{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6821ad17ca7273465207079f/6863dfb1cc507bdab6207a88?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 3: 'Art Babies' (an interview with  jdwoof & Steve Xoh)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6821ad17ca7273465207079f/1751375598910-b62f86ec-af45-41b1-859f-010567c5d1a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For Creative People, Episode 3: Helen Jane Campbell’s guests are jdwoof &amp; Steve Xoh (aka Art Babies)</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I interview Art Babies: stevexoh (aka Steve Chapman) and jdwoof (aka Jo Wood), two self taught artists who have found they like to do things together.</p><p><br></p><p>Their projects have included an exhibition of art made in response to feelings at the Barbican in London, a solstice-themed 12 hour radio station, a podcast, a talk at a festival, a community mural, and residencies in a forest in Scotland, a shop on the South Coast of England and a month-long residency on a remote island a 3 hour boat ride off the coast of the US.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>They find humans simultaneously fascinating and challenging and creatures much easier company. However, they find art can be a way to connect them to both humans, creatures and themselves.</p><p><br></p><p>Steve’s ‘lightly held philosophies’:</p><ul><li>Be Fascinated</li><li>Create windows into your world</li><li>Learn to live below your means</li><li>Hang out with other weirdos&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Solstice event:<a href=\"https://beefriendlytrust.org/mark-the-summer-solstice-with-the-bft/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://beefriendlytrust.org/mark-the-summer-solstice-with-the-bft/</a></p><p>Saturday, 21st &amp; Sunday 22nd June 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.artbabies.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.artbabies.co.uk</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jdwoof/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/jdwoof/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stevexoh/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/stevexoh/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Join Jo &amp; Helen in Brighton on Friday 27th June: <a href=\"https://forcreativepeople.com/events/meet-your-inner-saboteur\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://forcreativepeople.com/events/meet-your-inner-saboteur</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>For Creative People</em> listeners get £50 off a Happify day with code FCP50</p><p>Go to Shiny Happy Digital: <a href=\"https://www.shinyhappy.digital/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.shinyhappy.digital/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Find out how Hannah Happified Helen’s website here: <a href=\"http://shinyhappy.digital/work/for-creative-people-happify\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://shinyhappy.digital/work/for-creative-people-happify</a></p>","author_name":"Helen Jane Campbell"}