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Caroline Coon, coined the term ‘Punk’
Caroline Coon is the most interesting person in Duggie Fields
freedom of speech is not limited to the inoffensive but extended also to the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome, and the provocative. As long as the such speech does not tend to provoke violence. And as an artist, this is also why I love London because it has established my right as an artist to do and say whatever I like which is not a right everybody has all over the world.
Amsterdamers - Episode #7
Ruud van der Peijl is the most interesting person of Joost van Bellen.
This is a film about the interconnected lives of some of the most inspiring people living in Amsterdam.
In this episode we meet Ruud van der Peijl as he takes us on a very unusual car journey through a car wash where he likes to get up to funny business.
Amsterdamers - Episode #6
DJ Joost van Bellen is the most interesting person of Label boss Kostijn Egberts.
This is a film about the interconnected lives of the most interesting people living in Amsterdam.
In this episode we meet Joost van Bellen as he takes us what was The Trouw Club. It’s glimpse back into a particular moment of Amsterdam’s clubbing history.
Amsterdamers - Episode #5
In this episode, we meet Kostijn Egberts. We asked what it is like to manage the most interesting and unique hip-hop group in the Netherlands and he tells us about being a manager.
The interview took place during a walk between The Melkweg and Paradiso. Those are the names of two of the best clubs in the city of Amsterdam. This translates into “The Milkyway to Paradise”.
Amsterdamers - Episode #4
Otto took a beautiful old building, with an extraordinary history and turned it into an amazing hotel.
Amsterdamers - Episode #3
In this episode we meet Willem Baars, who runs Baars Projects; a small, and beautiful gallery in the centre of Amsterdam.
Willem is a man on a mission to disrupt the Amsterdam Art Space, and he does not mince his words;
What is art, and what makes good art?
The definitionof Art and what a good art work is perfectly defined by Willem’s work.
My name is Willem Baars, aged 42.
People know me as somebody who moves around in the art world. They probably think of me as being a bit controversial. I write newspaper columns and I have an opinion on every event around art happening Amsterdam and I’m not afraid to say so.
I feel this puts me in a rare position because I feel truly independent and can act with autonomy with what is a rigid environment.
Most people in the art world in Holland are not biased because they survive through government subsidies. This makes it difficult for a lot of people to be objective.
We’re now standing in the middle of my gallery. It is in the Hoogte Kadijk just out of the centre of Amsterdam. I opened this space in 2012 and I feel great about this place. I am fortunate to have it because this is where I can create an impact in the Amsterdam Art world. I do this first and foremost by showing good art.
At the moment we are exhibiting the work of Morgan Betz. He is an American / Dutch artist who is both the sculptor and the painter. He is one of the Rising Stars here here in Holland.
I also get inspired by literature. I am also a big fan of the Dutch book, De bruid van Marcel Duchamp by K. Schippers. This translates into English as something link in Search of the bride of Marcel Duchamp.
He is a writer I admire as he has the ability to make fiction from nonfiction. Often you have no idea whether what you are reading is fictitious, but he clearly loves his subjects, and it’s how they inspire his imagination that I find a beautiful thing to read.
The Definition of Good Art
It amazes me that I still discover art where I feel I’ve never seen anything like it before. In those precious moments you are reminded of the complexity of the heart and what it means to have your eyes opened.
Without these moments it would be very hard to have your own original thoughts, to think ‘out of the box’. Creativity is a give-and-take process and that process is ongoing. Every week I see a new piece of art or I read a new book or I listen to a new piece of music. There always exist this possibility that art can change my perspective or the beliefs I may have had the week before.
For me this is almost the definition of hope. There is creativity everywhere and more possibilities exist than you could ever imagine.
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Amsterdamers - Episode #2
In this episode we meet Gesina Roters. She runs a design agency here in Amsterdam called DAY and we find her in her apartment talking to her former student Amna Mulabegovic.
What I like about this film is how it captures this special dynamic between Gesina and Amna as they talk about philosophy, art, music and other things that interest Gesina.
Ted Templeman | chart-topping producer wishes he was a historian.
Ted Templeman is your down to earth music legend. His records defined the sounds of American Rock in the 70s, 80s and 90s. We met at L.A.'s Sunset Sound Studios where he had produced the music of Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, Aerosmith and Eric Clapton
Lenny Waronker | “Music, not money, was still number one.”
