Brilliant Burma Art Studio


Collaborating in the Creation of a Feature Documentary - Art as a Weapon


Art as a Weapon poster
Art as a Weapon Slideshow
Brilliant Burma Art Studio is collaborating in the creation of Art as a Weapon, a feature documentary investigating the intersection between street art, Democracy and Buddhism. The feature will include interviews with Shepard Fairey and Aung San Suu Kyi and is directed by Jeff Durkin. For our street artists, Art as a Weapon is more than a chance to share their work in street art and appear in a documentary film; it is a learning studio in itself. Students are participating as both subjects of the film, as street artists working on the Thai-Burma border, and as co-creators of the film (filming, interviewing and doing audio), after being generously trained in basic film-making and supplied with the essential tools by Jeffrey Durkin, his crew, and Breadtruck Films.

Initial filming of Brilliant Burma Art Studio street artists took place over three days in late January, 2012. It continues as the street artists film and document themselves and the others they work with as they continue to explore the power of street art, begin to teach workshops at migrant schools in the area, and organize other projects like Inside Out on the Thai-Burma Border.

As is often the case, what happened wasn't planned. Burmese street artists living on the Thai-Burma Border were forming an organization and Jeffrey Durkin was making a documentary. It was all happening at the same time and place. We were introduced, and a collaboration developed, built on the coincidental harmony of purpose. It was synergetic and transformative. Burmese street artists got a unexpected opportunity to learn about and become film-makers, and the film-makers became teachers. Some of our street artists now aspire to become film directors and Director Jeff Durkin was inspired by the experience and now teaches film-making to school children in his home, San Diego, California.

Art as a Weapon / teaser video from BREADTRUCK TV.


Art as a weapon teaser // 3 mins from BREADTRUCK TV on Vimeo.

More Information:
http://www.artasaweapon.info/
http://www.facebook.com/breadtruckfilms
http://breadtruckfilms.com

Art as a Weapon presskit photo