In this episode, I talk with two amazing art models I've already had the honor of drawing in online sessions: Claudia Avila and Vanessa Montoya.  In August 2026, they created a challenge for art models called "Movi miento de modelos" (Art model movement).

The intention of this project is to remember their foremothers, models who came before them, and reflect on the history of art models and their valuable contribution to the art world. Let's be honest: It's hard work to inspire.

29 models were invited to reflect each on one model of the past and create their own artistic video-based piece of art. These videos were posted on social media, and the artistic community around these two incredible humans was invited to sketch and paint from these incredible pieces of inspiration. (You can see the work done here: Instagram @movimientodemodelos  .)

The final act of the project was a spectacular life drawing marathon where all models participating posed for 15 minutes. (The cover art of this podcast is from the marathon, by the way; @emilymetalskin representing Luisa Casati.)

Have a listen to what these fabulous artists and models have to say.

About Claudia Avila:
Claudia (she/her) from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is an art and fashion model, a content creator, and visual artist. Claudia's work as a model and activist is all about body diversity and inclusivity. 

About Vanessa Montoya
Vanessa (she/her), from Mexico City, is a historian, art model, and cultural manager. She is the founder of "La Postura" (magazine) and a member of the Art Models in Resistance Movement, a collective dedicated to the dignification and recognition of the work of art models.

If you want to get in contact with them or just spy a little on their work and leave some likes and encouraging words, you can find them here: 

Claudia on Instagram: @claudia_fineartmeodel

Vanessa on Instagram: @vanessamontoya_modelo

Homepage: https://revistalapostura.com/

We had the pleasure of being translated by the artist and language geek Rebeca Chacon (Mexico City). Instagram: @ciclopebizzco

Thanks, dear listeners, for spending time with us. Please like, share and subscribe to help us grow this channel.

If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

You can find me here:
Email: [email protected]
Insta: @siriberlin
Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

In this episode, I met the smart and wonderful Maike Tödter (she/her) from Dresden. She is a multifaceted queer sex educator with a background in cultural science and performance art. 

Maike connects ideas and practices of sexuality and performance art and teaches in workshops and individual sessions how to create your best sex life. She considers fun and play as crucial factors for learning.

If you want to contact Maike you find her here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexeck_sexualberatung/

Homepage: https://www.sexeck-sexualberatung.de/

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If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

You can find me here:
Email: [email protected]
Insta: @siriberlin
Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

In dieser Episode treffe ich den wunderbaren Alexander Hahne (er/ihm) aus Hamburg. 

Alexander arbeitet als Referent für sexuelle Gesundheit für trans und nicht-binäre Menschen, Sexological Bodyworker und als Begleiter für Körperwahrnehmung. Außerdem ist er leidenschaftlicher (Butoh) Tänzer.

Alexander schreibt auch über seine Arbeit rund um Körper und Sexualität. Am 06.11.2024 erschien gemeinsam mit Daniel Holtermann das Buch „Männlichkeit (ver)lernen. Anleitung zur Selbstverantwortung.“. 

In dieser Episode diskutieren wir über Männerbilder, Ideen von Männlichkeit und was hilfreich sein kann, um als Individuum und Gesellschaft zu vielfältigen, positiven und zukunftsfähigen Männlichkeiten zu kommen. Das klingt doch spannend...

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Alexander freut sich über Kontaktaufnahme über seine
Homepage: www.alexanderhahne.com
oder Instagram: @alexander_hahne

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Hier der Link zu Alexanders Materialkarten zu "Was ist eigentlich eine Transition?"
https://www.edition-assemblage.de/buecher/was-ist-eigentlich-eine-transition/

Und zum Buch: "Männlichkeit (ver) lernen. Anleitung zur Selbstverantwortung."
https://unrast-verlag.de/produkt/maennlichkeit-verlernen/

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Weitere interssante Videos und Buchempfehlungen zum Thema Männlichleit
(engl.)

Bücher erwähnt im Podcast:

JJ Bola:  Mask off. Masculinity Redefined
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46168330-mask-off
(gibt es auch auf Deutsch)

Amara Charles: The sexual practices of quodoushka
https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/the-sexual-practices-of-quodoushka-9781594773570

Videos erwähnt im Podcast:

PATRIARCHY, TOXIC MASCULINITY and MISOGYNY Part 1 : the psychology and belief structure.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTZFH0XdZVo ???

Oppressor to ally: a spectrum of TOXIC MASCULINITY. Patriarchy series Part 2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yu5Lk4ix3A

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In this episode I meet the wonderful Alexander Hahne (he/him) from Hamburg. 

Alexander works as a sexological bodyworker and somatic counselor (body awareness). He is also a passionate (Butoh) dancer, sexual health speaker for trans and non-binary people. 

Alexander also writes about his work around body and sexuality. On 06.11.2024 the book “Männlichkeit (ver) lernen. Anleitung zur Selbstverantwortung.” was published which he co-authored with Daniel Holtermann.  

