The English Bed by Guillermo Lorca, 2021, is an intrinsically unsettling oil painting that masterfully pulls the viewer into a strange, dreamlike world. At first glance, the scene feels almost like a dark fairy tale: a massive, luxurious bed wrapped in rich, heavy fabrics, where a young girl rests with absolute calmness while a huge, powerful leopard looms intimately right over her head. The initial impression might make you think the girl has somehow domesticated or tamed this wild creature. However, as you linger on the image, the quiet assurance in her eyes and the subtle, knowing smile on her face begin to completely shift the narrative. It forces you to stop looking at the leopard as a dangerous, external threat and instead ask a much deeper psychological question: What if this fierce apex predator is actually a physical manifestation of her own aura, her soul, or the wild, hidden part of her identity that she has not yet named? The mirror in the background, a third character in this scene, seems to hold the clue.
Lorca brings this haunting scene to life using chiaroscuro, a classical painting technique centered on intense, dramatic contrasts between bright light and deep, heavy shadows, heavily inspired by Old Masters like Velázquez and Rembrandt. By placing this pristine, safe domestic setting under such theatrical, high-contrast lighting, the canvas ceases to be just a bedroom and becomes a profound stage for the human psyche.
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Le Musée is proud to present Rys.Om, an artist defined by her deeply narrative approach to music. Masterfully weaving together genres from varying registers and global cultures, she treats each set not just as a mix, but as a rich storytelling medium. For this MuséeCast, Rys.Om delivers a deeply evocative sonic journey conceptually anchored in Guillermo Lorca’s masterpiece, The English Bed. Strikingly tense and atmospheric, the mix invites us to look past the canvas and question whether the looming leopard is an external force or a reflection of the girl's own unspoken shadow self and inner power. This set acts as an auditory expedition into the deep psyche, unlocking at the 3:24 mark to navigate the intense friction between strength, surrender, fear, and desire. Moving from slow, awakening mechanics through earthy textures and a Deleuze fragment on desire, the mix descends into a dark tunnel before rising into ancestral ritual dances. Ultimately, what reads as madness becomes a beautiful acceptance of her hybrid self, closing in a profound state of grace and liberating laughter where the taming is completely undone.
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Tracklist:
Neuronal Clock - Gasteropod
Tender Flames - WOJTEK
Aguas da Amazonia - Philip Glass x Concierto Para una Voz - Sound Unlimited Orchestra (Original Mix by RysOm)
Neuronal Clock - Gasteropod
Cabuya - Joaquín Cornejo
Yport - Alles Ablenkung
Planète Sauvage - MALADE § GOUPILE
Desert Rain - Seyde x Extract of Gilles Deleuze 1973 (Original Mix by RysOm)
No Fear - ele
The Animals We Didn't eat - Fabi Yond (Laaar remix)
Nfrt.Y.Ty feat Sunru - LUM
Adimiz Miskindir Bizim - Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra
Samba Em Prelúdio - Vinicius de Moraes (Dr Parnassus Edit)
Wayu - Nato & Sahalé
Nostalgia - mimikri & iorie
Mond - Thea & Schtu
Vespera - Ektoplast & Nada
Where is my mind - Silentology & Nijland & Gerstenberg
Long Dark Tunnel - Landhouse
Dream for Dreaming - Laaar
La Danza De Las Abuelas - Xtis & Kapchiz
Elle, Dani... - Léna C.
Attendez un Moment - Few Lab
Dança-Poesia - Vanessa Moreno
bern - ali dada (chöko aba RMX)
Too Close - Dandara & Arutani (Lories Pink Glasses Mix)