In conversation with Mysterious Al, a contemporary artist / street artist from London now living in Melbourne, Australia. The conversation covers Al's background, how he makes his art, the difference between street art & graffiti, attitudes towards graffiti, how Al needs to use social media (but doesn't like it!) his recent ghost train exhibition, and more. Download the audio version with some extra content Al's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mysteriousal/ Al's website https://www.mysteriousal.com Sign up to LEP Premium for a language review series about the phrases in this episode https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premium Contents 0:00:00 Introduction 0:05:31 Conversation starts 0:08:34 Al introduces himself 0:10:01 Life as a full-time artist 0:12:34 Instagram 😣 0:20:26 How Luke and Al know each other 0:23:11 Al in London / Career goals 0:25:23 Street art vs Graffiti 0:31:48 Banksy 0:36:24 Graffiti & crime 0:41:51 Al describes his work 0:45:25 How Al makes his art 0:57:11 Who consumes Al's art? / Exhibitions 1:01:59 NFTs / Blockchain 1:12:24 Spookhouse / Al's ghost train 1:19:36 Al's London accent 1:12:41 LEP stuff / life in Paris / learning English / episode ends 1:31:47 ON a plane or IN a plane? (rule of thumb)