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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.38,0:00:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["New York Close Up"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.12,0:00:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Thanks for coming, you guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.58,0:00:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--You've been in this whole journey with me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.40,0:00:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--and it means a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.58,0:00:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--My whole life…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.70,0:00:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Jordan Casteel--Artist"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.86,0:00:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN]\N--Congratulations, though!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.80,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL]\N--Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.16,0:00:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider myself to be more of an introvert\Nthan an extrovert.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.75,0:00:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can flip on--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.05,0:00:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, adrenaline can kick in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.79,0:00:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm able to perform\Nextroversion really well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.34,0:00:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I often try to find\Nmy kindred spirits in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.18,0:00:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and usually it's somebody who's, kind of,\Nstanding off to the side.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.94,0:00:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a certain amount of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.84,0:00:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it requires to slow down enough
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.49,0:00:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really feel what it is to be present\Nwith someone in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.40,0:01:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Jordan Casteel Stays in the Moment"]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.70,0:01:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always had an inclination\Ntowards seeing people who
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.12,0:01:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be easily unseen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.18,0:01:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LOUIE]\NI remember it like it was yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.88,0:01:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a real calm, vivrant night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.98,0:01:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels like the way it's painted--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.64,0:01:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a vibe...\Nlike pink, summer...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.44,0:01:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,125th Street, where we ran into Jordan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.50,0:01:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so proud to be here today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.02,0:01:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a part of this\Nand be the face of it right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.12,0:01:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.36,0:01:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[QUENTIN]\NI feel like a superstar. [LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.32,0:01:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yo, I can't stop blushing! [LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.92,0:01:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't stop blushing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.56,0:01:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ZEN]\NI was walking the dogs, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.64,0:01:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we met and I sat and posed for the photo.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.36,0:02:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN]\NIt was here in New York right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.86,0:02:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ZEN]\NYeah, Harlem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.84,0:02:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[125th Street, Harlem]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.78,0:02:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LOUIE]\NHow you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.70,0:02:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I introduce you to Megastar Brand store?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.16,0:02:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.20,0:02:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get hoodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.98,0:02:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got long sleeve tees.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.94,0:02:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black Power everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.64,0:02:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got all kinds of...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.20,0:02:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How you doing miss?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.34,0:02:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I introduce you to Megastar Brand store?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.80,0:02:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN]\NMaybe next time, baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.04,0:02:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LOUIE]\NAll right, take care.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.86,0:02:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL]\NI was walking around, shooting at night
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.92,0:02:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Louie and A-Thug\Nwere packing up their stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.07,0:02:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while I was taking the pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.83,0:02:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point, Louie asked,\N"What's going on here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.16,0:02:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you an artist?\NA photographer?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.22,0:02:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What brings you to Harlem?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.72,0:02:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "Oh, I'm actually a painter,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.92,0:02:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm doing this project,"\Nblah blah blah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.10,0:02:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were like, "Oh, yeah!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.20,0:02:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We'd love to participate!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.18,0:02:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had phenomenal energy from the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.64,0:03:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Y'all turned this into a photo shoot.\NI ain't mad at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.78,0:03:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]\N--Make use of it while you got the camera!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.70,0:03:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The actual moment of me photographing someone
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.10,0:03:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that speedy moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.16,0:03:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in and out with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.70,0:03:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I get to spend the most intimate time,\Ninitially,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.96,0:03:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by myself in the studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.78,0:03:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,re-engaging with what I felt from someone\Nin an instant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.50,0:03:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sit in here literally for hours alone, in\Nmy own head--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.57,0:03:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the space to really delve into\Nmy most intimate thoughts and feelings,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.27,0:03:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to process the world around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.04,0:03:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what I do when I'm painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.36,0:03:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spend a lot of time just looking
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.37,0:03:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deciding colors in advance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.13,0:03:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then mixing them meticulously
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.09,0:04:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that when I get to this point
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.98,0:04:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm able to exert a certain amount of confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.72,0:04:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My way of trying to reconnect with\Nthe immediacy that happens
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.40,0:04:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're sitting in front of somebody,\Nyou know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.69,0:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you're working from life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.35,0:04:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The camera, it's really become a liaison\Nbetween me and the sitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.72,0:04:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives me time to\Nslow down before I go fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.68,0:04:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that moment with A-Thug and Louie,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.26,0:04:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if I noticed that "melanin" shirt\Nsitting on the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.54,0:04:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm quite sure I didn't\Nas I'm taking the pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.19,0:04:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's only in retrospect,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.42,0:04:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I took time to really study the environment\Nthat they had created,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.86,0:04:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was like, "Whoa!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.08,0:04:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There are really prominent things \Nhappening here."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.78,0:04:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His shirt saying,\N"T.H.U.G., the hate you gave us,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.66,0:04:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also didn't notice until I started making\Nthe painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.08,0:04:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's a very powerful statement,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.70,0:05:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wear it on your chest like a shield
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.49,0:05:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that communities of color often have to create
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.50,0:05:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to protect and honor ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.52,0:05:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LOUIE]\NI get the best feeling when I come outside
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.62,0:05:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody's wearing one of my t-shirts,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.80,0:05:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my hats.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.08,0:05:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right here is a little bear I done drew out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.26,0:05:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animated it with the little graphic design.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.98,0:05:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I've got to produce.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.61,0:05:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, making art into\Nwearable clothing right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.52,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young Style Designs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's wearable art right here, though.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.68,0:05:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jordan, her work is on showcase.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.96,0:05:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to go inside of an establishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.94,0:05:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm more of a street hustler,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.66,0:05:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get it out right on the\Ncement concrete block.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.40,0:05:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She left a little event in my life,\Nlike a nice little milestone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.74,0:05:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just dropped down and did something nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.86,0:05:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CASTEEL]\NI have somehow found a way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.50,0:06:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to weasel myself into a one-percent opportunity\Nwithin the art market
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.55,0:06:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has proven, on so many levels,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.06,0:06:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that room for me\Nis few and far between,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.20,0:06:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a young African-American woman
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.04,0:06:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a space that is primarily run by older\NWhite men.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.09,0:06:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The history of this country is complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.32,0:06:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The history of how art has moved through institutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.13,0:06:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and been valued, is complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.60,0:06:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With access comes responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.64,0:06:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With visibility comes responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.78,0:06:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ZEN]\NThere are very few spaces where
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.93,0:06:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black men are being represented
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.52,0:06:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of criminality and entertainment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.76,0:06:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People probably pass the subjects in this\Nwork everyday,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.38,0:06:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without acknowledging anything about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.14,0:06:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a value in just being.