Happy No Fear

Shplinton is a Los Angeles based artist. We talk about being locked down, Covid craziness, erring on the side of caution, people moving away from LA, doodling in his Bible as a kid, growing up in South Central, art as escapism, the gentrification of Venice, AR, renting out paintings, washing fruits and veggies, training for a cross-country bike trip, staying motivated no matter what, music as a time machine, and witnessing a crazy car wreck from his window.

https://www.shplinton.com/
IG: @shplinton

Keta Megget is an actor, fighter, pro-wrestler, 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt and the founder of Team Bully Buster.
We talk about having helped saved a stranger's life who was just hit by a car who turned out to be a Trump supporter from Minneapolis, why it's time to be sensitive and understanding, being called the N-word when she was 8 years old, looking at the ugly truth, fact-checking your posts, how being bullied as a kid motivated her to start a school to empower kids through martial arts and self-defense, belief systems starting at the family level, self love and guaging how you're feeling, the content of one's character, aiming to be great, the broken judicial system, peonage, the bummer of the two-party system, demanding real consequences for police abuse, starting with yourself, the mathematical concept of 'absolute value' and putting your best foot forward. #whatsyourcharacter

IG: @theprettyflower
www.teambullybuster.org

We are joined by Sean McDonald who is a Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belt, Sound Engineer and helped start this Podcast.
IG: @moltown

watch the documentary 'Slavery by Another Name' for free here:
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/slavery-by-another-name/

2501 is an Italian artist that travels and works worldwide. We talk about how we came up with his name, Brasil, painting graffiti and trains for 10 years in the 90s, why painting letters and characters became too restrictive, the journey of making work, the scene in Milan at the turn of the century, how his video work is a part of his process, committing to being a full-time artist in 2007, being a nomadic artist, learning from artist friends like The London Police, BO130, Microbo and Galo, growing up in a Buddhist community, the work reflecting a sort of mapping and representation of time, working with clients, how the scene got bigger but not better, and resetting in Peru.

www.2501.org.uk
www.nomadicexperiment.com

IG: @never2501

SheOne is a British artist who lives and works in Barcelona, Spain. We talk about the presentation and arrangement of the work, the importance of scale, abstracting the alphabet, painting for your peers, starting writing graffiti in London in 1984, Covent Garden meetings, the medium being the message, the thinking behind the name SheOne, crushing self-doubt, growing up around musicians, his first show in NYC upon Crash's invitation in the late 90s, living in Barcelona aggro-free, the dead-end of tribalism, painting on garments, working with DJ Krush, visceral responses to art and daytime bombing with Nick Walker in Paris.

www.blackatelier.com
IG: @blackatelier

Zosen in an artist living in Barcelona and working around the world. Recorded at his studio in Barcelona, we talk about hijinx with David Choe and Saber in Barcelona, the pill of youth, the early scene in Barcelona, backjumps with Flying Fortress in Lisbon, Zorlac shorts and Pushead graphics, being in a relationship and working with the artist @mina_hamada , making a documentary about the Barcelona creative scene and its history, gentrification, Venice Beach and its influence, the problem with an overload of images and information without proper digestion, skateboard graphics, childhood heroes finding God, getting ready to paint in Jerusalem, and making sure we respect our past.

https://zosenbandido.tumblr.com/
IG: @zosenbandido

Jaune is a Belgium-based stencil artist who is active worldwide.

We talk about the meaning behind his name, the benefits of working with modular elements, working site-specific in an improvisational way, traveling with suitcases filled with stencils, working on a 100 square meter commission, working as a garbage man early on and getting inspired to paint the city workers, being in a relationship with the artist Perversa and collaborating in the street, growing up in Waterloo, making work for yourself and having small impacts.

www.the-art-of-jaune.com
IG: @jaune_art

Malkovich is an emcee and a world traveller. We talk about his #onebag project, his Iranian roots, recording albums with producers around the world for the last 7 years, how to set up shop in a new country in a day flat, understanding big data, being in prison in Namibya, living in Vietnam, living in Malaysia, doing business in Southeast Asia, dating in Mumbai, the problem with immigration officers, why Cambodia is the new Wild West, setting up his media marketing company in Saigon and managing 20 employees, understanding who you are through your art and living the American Dream with a Visa.

www.malkovichmusic.com
IG: @malkovichmusic

Rise One is a graffiti artist, illustrator and painter from Antwerp, Belgium. We talk about his show at Ewkuks in LA, organizing the Meeting of Styles in Antwerp, earning the right to paint big walls, bad curation, working with commercial clients, the American Dream, painting clean, having a dad that's a painter, trying to predict future styles, old masters and a lot more.

IG: @RiseOne_AK

Vyal One is an artist who lives and works in LA and around the world. We talk about going from letters to painting characters, painting the OG graffiti pits in Venice Beach, the pre-internet world, following freely, funny posts on Craig’s List, gentrification, working with kids, early Chicano murals in Los Angeles, being weird, the limited options for posing in pictures, how removing your nipples may increase your followership, being into what’s beneath the underground, and going to Europe and getting influenced.

IG: @vyalone

Cocovan is a singer and a performance artist who lives in New York and Paris who works all over the world. We talk about making the shift from being a pop singer to becoming a performance artist, being inspired by 'Exit through the Gift Shop', her first performance piece on a bed in the streets of London, Poetic Interventions, being introverted at home and extroverted while going out, the surprise of being really well-received, setting up in the streets without permits, starting the World Letter in Berlin and taking it around the world and having it written on by 20,000 people from 134 countries.

www.theworldletter.com
IG: @theworldletter
IG: @iamcocovan