Ainara Martin (Hernani, 1976) has recently taken over the directorship of the Topic Museum. Within the framework of the Titirijai festival, Ataria interviewed her to learn about her professional career and future plans. Martin highlighted her special relationship with the Basque language, as her parents, despite being migrants from Extremadura and Salamanca, are Basque speakers, and she and her brother were educated at the Landaberri Ikastola in Lasarte.

She described her first days as director as “very intense and beautiful,” coinciding with the festival. She has used this time to get to know the team and understand the museum's operations. “I am making my own documentary, my film, and it is being very beautiful,” she added. The richness of the museum's heritage has surprised her, and she believes that some approaches from fifteen years ago still need to be developed, seeing a “great opportunity to forge a path.”

Martin emphasized her long career in the world of creation, having studied Fine Arts in Leioa and in the United Kingdom, in the city of Norwich. There she worked on multidisciplinary projects and became interested in the Internet and “cracks” as research topics. She also lived in Barcelona, where she worked in pedagogy departments for museums and gained experience in the fashion sector. Later, she participated in the Donostia 2016 project, where she became acquainted with the Topic Museum and its values.

She was director of the culture and sports area at the Irun City Council in 2015, where she designed the programming for the new Carlos Blanco Aginaga cultural center and library. Now, at Topic, she considers the work team fundamental and wants to face the challenge of bringing the museum closer to society and rejuvenating its audience. “A great effort must be made to bring museums into our times, understanding what is happening in our society,” she stated.