I'm still processing exactly what happened on Saturday at the "Meet the Artist" event at @Athirty4's exhibition at The Cornerstone Gallery in Didcot.
The notorious Oxford-based artist keeps his identity in interviews hidden with a mask and although my video documentary was on display in the gallery, I felt my chance of meeting him was probably slim at such a public event.
But I did take my video camera to shoot some footage in case it would make for an interesting video for my new YouTube channel and no one seemed to mind me setting up and filming things (UK GDPR notwithstanding!).
In conversation with a curator he answered questions about identity, art and whether creativity should be for sale, but about twenty minutes into the interview we witnessed an unexpected turn of events when an identically dressed figure entered the gallery also claiming to be @Athirty4.
There was a veritable war of words with each artist claiming their authenticity. The staff and the audience were baffled as they were ultimately left wondering who is the real @Athirty4? One seemed like a laid back Londoner, the other was more of an aggressive northener.
I can't make my mind up myself, but in the interests of reportage I've put together this short precis of events for now - a full video will follow when I can devote the time needed to give this all justice.
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