Pictorial Candi is Candelaria Saenz Valiente, an argentinian musician and writer living in Warsaw. She is mostly known in Poland as the lead vocalist of Paristetris, a Warsaw based band who's music has been associated to Deerhoof, Melt banana, Mr. Bungle and japanese punk. In the last three years she’s released two albums with Paristetris and with them, since, has played in Open’er Festival and in Off Festival, in Poland; in Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, NE; in SKIFF Festival in Saint Petersburg; in Villa Reykjavik, Iceland; Villa Tokyo, Japan; toured Poland, played in Germany and Brazil; in Buenos Aires and in the south of France. She played with Fred Frith in Warsaw 2011 and with Eddie Stevens (Moloko, zero 7) in Open’er and in Warsaw. She is the author of the novel "El Infierno de Orfeo Blaumont" and a book of short fiction: "Huésped Huésped". Currently she is the Literary Director of Acuático, a small argentinian publishing house. Her most prominent invention is the Ebertonium Candelaria, an electrical, polyphonic synthesizer based on tuned light bulbs. In April 2012 she released her first solo album under the pseudonim Pictorial Candi.
