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protagonist

set up want

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point of no return

gets set up want but there's a catch

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developpement

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THEY WORK WITH A COSTUME DESIGNER THAT DOES THE COSTUMES I JUST MAKE THE MASKSS

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YES I DID DO THAT HAHA

PROPS FOR THE SHOWS HUM IVE DONE SOME PAINTINGS FOR THEIR CD ROMS AND VIDEOS YEAH AND THEN LOTS OF DIFFERENT ARTWORKS ALL OVER THE PLACE YEAH SOME IN THE BUNNY ROOM HAHA

THOSE PROBABLY CAME FROM I THINK THEY WERE SOME OF THE GINGER BREAD MAN HEADS AND HUM THAT WAS USED FOE THAT YEAHJ

MASKS FOR THE DIFFERENT SHOWS

OH GOD ITS LIKE DEFINITLY

THEY ARE VERY SHY SO I DIDNT TALK TO THEM VERY MUCH SO I WORKD THROUGH HOMER FLYNN WHO DEALS WITH THEM SO HE IS THE ONE WHO DIRECTED ME HOW TO PAINT THEM

I MEAN WHAT WAS REALLY INSP

HUM YEAH THAT WAS DURING THAT TIME I DIDNT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM I HAD NEVER LISTENED TO THEIR MUSIC I WAS JUST HIRED TO MAKE THE PAINTING SO IT WAS A COMPLETE BOMBARDMENT IN THE CULTURE OF THE RESIDENTS

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THE BACKDROPS I SAW THE RESIDENTS MAKING AN ALBUM COVER WITH ALL THESE FOUND FLOWERS AND THEN JUST TAKING THESE FLOWERS AND LAYING THEM DOWN TO CREATE THIS LIKE BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE AND THEN A HEAD PEARING THROUGH IT I MEAN SO THEY CAN DO ANYTHING FROM FINDINGS THINGS AT A THRIFT STORE TO JUST MUNDAIN OBJECTS AND ARRANGING THEM INA CERTAIN WAY MAKING THEM REALLY ORIGINAL OFTEN MASKS WOULD BE REUSED OR RECONTEXTUALISED

THESE REALLY BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS ONE FOR THE MOLE SHOW MADE FOR THE CHUBBS THAT HAD LOTS OF COLORS AND THEN ONE FOR THE MOLES THAT WERE ALL LIKE BLACK WHITE AND BEIGE THEY HAD DONE THESE REALLY BEAUTIFUL SCRATCH BOARDS DRAWINGS AND I WORK FOR THEM TRANSLATING THEM LIKE THEY WERE THIS BIG AND I MADE THEM REALLY BIG

THE RESIDENTS HAD DONE THESE

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BIG CANVAS PIECES

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THEY WERE

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SO I JUST WORKED ON THE BACKDROPS BEFORE THEY LEFT

SO AS A YOUBNG ARTIST AT THAT TIME FOR ME JUST SEEING THAT YOU COULD JUST TAKE ANYTHING AND TURN IT INTO ART INCREDIBLY ACCESSIBLE

I DIDNT GO ON TOUR

VERRY INVENTIVE AND USUALLY VERRY CHEAP THINGS TO WORK WITH THEY DIDNT NEED A LOT OF MONEY TO DO WWHAT THEY DID

MY FIRST JOB FOR THE RESIDENTS WAS PAINTING BACKDROPS FOR THEIR FIRST TOUR

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crisis

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climatic choice

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LIKE WHEN I MET THEM AT 22 YEARS OLD I DIDNT HAD THAT KIND OF CONFIDENCE TO CREATE THINGS

THATS THE HUGE INFLUENCE IT HAD ON ME ITS THAT

VERY CONTAGIOUS I THINK ANYTIME ANY ARTIST DOEES SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE ANYONE CAN DO IT ALTOUGH NOT ANYONE CAN DO IT I THINK ITSINCREDIBLY INSPIRING THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT

TO SEE THAT THEY WERE DOING THAT GAVE ME

AHAHAH I THINK ITS CONTAGIOUS

IT IS ATTRACTING A LOT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE NOW

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final step

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ITS A VERRY INCLUSIVE CLUB ITS NOT REALLY ABOUT BEING COOL OR HIP OR BEING LEFT OUT

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DURING THE LAST 30 ? YEARS ? YEAH 30YEARS

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MAKING MASKS PROPS PAINTING AND SOME SCULPTURES

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MY NAME IS LEIGH BARBIER I WORKED FOR THE RESIDENTS

ABOUT WHY ITS ATTRACTING YOUNG PEOPLE ?

I DONT KNOW I THINK ITS NATURAL IN A WAY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THEY OWN VOICE AND I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE A REALLY GOOD WAY TO FIND YOUR OWN VOICE BECAUSE THEY

THEY MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE THEY JUST TAKE EVERYDAY FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS

AND PUT IMAGES AND WORDS TO THEM

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CONFUSION AT FIRST AND JUST REALLY STIMULATED BY HOW UNIQUE THEY WERE

BUT YOU KNOW I AM A VISUAL ARTIST I DONT KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT MUSIC SO FOR ME I WAS MORE INFLUENCED OR JUST IMPRESSED BY THEIR VISUAL IMAGE MAKING