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This season you will be hearing creatives from Amsterdam, North of England and Lithuania. These are the three great places I had the pleasure of living, so I wanted to re-visit each place and connect with local creatives and explore the differences (if any) about how people view passion projects in different locations. ---- Hosted by Greta Madline & Coco Olakunle Find out more:
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Last episode of the Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam special. The first time you meet Geoffrey you are amazed by his extravaganza style of fashion and his way of thinking about VR. First and foremost Geoffrey is a visual artist with a punk attitude towards work and life. Apocalyptic cat portraits, forests and an aqua-acoustics in his house are only a few things Geoffrey enjoys creating on the side.
 What does painting have to do with VR software? Why Geoffrey doesn’t create separation between his work and side projects? Why continues contrasts are important to the way of making art? What was the challenge in creating Bitmap Banshees?

 We dive into Geoffrey Lillemon surreal world and learn about taking inspiration from the opposite of what’s expected. 
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 Follow Geoffrey: http://www.geoffreylillemon.com @geoffreylillemon_ @wkdptnr 
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 @thesidecast Music: Aan Zee If you want to make a $ donation and support our podcast visit out Patreon page: www.patreon.com/thesidecast

The Oogman (the one-eyed man) is a character that has attracted quite a bit of attention around Amsterdam. Who is the mysterious graffiti artist behind it? Well, we meet with Cecilia Italian born graffiti artist and we hear her story of how she created this character. We discuss where she finds inspiration and how she chooses her topics. What’s it like to be a female graffiti artist? Why it’s the best way to spend your holiday? How to get motivated if you’re just not “feeling it”? Why graffiti is the best way to make people think for a second?
 We chat with artist Cecilia Pignocchi about how to find your own style and why sometimes you need to force yourself to do your passion projects. 

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 Hosted by Greta Madline & Coco Olakunle
 Follow Cici: https://ceciliapignocchi.com @the_oogman 
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I remember seeing a picture of The Kennedys a few years ago with a guy in a bright red suit. That was Andrew Duncan known as Andy. He really does leave an impression once you meet him, both in his unique sense of style and personality. One day Andy told me about his side project - clowning. I had to interview him. Andy agreed if we did the interview up a tree. Yes. Up a tree! Do you need a red nose to do clowning? Why is it important to play in your own shit? What is the most embarrassing thing that happened to Andy? Who are The Duncan brothers? And why are we up a tree? 
 We sit in a tree with Andy and chat about his comedy performances and dive back to childish behaviours. 

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 Follow Andy: Facebook.com/andy.duncan.9250 
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 @thesidecast Music: Aan Zee If you want to make a $ donation and support our podcast visit out Patreon page: www.patreon.com/thesidecast

 Fake add music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFnE3VUvCJg

I kept getting recommendations from people that I interviewed previously to talk with Hugo about his analogue music. After the 5th recommendation, I had to find out more! I didn’t know Hugo well from W+K, the only thing I knew was that he’s an Account Executive. Then I found out that he dj’s, makes analogue techno music and co-runs a music label! What do PlayStation 1 games have to do with analogue music? What happened in Montreal? Where does Hugo find his inspirations? And why he will never make music his main occupation? And what is a “fuckbox”?
 We sit with Hugo Boccara and emerge ourselves in repetitive patterns of techno sounds.

 ---- Hosted by Greta Madline & Coco Olakunle
 Follow Hugo: https://soundcloud.com/sector-y https://soundcloud.com/booma-music 
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 @thesidecast Music: Hugo & Booma If you want to make a $ donation and support our podcast visit out Patreon page: www.patreon.com/thesidecast