What is the best thing that I love about my work?
Feeling an idea or concept inside me. Then, share it with my collaborators or dancers and create the project from the beginning to the end. Build a nice dossier and send it to my clients and have some money after sell it to invest on my next projects. This is the freedom of my work: To create before a client’s briefing.

What is my idea of perfect happiness? 
Being free and doing what I like turns my job in a wonderful hobby.
Play my piano with a cup of wine.
Love and be loved.
To cook paella and invite my closet friends
Phone in aircraft mode and feel a sunset/sunrise with good company.
Play volley with friends in the beach.

What is my greatest fear?

Blank page or loss of inspiration. It happens sometimes and it is so frustrating.

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?

We live in a cruel society where for having success you have to be a tiger and I am like a little cat. Some of my clients or people that I know takes advantage from this. I always try to be more rude in business, but I can´t.

Which living persons in my profession do i most admire? 
 
I Follow close the French Adrien M & Claire or the Japanese Daito Manabe, but they receive lots of subventions and have good support from their governments. Here in Spain that is very difficult…So, I really admire my friends and collaborators from Barcelona who must develop their work with any or little support. E.g. Antonio Vera, Ventura L. Kalász, Felix Vinyals, Alba G. Corral, Juanjo Gnomalab, Sinoca VJ, Alberto Calahorro from Palnoise, Jose Avia from Eyesberg Studio, VJ Electroiman, Azael Ferrer, Omar Prole, Luca Carruba, Álvaro Muñoz Ledo, Marcos Prack, and many more.. Very good spanish artist who must fight for go on.

What is my greatest extravagance? 
 
May be my first Short Film “Me debes Pasta” with my best friends an me as main actor. It was an underground hilarious comedy. I did it 15 years ago before study cinema and Motion Graphics. I mean the quality was not very good I we shot it drinking beer all the day…But we won a prize on a Cinema Festival, so it was very great for me! May be this Short Film was the beginning of everything

On what occasion would I lie? 
 
I try to be honest… so there´s no lies in my life.

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work?
 
Sometimes clients ask me changes in my Shows. E.g. if the show is for a reveal of new car they ask if the car can appear on the screen by a extra budget. I normally accept
this “artistic violation” but then I feel like a prostitute. This is the most I dislike in my work…

When and where was I the happiest, in my work? 
 
I had very good moments… 4 years ago in Madrid at the premiere of the musical “Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar”. 2 years ago in Barcelona with the premiere of our Dance Mapping Show “Girasomnis” or last year in a festival at India we perform on a huge venue for 1.500 people shouting our name.

If I could, what would I change about myself?
In very sensitive… and sometimes human relations affects me in excess

What is my greatest achievement in work?
To have my own creative studio, compose our own music, create or own visual content, our own choreographies and make a 100% Show by own selves.

What do the words ‘The Financial Freedom to Create’ mean to me? 
An Utopia. I must do a lot of commercial works to go on.

Where would I most like to live? 
I´m really happy here in Barcelona, but I must travel a lot for work, so I feel that I live everywhere

What is my most treasured possession?
My new Mac Pro! I can manage a lot of projectors with it. Interactive visuals with real time content with no delay.

What is my most marked characteristic?
Hard work and creativity power.

What is my most inspirational location, in my city?
My bed. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with a good idea…
Yeah I don´t sleep fine..

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city?
My home. I cook the best paella of Barcelona 🙂
Also “Kibuka” a japanese restaurant.
 
What books influenced my life and how?
I used to read a lot when I was young. Now I feel that I loose the habit of read, I m always working or playing music…But I remember very good Books that changes some feelings inside me: “The Alchemist” from Paulo Coelhlo and “Las venas abiertas de América Latina” from Eduardo Galeano. Also I love to read the philosopher John Stuart Mill.

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day?
I prefer to die playing music.

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction?
Superlopez (A spanish anti-hero)

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life?
It was my father.

Which movie would i recommend to see once in a lifetime? 
The Shawshank Redemption, Edward Scissorhands,

What role plays art in my life and work? 
 
Art and creativity are my diary healthy food

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime? 
 
My friends and collaborators

Whom would I like to work with in 2017? 
I have some projects with the musicians Ravid GoldSchmid and Roberto Herruzo.
Also some interactive projects with my collaborators Antonio Vera and Ventura L. Kalász. A new video mapping concept with Amir Gazit. An interactive videomapping installation with Felix Vinyals and continue developing dance video mapping show with Girasomnis dancers.

Which people in my profession would i love to meet in 2017? 
No time to meet more people! 🙂

What project, in 2017, am I looking forward to work on? 
I describe them before. Also we are waiting a subvention to create a new 360 dance Show.

Where can you see me or my work in 2017? 

You can follow me
https://www.facebook.com/paco.gramaje
https://www.facebook.com/girasomnis/
https://www.instagram.com/girasomnis/

Or check our vimeo channel and websites:
https://vimeo.com/pacogramaje
http://www.pacogramaje.com
http://www.girasomnis.com

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me?
My destiny

Which creative heroes should Peter invite to tell their story?
All my collaborators!