Gavin Robertson Collab

From the Nantucket to Cape Town

Gavin and I were neighbors at the Nantucket for a number of years. We spent a lot of time talking about Bitcoin, my art projects—including the rock opera I was working on—and my journey toward becoming an artist.

Gavin thought I had an interesting story, one worth making a film about, and told me he wanted to make a documentary about that journey. Documentary filmmaking is his passion. He’s been studying it through courses, and this project became a way to develop his craft while telling my story.

We began shooting in Seattle. After those shoots, Gavin asked whether there was a Bitcoin conference we could travel to together, where I could bring my paintings—something I’d already been doing. I suggested the one in his hometown of Cape Town the following month. We made it happen, and continued filming there.