In this episode, we discuss images of men, ideas of masculinity and what can be helpful to achieve healthy, positive and sustainable masculinities as individuals and as a society.

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Alexander is happy to be contacted via his 
Homepage: www.alexanderhahne.com 
or Instagram: @alexander_hahne

Thanks, dear listeners, for spending time with us. Please like, share and subscribe to help us grow this channel.

If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

You can find me here:
Email: [email protected]
Insta: @siriberlin
Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

In this episode you meet Maria (she/her), a creative, smart and funny human being and librarian who loves baking, conventions and reading. 

I met Maria in Linköping - my new hometown in Sweden. A shared friend introduced us during Linköping pride week while talking about queer flags.

Maria identifies as asexual and aromantic, which translates as having little to no longing for sexual or romantic relationships at all. 

In this episode we talk about how it feels to be asexual and aromantic, misconceptions about both and what romantic / sexual people can learn from humans who question and live beyond the usual stereotypes. (I might even be inspired to do a workshop on this :-))

If you want to learn more about asexuality Maria and I recommend this book:
"Ace. What Asexuality reveals about Desire, Society and the meaning of sex"
by Angela Chen

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Produced by: Siri Berlin, Artist & Sex Therapist

Thanks, dear listeners, for spending time with us. Please like, share and subscribe to help us grow this channel.

If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

You can find me here:
Email: [email protected]
Insta: @siriberlin
Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

I am full of joy presenting you my most recent recorded podcast episode with Liliana Velásquez (she/her), an exciting and very much alive human being I met in Berlin’s live drawing, comedy, and burlesque scene. 

There are so many words which describe Liliana and all she does and creates in her life. Some of them are : a Colombian woman, a New York rebel, a Miami brat, a Goddess, a Fetishist, a Switch Witch, a Dominatrix, an Actress, a Dominanny, a Comedian, a Doula...

In recent years she quit compartmentalizing aspects of herself, feeling at the age of 47 the abundance of creative outlets, multiple interests, and a plentitude of experiences. 

All aspects of her work are connected through a sense of activism to better the situation for people assigned female at birth as well as queer and multicultured people. 

One of her babies is the comedy show „Time to shine“ she runs with Terry Saunders, which opens a (comedy) stage to normalize kink and sex work.

If you want to work with Liliana you can contact her through her homepage: www.ladios.me

Instagram:
@godess_ladios
@ladios_v
https://www.timetoshinekink.com/


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Produced by: Siri Berlin, Artist & Sex Therapist

Instagram:
@siriberlin
Art: www.siriberlin.de
Sex Therapy: www.thehappysexologist
All of me: www.sirisundin.com

Thanks, dear listeners, for spending time with us. Please like, share and subscribe to help us grow this channel.

If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

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Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

(English below)
In diese Podcast spreche ich mit der wunderbaren Beckenboden-Physiotherapeutin und Sexualberaterin Sarah Panzburg. Sarah beschreitet neue Wege, indem sie mit viel Achtsamkeit, Consent (Einwilligung) und Einfühlungsvermögen Räume für Menschen und Themen rund um Vulva, Vagina und Beckenraum schafft.

Ich hab Sarah währen einer Ausbildungswoche zum Thema Sexualtherapie kennengelernt. Sie ist eine tolle Bodenständige, lustige Frau zum Pferde stehlen, die zudem Sensitivität und viel Einfühlungsvormögen mitbringt.

Sarah kommt aus Münster und arbeitet in eigener privater Praxis sowie auch online.
In ihrer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung des Körpers darf Schambehaftetes und Schmerzliches an die Öberfläche kommen und kann so heilen.

Würdest Du gerne jemandem wie Sarah begegnen, wenn Du Themen, Probleme, Schmerzen im Beckenraum hast?
Hier kannst Du mit Sarah in Kontakt treten:
https://www.sarah-panzburg.de/
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In this podcast, I talk to the wonderful pelvic floor physiotherapist and sex counselor Sarah Panzburg. Sarah is breaking new ground by creating spaces for people and topics around the vulva, vagina and pelvic area with a lot of mindfulness, consent and empathy. 

I got to know Sarah during a week of training in sex therapy. She is a great down-to-earth, funny woman who also brings sensitivity and a lot of empathy to the table. 

Sarah comes from Münster and works in her own private practice as well as online.
Her holistic approach to the body allows shame and pain to come to the surface and heal. 

Would you like to meet someone like Sarah if you have issues, problems or pain in the pelvic area? 
You can get in touch with Sarah here:
https://www.sarah-panzburg.de/
(For now Sarah works in German, only.)

Thanks, dear listeners, for spending time with us. Please like, share and subscribe to help us grow this channel.

