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8 Issue 70/ 2014 GUESTLIST guestlist.net "I was talking to a friend about the fact that none of my work has ever been based on strict reality and is in fact twisted by the stories I have heard and the word Fables came up." Once upon a time, a young and ambitious artist created Fables. Living the dream… Bob Marley once said, "Possessions make you rich? I don't have that type of richness, my richness is life, forever". This got us thinking about what it means to be 'rich' and 'living the dream'. We came to the conclusion that some lucky individuals are already doing it through the love of what they do and perhaps don't realise it! This collection of features is dedicated to the accounts of the figurative billionaires "living the dream" in an unconventional paradise. In the first feature of the series, we focus on the journey of Ben Clark. Over the past few years, Ben has been creating stunning installations, unique printed t-shirts and exciting passers-by with intricate street art. On top of that, the octopus, tropical birds and shaman ethnic faces that you may have seen on the stages of Outlook, Hideout and Gottwood festivals, were not just figures of your twisted hallucinations. Ben is also the mastermind behind the luminous aesthetics that gave these stages another wild dimension. We asked him a few questions about his career so far, his love of animals and future Fables fantasies! Why the name "Fables"? The name came about while I was working at Outlook Festival in Croatia, I was talking to a friend about the fact that none of my work has ever been based on strict reality and is in fact twisted by the stories I have heard and the word Fables came up. I realised that it perfectly suited the surreal and mythical inspirations behind my artwork and it just kind of stuck! With that in mind, how would you describe your work in three words? Intricate. Bold. Surreal. We see that you have been doing the artwork for stages at a bunch of festivals this year, was there a highlight? Or perhaps a favourite piece that you have done? Probably the totem tower I illustrated for Urban Shaman at Gottwood festival where I illustrated the faces of a three tiered tower installation. The first section I painted huge shamanic faces, which you could crawl through the mouths of, into an ambient