For years, there was speculation as to whether the artist’s name was “Robin”, “Robert” or “Robbie”. A 2003 film revealed the mystery.
A loss bbc radio interview to Banksy does 20 years was unearthed by the British television network and revealed the first name of the mysterious Street performer who became known worldwide for his street graffiti and precisely by strictly maintaining the unknown about his identity.
For years, there was speculation about whether the artist’s name was “Robin”, “Robert” or “Robbie”until a tape 2003 verified that it is the last one. At that time, the journalist Nigel Wrench asked him if his name was Robert Banksto which he replied: “It’s Robbie.”.
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The full interview is now available in a podcast collection from the BBC which is online, called “The Banksy Story” and, after the discovery, recorded an additional episode.
The name information is just coming to light now because The interview with the artist was not broadcast in its entirety at the timein July 2003, when Banksy had 20 years and the chain did not use all the material and dispensed with that passage.
Many years later, Wrenchthe journalist in charge of the interview, listened to the podcast “The Banksy Story” and decided to recover the complete interview from a minidisc he had at home. It was then that she realized that the graffiti artist said his name.
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Art and vandalism, according to Banksy
At the interview, Bansky He also defended the vandalism as art: “I’m not going to apologize for it. It’s a faster way to express your ideas, right?”.
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What is the similarity between art and microwave cooking? this is what Banksy says
In the interview, he also compares his way of doing artwhich consists of doing graffiti at full speedwith cook in the microwave. “It’s fast. I want to do it and finish”says.
“My mother used to cook roast every Sunday and she always said, ‘It takes hours to make and minutes to eat.’ Now she eats microwaved plates for one and seems much happier. I’m actually taking that approach to roasting.” art“, he stated.
Source: Ambito
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