If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

You can find me here:
Email: [email protected]
Insta: @siriberlin
Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

For this episode, I had the pleasure to talk to facilitator, witchcraft and ritual creator, and photographer Charlyne, who founded "The Occult Therapy“. 
I got to know them over a friend who is their client and was talking about her experiences in such a fascinating way that I wanted to meet Charlyne.

On Charlyne’s own journey of learning and practicing body piercing, rope suspension, and also performing with these elements on stage, they reconnected to spirituality and found profound access to their own healing. Fascinated by these findings, Charlyne started to share these gifts as a full-time job.

By allowing the dark into our lives we can rewrite our own stories and become the empowered humans we are supposed to be. "Find your light through the darkness. Bleed, surrender, embrace the pain, release." writes Charlyne.

Charlyne lives and works mainly in Berlin and identifies as non-binary. They use different pronouns (they/them/he/she) according to the situation.

You can find out more about Charlyne's services here:
https://theocculttherapy.com

Recorded by Siri Berlin
Siri on Insta
Siri's art on Insta

Thanks, dear listeners, for spending time with us. Please like, share and subscribe to help us grow this channel.

If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

You can find me here:
Email: [email protected]
Insta: @siriberlin
Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

For this episode, I met with the incredible life drawing hosts from the Berlin-based sessions called "Sketcherei" - Liana Gilman and Alexandra Rudneva. Their (now online) events are always fun and diverse and leave a lot of space for the self-expression of the model - and of the sketching artists.

The goal of Sketcherei is to connect artists - sketchers and performers - around the globe. The focus of every session is catching the motion and dynamic of the human body, but Sketcherei always has performance at the heart of everything. Coming from a Russian art background hostile to non-academic artists, Alexandra and Liana were keen to create a community for artists of all kinds to enjoy the drawing process.

If you like to get a glimpse of how much thinking and creation can be behind an online life drawing session - or if you just would like to know what two passionate Russian women are doing in Berlin - this episode is for you.

Cheers!

Sketcherei:
https://www.instagram.com/sketcherei/
https://www.facebook.com/sketcherei/

Alexandra
https://www.barsketcher.com/
https://www.instagram.com/barsketcher/

Liana
https://www.instagram.com/liana.gilman/

People we talked about you can support directly if you like:
Berlin Strippers Collective
Yulia Tsvetkova


Recorded by Siri Berlin
Siri on Insta

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If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

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Email: [email protected]
Insta: @siriberlin
Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

Have you always been interested in what it is like to be naked in front of people who look at you constantly? For 2 hours? Are you interested in what is going on in the head of an art model before during and after a session? Then this episode is for you.

Last week I met Danna, a former artistic gymnast, and skilled costume designer from Glasgow in Scotland for an interview to talk about her main job as an art model.  Coming from a long line of artists there are many perspectives that influence Danna's work.  Making the world a better place from wherever you stand in life seems to be an important aspect. And one way she is doing that is by showing up as her vulnerable self in her life drawing sessions.

 Without the world of life drawing going online, I probably wouldn't have met Danna.  Today, she is one of the most inspiring models I ever had the chance to draw and I am looking forward to times when I can meet and draw her in person. Thanks, Danna for your time, and for being.

(PS: The cover image of this podcast is in fact a painting I made inspired by so many session with her I participated in.)

If you want to check Danna out or book her for a session you find her here:
https://www.instagram.com/conkuntion/

We mentioned a few fellow artists during the chat.
You can find them here:

Life Drawing with Sketcherei
https://www.instagram.com/sketcherei/

Costume Design
https://www.instagram.com/softskinlatex/



Recorded by: Siri Berlin
www.siriberlin.de

Thanks, dear listeners, for spending time with us. Please like, share and subscribe to help us grow this channel.

If you would like to know more about me and my art don't hesitate to contact me. 

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Email: [email protected]
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Homepage: www.siriberlin.de

For this episode, I met with William Holley, a passionate trumpet player and artist in his spare time, an architect/engineer when it comes to his occupation. William, originally from England, just moved to Hamburg for a new project.

We met some time ago in Berlin at one of the amazing life drawing sessions he is (was and will be) hosting at Keithbar in Berlin Neukölln. 

William’s goal for his event series is to create a space where people meet and feel seen as the person they are and create a space where people are comfortable enough to try out new things. You should see his welcoming smile and friendly hugs he hands out freely to everyone joining his piece-of-art-life-drawing-event. 

If you are curious to find out some secrets of a well-hosted and enthusiastic life drawing session or if you just enjoy someone bringing joy into the world, listen to this episode.

- By the way: The cover of this episode is a drawing I made when William was modelling at Keith Bar in 2020 -

Here you can contact William and  also have a look at his art:
https://www.instagram.com/william.t.holley/

In this FB group you find all events:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1650260861935020

The place where it all happens:
https://www.keithbarberlin.de/

The people we mentioned in the episode:
Expansion Starpower
Cameryn Moore
Hugo Rex Tibirica

Recorded by: Siri Berlin

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