="content">Currently there are many artists who we consider masters of film production, artists with a lot of knowledge about cinemogratographic codes. We would say Stan Douglas, Hans Op De Beeck, Dough Aitken, David Calerbout and Yang Fundong who in addition to being good producers, often urge viewers to be wary of alienation of the human being in reality. </div></div> <<timed 5s t8n>><div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">Can you give me an example of work you like by them?</div></div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián:</div> <div class="content">For instance Doug Aitken in “Electric Earth,” in his 9 minute 50 seconds video installation, places the human being at a crossroad with their relationship with social and natural spaces. Desert landscapes, industrial zones in ruins and the consequence of global media culture mark the places and key sectors that artists occupy. </div></div><</timed>> <<timed 9s t8n>><div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario:</div> <div class="content">Yang Fudong is another artist who includes people in search of themselves; reality and fiction come together in his works that constitute a very peculiar version of surrealism. Behind each scene, each individual motive and subtle gesture by actors are supposed to be images of the unknown and metaphors for life. One way or another the main interest of these artists is to show the perspective beneath the surface which often remains hidden.</div></div><</timed>> <<timed 16s t8n>><div class="middle"> <<button "Finish the drink" "Finish the drink">><</button>></div><</timed>>

<div class="top">Rooftop bar, La Habana, 2017</div> It’s getting late. You notice the crowd thinning around you. You ask for the check and then decide to take a stroll before getting a cab back to your host house. <div class="middle"> <<button "Go back to host house" "Go back to hotel">><</button>></div>

<div class="top">India, October 2020</div> During lock down, you are browsing through instagram. You see that F.M.7 is showing two of their works on Hot Wheelz Festival, a live art platform, run by Jill Perez and Lauren Steinberg. <div class="container"> <iframe class="responsive-iframe" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/461008426" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> Read more about <<link "La Jungla">> <<script>> Dialog.setup("La Jungla"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("La Jungla").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</link>> <div class="container"><iframe class="responsive-iframe" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/395659062" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> Read more about <<link "Croma">> <<script>> Dialog.setup("Croma"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("Croma").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>> <</link>> <<if $instagramFollow is true>> <div class="middle"> <<button "Message them on Instagram" "interview">><</button>></div> <<else>> <hr> <div class="caption">TNL Team: Thank you for reading our interview with F.M.7. Please feel free to share this with your friends, press the like button on our instagram and subscribe to our newsletter for the most updated content of time-based art. </div> <<button "share">> <<script>>UI.share();<</script>><</button>><span id="noIcon"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theneulithium/" target="_blank" style="font-style: normal;"><<button "like">><</button>></a></span><<button "subscribe" "subscribe">><</button>><</if>> <div class="caption"> Credits: Interview by Manisha AR, English version edited by Nicky Ni, Designed and Produced by Jiaqi Zhang, Images of Art Courtesy Fabián Alejandro González Escobar y Mario Sergio Álvarez</div>

<i>Croma</i> is a video that tells the story of twin brothers who have assumed the role of dominator and dominated. The dominator imposes his perception of reality on the other through VR glasses and immerses him in a situation he considers to be the true reality. Meanwhile the dominated allows himself to be manipulated, wanting it as it becomes a vice and a desirable way to live. The VR interpretations, over the course of the film, become increasingly blurred with lived reality which creates an ambiguity for viewers and the characters of the film. This confusion eventually seeps into the power roles between the twins. This is intended as a metaphor for the desire to control their own reality. To question the strategies of manipulating reality that has been established by those in power is one of the fundamental objectives of this piece. <i>Croma</i> tries to explore the notion of virtual reality and a suspicion syndrome within these spaces that defines contemporary society today.