Lenny Waronker (born October 3, 1941) is an American record producer and music industry executive. As the president of Warner Bros. Records, and later, as the co-chair of DreamWorks Records, Waronker was noted for his commitment to artists and his belief that "music, not money, was still number one."
Perry Watts-Russell | The Englishman in LA saving the world one song at a time.
Perry Watts-Russell likes to keep the process of evaluating talent as simple as possible. Though he’s in the business of signing saleable acts for a major record label, Watts-Russell says he doesn’t allow his judgment to get clouded by marketing concerns such as image, appearance and stylistic trends.
In the end, it’s all about the quality of the music.
John Pears | Soho tailor to the stars reminisces over Rock ‘n Roll, love and psychedelia
London's funkiest tailor to the stars. An established landmark of Soho for over 25 years. Impeccable and exclusive.
Josiah Leming | The next Jeff Buckley?
At the age of 17, Leming dropped out of high school and began traveling across the United States to play shows while living out of his car. He eventually caught the eye of executives at Warner Brothers Records who signed him to his first major label record deal in 2008.
Michael Halloran | Radio DJ reveals the hot-dog joint at the heart of Rock ‘n Roll.
Michael Halloran is a radio Disc Jockey
Talvin Singh | How Jimi Hendrix inspired prodigy of UK Asian Underground.
This trail that began with the musical prodigy Talvin Singh, Mercury Music Prize winner for his genre-defining album OK.
Dr. Peter Reeg
Dr. Peter Reeg is an orthopedist. He specialises in helping his patients to walk and move in ways they previously could not through surgical interventions. He is good humoured, open, relaxed and charming, even while sawing bone and hammering metal fixings into cartilage in preparation for prosthetic reconfiguration.
Not just a leading surgeon, as Professor Baader’s student, Reeg specialised in medical history as a student. In particular, the ethics of contemporary medical practice informed by Nazi research.
Professor Heribert Kentenich
Professor Heribert Kentenich work focuses on reproductive medicine, ethics and psychosomatic gynecology.
In 2018, the Berlin Medical Association awarded him the Georg Klemperer Medal of Honour ‘for special merit in patient care in Berlin.
Kentenich performs numerous functions in scientific institutions and advisory bodies. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Society for Psychosomatic Gynecology and Obstetrics and of the Ethics Committee of the Berlin Medical Association .
From 1990 to 2005 he was a member of the board of the German Society for Psychosomatic Gynecology and Obstetrics, of which he was President from 1993 to 1999. At the same time he was a member of the Advisory Committee from 1990 to 1996 and a member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology from 2005 to 2009. In this society he led the interest group ‘Psychology and Counseling’.
From 2003 to 2006 he was President and from 2009 to 2010 a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology in Berlin. From 2006 to 2011 he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the German Medical Association and since 2007 he has been chairman of the working group “Open Questions in Reproductive Medicine” at the German Medical Association.
Since 2000, Kentenich has been a member of the editorial board and since 2002 he has been a scientific advisor to the “ Journal for Gynecological Endocrinology ”. He is also a scientific advisor to the journals “ Gynaecological Practice ” (2003 to 2006) and “ Sexuologie ” (since 2006). From 2006 to 2010 he was also Associate Editor of Human Reproduction magazine .
Mariam Notten
Mariam Notten left Afghanistan for Berlin in 1967 after her A-levels at the age of 18. And has witnessed her childhood home suffer from over 30 years of war, poverty and unemployment.
Despite the distance, she continues to support Afghanistan with great passion. Her many projects tend to focus on supporting Afghan women, for example she has helped build 20 small bakeries and 45 projects to raise chickens. This helps women earn their own money and be more independent. She set up a scheme providing micro-credit so that women can buy their own animals and improve their income by selling dairy products.
Mariam’s most interesting person is also from Afghanistan. Her name is Jeanette Gaussi. She came here when she was five from Kabul to Germany when the Russians invaded Afghanistan.
‘As a young Afghani from second generation immigrants she is very interesting. She never had an easy life but she has made the best out of it. That’s why I think you should interview her.’
Teru Kuwayama
Teru Kuwayama is a photojournalist and social media advocate covering social justice and the human terrain in conflict zones. He is Photo Community Liaison at Facebook.
Habib Zahori
Habib Zahori is an Afghan journalist and a writer on the CBS sitcom “United States of Al”.