Interview with The Baron: DOTS – World’s First Graffiti-Funded Movie, Burning Candy and the World
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, September 2010
“Truth is reached through dispute” or so says secret identity filmmaker, The Baron, who has commenced work on a documentary about one of London’s most infamous and prolific graffiti crews – Burning Candy. The idea behind the film – entitled “DOTS” – is to take each individual Burning Candy artist to “visit the places and cultures that most inspire their artistic style, in order to discover how they can take their own work further”. Think of it as an East London “throw up” on a global scale. And as with many a graffiti collaboration, The Baron reckons there’ll a healthy dose of chaos and plenty of dispute to keep things real along the way. Already in the can, so to speak, is the journey taken by Cyclops to Mumbai. It’s engaging to watch as the thirty-something street artist negotiates the streets in search of sign painters with whom to paint alongside and – if The Baron can pull it off – promises a compelling movie of an almost epic scale. As avid as he is cranky about working with Burning Candy, The Baron was keen if cryptic during a recent convo about his film, the artists involved and the unique “graffiti-funded” model he’s adopted to pay for this (mis)adventure in art.
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Interview with The Baron: DOTS – World’s First Graffiti-Funded Movie, Burning Candy and the World