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Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose art!

Well, if you're of a certain age, then that might sound a little bit familiar, but on this episode, we're joined by an artist who has done just that... they've chosen art.

An artist who now uses their love of creativity, screen prints, fluorescent inks, and, in their words, potty mouth high jinks to shine a light on some of the inequalities and injustices in the world that make them angry.

On this episode, we are joined by Blam from Grow Up Art.

Blam grew up wanting to be an artist, but not knowing what that looked like, he found himself working as a designer within the film and music industry.

And it was here that Blam helped create some of the most iconic imagery of the nineties. When a brief for the Danny Boyle film Trainspotting landed on his desk, he was asked to design the poster.

Yeah, that's right! Blam designed the original Trainspotting poster, and that alone would be a great reason to have him on the podcast. But the creative journey didn't stop there.

Leaving the limitations and deadlines of the design world behind him when his children were born. Blam began to pursue different avenues of creativity and, for the next 10 years, worked on his own ventures and, more importantly, on being a dad to his children.

The transition from designer to artist came much later, when Blam and his eldest son, Jack, began working and creating together as Grow Up Art, producing a wide spectrum of work, all with that comedic potty-mouth edge.

But now, having grown apart, Blam is riding solo, and with his influences in punk, his work has taken a slightly more political edge, using art and creativity in his words to 'Call out Cunts!'

The most famous of which being the 'Turd Reich'. A piece of work that went viral in 2025, being picked up by The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Guardian. And a piece that was released for free and has been downloaded over a hundred thousand times worldwide.

We discuss the whole journey and so much more. We talk about everything from making work that makes people spit their drinks out. The Broken Filters, Democratic Art and Blam's latest project with Atom Gallery, TrainSpotters, the exhibition.

An exhibition that takes us full circle, and which celebrates the 30th anniversary of Trainspotting. Revisited and reimagined by 30 other artists, and where some of the profits will go to The Big Issue.

You can check out the links to Blam's work while you're listening to the podcast, of course.

But we go into so much in this one that it's probably best to leave it up to the Blam to tell the story.

Hope you enjoy this episode of The Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.

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Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.

Art is shit! Or is it?

On this episode, we are joined by Artist, Mr Edwards, who describes his work as a Pop Dada Party filled with a cast of characters, all of his own making. As long as it makes him laugh, anything is fair game when it comes to him creating.

Mr Edwards has had an interesting creative journey. From studying at St. Martin's and the Royal College of Art to a career spent as a designer working for ID magazine. Then running his own agency, Nice. Where he was working with high-profile clients like Converse and Levi's.

A collector of all things visual. We discuss all of that and more, like the big decision to immigrate to Australia and the shift that pushed Mr Edwards towards art and creating without worrying if people get offended or not. Because, well, sometimes they do get offended.

You can check out the links to Mr Edwards' work while you're listening to the podcast, of course.

But we go into so much in this one that it's probably best to leave it up to the self-confessed troublemaker and Justin Bieber lookalike, Mr Edwards, to tell the story.

Hope you enjoy this episode of The Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.

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Welcome to the Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.

Casual and meaningless are everywhere right now, but real connections are rare, and finding those connections in a world that seems increasingly disconnected is what the podcast is all about. It's what I'm all about!

It's a little unusual, but when you feel that connection, sometimes you just have to act, and this episode is the epitome of that idea.

Completely unplanned. Just two humans who the universe aligned in a city of over 2 million people and who found a connection through honesty, vulnerability, art, darkness, and the beauty that can be found in some of that darkness.

I believe that everything is connected and that I was always supposed to meet the guest who's on this episode. He's a creator, a graphic designer, he draws, he's a DJ, a music producer, and he has his own record label, and he uses all of these ways to express himself creatively.

But this episode isn't about the work as such. It's more about two people connecting through vulnerability, honesty, and openness.

We get deep on this one. We talk about the journey, and we discuss difficult topics like grief and loss and how leaning into some of those harder emotions and connecting to the deeper side of ourselves is often where you'll find the most beautiful stuff.

We discuss living in the moment, resilience and how we have to keep going no matter what happens in life because we are the art!

There's no such thing as a coincidence, and the universe put us together when we needed to meet. Two like-minded souls, finding connection through art and experiences. And that's what the podcast is all about.

He doesn't call himself an artist. He's an expressor, and his name is Lolo.

Hope you enjoy this episode of The Creative Nowhere Land Podcast.

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