<div class="top">Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, 2017</div> <div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">"What media of art do you use in your work?" </div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario:</div> <div class="content"><p id="text"></p> </div> </div> <<timed 9s t8n>> <div class="middle"> <<button "How would you describe your art?" "How would you describe your art?">><</button>></div><</timed>> /*javascript*/ <script> var i = 0; var txt = 'We work with different mediums like installation or public intervention, photography and new media. Our themes look for a connection between reality and virtuality, creating fictional and imaginary worlds where the individuals interpret them as if they were myths created by us.'; var speed = 50; function typeWriter() { if (i < txt.length) { document.getElementById("text").innerHTML += txt.charAt(i); i++; setTimeout(typeWriter, speed); } } typeWriter(); </script>

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<div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">What has your experience in Chicago taught you? </div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián:</div> <div class="content">This trip taught us a lot about the world outside of Cuba. We learned that this social platform, Instagram, was a vital tool for sharing art with a wider audience, especially for emerging artists to reach a wider and more international audience. The best part of having this account was that apart from being a place to show finished work, it also gave us the opportunity to show our work given our limited access to the internet. We just set up our official instagram account <span id="extend">[[FM7 (@f.m.7.group)|https://www.instagram.com/f.m.7.group]]</span>.</div></div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Mario:</div> <div class="content">Before this we were only able to show our work in galleries or pass it individually through PDFs. Day by day galleries are still elitist institutions and at times very conservative, but in our opinion, the internet with time is becoming one of the largest platforms for art distribution.</div></div> <div class="ad"> YOUR AD HERE</div> <div class="middle"> <<button "Take a selfie together" "followed">> <<script>> Dialog.setup("selfie"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("selfie").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>><</button>> <<button "Go to the show" "endof2017">><</button>></div>

You had a nice chat with the host on the balcony. <<set $chat to false>>

<div class="top">Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, 2017</div> <div class="right"> <div class="person">Manisha:</div> <div class="content">"How would you describe your art?" </div> </div> <div class="left"> <div class="person">Fabián:</div> <div class="content"><p id="text"></p> </div> </div> <<timed 11s t8n>><div class="middle"> <<button "Walk outside" "Walk outside">><</button>></div><</timed>> /*javascript*/ <script> var i = 0; var txt = 'Our work centers those who were born in the 90s, for whom identity has become blurry, identities that have become conditioned by foreign influences that have arrived each time with a considerable impact, modeled with a globalized image of man and driven by the desire for an improved economy.'; var speed = 50; function typeWriter() { if (i < txt.length) { document.getElementById("text").innerHTML += txt.charAt(i); i++; setTimeout(typeWriter, speed); } } typeWriter(); </script>

<div class="container"> <iframe class="responsive-iframe" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GkJxbGZdjeJdJkZE4metACi3m6XERKuS/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> You arrive at the apartment gallery in Pilsen. <<timed 13s t8n>> <<goto "2020">> <</timed>>

<i>La Jungla</i> is a tour through a 3D immersive space that is at once virtual yet life-like. Viewers are guided through a fecund space enclosed in an architecture at times, reminiscent of the abandoned art school buildings on the grounds of the Cuban National Art Schools (Instituto Superior de Arte).

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<div class="top">Havana, Cuba, January 2017</div> After a delay in the original flight timings and a few detours, we finally land in Havana. Everyone is assigned a host family to stay with, so the group splits up and goes to their individual houses. Just before we leave, Rachel Weiss announces the schedule for the next day at dinner and it includes visiting Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)--The National Art Schools of Cuba. <img src="img/Cuba01.jpg" width="98%" height="auto"> <div class="middle"> No Internet <<if $chat is true>><<button "Chat with new host" "landed Havana">><<script>> Dialog.setup("balcony"); Dialog.wiki(Story.get("chatwithHost").processText()); Dialog.open(); <</script>><</button>><</if>> <<button "Sleep" "visit ISA">><</button>> </div>

<img src="img/logo.png" width="60%" height="auto"> <h1>ISSUE2 - 1ON1 with F.M.7</h1> This interview was conducted by our communicator Manisha AR. The following events are based on experience she had in Havana and Chicago between 2017 - 2020. She will be leading you through the story. <div class="middle"><<button "Start the journey!" "story begins">><</button>></div>