INTERVIEWS

This is not a podcast
This is a confrontation
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Opposite Interviews are intimate filmed conversations with local artists who carry weight — in vision, in discipline, and in contradiction. There is performance. No promotion.
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The format is built on inversion.Control shifts. Silence matters.The artist is not observed.

WHY IT EXISTS

Most interviews are designed to explain artists. Opposite exists to expose tension — between success and doubt, vision and compromise, power and vulnerability.
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We are not interested in answers that sound correct.

We are interested in moments that feel unavoidable.

THE VISION

Each episode is a performance — but performed for the performer, not the audience.
It’s intimate, improvised, and honest: not a show, but a space for the artist to confront, perform and discover themselves.

The camera witnesses
The performance is inward
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What happens inside the first minutes is intentional
It is not explained in advance

WHO WE INVITE

Opposite features local, independent artists with:
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A strong and clearly formed vision
Cultural or creative weight
A background that shaped their perspective
The ability to sit with discomfort
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We focus primarily on musicians, especially within hip-hop and adjacent genres — not for the genre, but for the honesty it demands.
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This is not about popularity.
This is about presence.

FORMAT

Filmed conversations
20–30 minutes (post-production)
No visible microphones
No direct address to the camera
No interruptions when silence appears

Lightning:

one hard key, back rim light, and small practical accents.
No even fill — shadows are intentional.
Transition effects via light pulses + sound.
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Participants face each other — not the audience.
The camera observes from the side, the edge, or the cut.

VISUAL LANGUAGE

Harsh, intentional lighting
Partial frames, cut-off faces, half-revealed expressions
Transitions built through light and sound, not graphics
No decorative sets, no branding in the space
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The environment is stripped until only the conversation remains.

LOCATIONS

Opposite avoids traditional podcast studios.
Episodes take place in spaces that remove comfort:

Industrial lofts or warehouses
Dark galleries or back rooms
Minimal hotel roomsIsolated, windowless interiors
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If the space feels too safe, it doesn’t belong.

FOR ARTISTS

Opposite is not promotion.
It is documentation.
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Artists retain authorship of who they are — not a version built for algorithms, press, or expectation.
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If that feels risky, this format is not for you.

PARTICIPATE

Artists, videographers, and collaborators can reach us directly.
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c@opposite.art