The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2023 - Issue 33

biteartistprofile commissioned me to paint a wall inside a bar on that street. He paid me for that, then told me he had a spot on the property wall that he didn't like, and it was on the same street. I looked, and it was a good spot, so I got a nice 3 metres by 2.5 metres stencil ready. Some Spanish journalism students were interviewing me for my work. They were filming me doing the stencilling over Jean Bish- op’s art. Whilst I was finishing, a friend, a street art tourist guide, passed by with some people and called out, "Hey Otto, how are you? Oh, tomorrow I will come by, take some pictures and show them to the people.” The following morning, the guy texted me to ask what had happened. I was puzzled and asked, “What?” He said, “It’s the same painting that was there before.” I was startled. Jean Bishop had visited the site in the middle of the night and put her painting back! When I made contact to ask why that was done, the reply was, “You didn’t ask me! It’s my spot!” So I had to explain about the shop owner's commissioning, but the retort was that she didn't care. That was a pain in the arse. It took me six hours to paint that wall nicely with suitable stencils. Those students filmed it all and got the information about this incident at the end of their filming, becoming a story. So, although it’s annoying, it’s a little funny? It’s annoying because some artists feel that the walls belong to them, and you find yourself fighting with them, so I decided to find my own spots. I prefer not to have any problems with them because you can’t deal with those kinds of people. Another was the movie, A Clockwork Orange . I tried to repre- sent the character from it, but people from (a certain) generation didn't know what the movie was all about, so they painted over it. I think it was the council, not the shop owners. Even though the council knew me, they found it aggressive. What is your ambition for the future of your art? I want to develop the ribbons into a 3D style. I did a Snoopy one already, and I'll do some others slowly. I work with different materials, and right now, a 3D pen. It's messy, so it needs to be scanned and cleaned before getting the 3D printed. Would you ever do an installation? Yeah! I’ve done sculptures, but in Chile. I did a big one, 12 me- tres by 7 metres! It’s massive! Will you ever retire from doing art? No! Because I do this for fun, it’s like a hobby. How much do your pieces cost? From £50 up to £5/10K. Otto’s pictures currently sell at various galleries worldwide, in- cluding Well Hung, Graffik, Westbank and Stopwatch in the UK; Kawamatsu in Japan; Urbanshit and Ministry of Walls in Ger- many; and Street Art Cities and Labomatik in France. https://www.ottoschade.com