What a mad time hey, worlds changed, places have changed, we’ve changed! 
But what stays is culture, a constant, a forever, and I learnt a lot about that and its strengths, even though I preach it, from this conversation, so it was a great one to kick off what we’ll call season 2 of F24.
Mode2 was in town.
We’d be talking a little via message for a while and also had my friend Kash co-signed me which got me a big step closer to this conversation. 
A dream come true, after the first, where he put me up at Carnival this year after I set him some paint. 
I’d never properly met Mode, never had the chance to have a conversation.. He’s been a name in my life for nearly 30yrs and undoubtably yours too.. I haven’t heard many interviews with him so I didn’t know how this was going to go.. Some of you maybe used to a format I’ve developed in these interviews, this was nothing like I expected, its an amazing in-depth conversation full of analogies and historical fact about culture and cultures. 
He lives a life full of intrigue and interest, a natural flow, an understanding of his surroundings as well as his foundations. An absolute pleasure and dream come true having this time with Mode, our mutual friend Kash was in the studio with us while we had this very interesting conversation, this is some of Mode2’s culture and creativity story… enjoy..

Mode2 on the F24 Podcast

This week I had Krek, TJ Dolan, who kindly came down from Manchester to visit the studio and have a chat. We’d never got to meet before and I have loved his work from the start, loads of style, courage, playfulness and colour in his work from his letters on steel and cement to his paintings on a variety of mediums. 
It was great having him round, I learnt so much about him and loved the vibe he brought. 
This is some of TJ Dolans culture and creativity story, enjoy..

KREK - TJ Dolan on the F24 Podcast

Hello and welcome back to the F24 podcast, my name is David and as often as possible I have a creative come over to my studio in North Acton to have a chat about their life and interactions with their city, culture and creativity. 
Hope you are all enjoying the new recordings I’ve been doing, you probably get the vibe of how much I love my culture and making this archive of interviews that I hope are looked into in the future as a reference for this time makes me proud, we’re having some great conversations here.. Imma keep em coming. 

So this week I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Gastman, the man behind the Beyond the Streets exhibition which toured the US and is now over here at Saatchi gallery from the 17th Feb, quite a ground breaking show to be seen in our city. 
The show he’s put together is the amalgamation of his time and experiences and education within the graffiti culture and the broad depths its shown him, and that’s perfect for an inquisitive person like me, right up my street.
I’ve known of and probably you’ve known of Roger from the books he’s made, shows he’s put on, films he’s made, magazines, interviews and various curations his name has been beside for the last 20+years, a real inspiring body of work on a part of the culture that is really what I have tried to be about for the last 20yrs also, and he’s done it big, representing at a very high professional level, this was going to be an education. I got the hook up on email through another culture stalwart, the author and artist Caleb Neilson whom, I helped a little last year on a project he was putting together with Roger. I knew Roger was in town for the show, I hollered, and he kindly accepted. I met him at the set up at Saatchi’s in a room full of people I’ve seen in photos and film and read about, quite a privilege, and we then took a walk to his Airbnb to sit down and have this conversation, this is some of Roger Gastmans, Bethesda Maryland Washington, culture and creativity story, enjoy, this is F24.

Roger Gastman On The F24Podcast 2023

Welcome to the F24 Podcast where every week I invite creatives of all sorts over to my studio in North Acton to talk about their lives and interactions with London, Culture and Creativity.

KREK - TJ Dolan on the F24 Podcast

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