Discipline & ANARCHY: Nils Bertho

Nils Bertho is a French artist with a degree in Fine Arts. passionate about underground culture, Bertho is a prolific and compulsive visionary known for his meticulous line-work. his art tells stories loaded with tension through hybrid characters engaging in rituals as absurd as they are esoteric.

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WHY DO YOU DO IT? WHAT DRIVES YOU?

If I don't do what I do I have black ideas.

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU DO FOR SANITY MAINTENANCE?

Sex.

WHAT IS THE SCRAPPIEST THING YOU’VE DONE TO MAKE OR SAVE $$?

I defaced my friend's college with shitty graffiti for $5.

YOUR TASK IS TO PRESCRIBE ONE BOOK OR FILM TO THE COLLECTIVE FOR MANDATORY CONSUMPTION. WHAT IS IT?

TRASH HUMPERS by Harmony Korine.

current obsession?

When I was 7, I became very ill. I remember those few months like an endless dream. The hallucinations caused by the fever and my delirium created nightmarish visions that I could never extract from my head. I try tirelessly in my work and my drawings to represent what I saw as a child. 

MOST USEFUL FAILURE?

My pony allergy.

SELECTED Q FROM THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE: how would you like to die?

Eaten by wolves <3

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?

I'm working on a new album for my noise rock band Adolf Hibou, 2 comics books, 3 illustration books, a new horses magazine, guest tattoos in France, new large canvas paintings for future exhibitions, and a model for a collective art project called "Cool City." 

DISCIPLINE OR ANARCHY?

On the edge of the margin. 

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check out some of nils’ latest works

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DISCIPLINE & ANARCHY is a biweekly interview series featuring underrated artists and writers of scrap and substance.