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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.70,0:00:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Zanele Muholi: Mobile Studios]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.18,0:00:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Daveyton, South Africa]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.26,0:00:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUHOLI SPEAKING IN ZULU]\NShow me your eyes only.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.64,0:00:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathe in and out.\NEverything is good now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.32,0:00:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do this.\NNo, the fur coat is fine!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.34,0:00:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to form these mobile studios
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.12,0:00:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you don't need to be\Nfixated in one space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.52,0:00:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live here, pay taxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.20,0:00:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are citizens of this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.57,0:00:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is democratic, they say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.50,0:00:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any space is a possible space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.82,0:00:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my own way of writing\NSouth African LGBTI history.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.68,0:00:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't want to be limited by anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.49,0:00:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to be in any studio.\NI want to be unplugged.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.92,0:00:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Bathini, who is from Soweto,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.86,0:01:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but connecting with Collen,\Nwho is in Daveyton.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.64,0:01:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are assisted by Carla.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.90,0:01:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Lerato is the project coordinator.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.30,0:01:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to make sure that I\Nempower the people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.82,0:01:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are featuring in the series--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.42,0:01:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people who are around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.94,0:01:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are "Faces and Phases" participants.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.44,0:01:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there's Katiso with Ovulenda,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.58,0:01:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are in another series\Ncalled "Brave Beauties."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.54,0:01:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Brave Beauties" looks\Nspecifically at trans women
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.40,0:01:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are beauty queens.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.58,0:01:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUHOLI SPEAKING IN ZULU]\NNo, I'm with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.58,0:01:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to make the best shot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.42,0:01:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there are exhibitions,\NI take the participants with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.83,0:01:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they will be able\Nto speak for themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.27,0:01:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get to see what happens\Nto the photographs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.50,0:02:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you have been to exhibitions?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.20,0:02:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you been to exhibitions before?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.92,0:02:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[PARTICIPANT] No.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.82,0:02:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUHOLI] I needed to give those humans\Na space to express,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.03,0:02:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is not what they usually do\Non a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.76,0:02:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[PARTICIPANT] Being shown on the exhibition,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.53,0:02:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a sign of showing people that we exist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.04,0:02:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are human.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.42,0:02:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUHOLI] Creating the "activist wall,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.88,0:02:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a way in which we\Ndestabilize the peaceful imagery
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.12,0:02:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the gallery setting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.52,0:02:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[PARTICIPANT, IN ZULU]\NI want to speak for myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.48,0:02:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be strong,\Nand be the person that I truly am.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.42,0:02:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Trans is beauty']\N["Trans is strength"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.14,0:02:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUHOLI] Especially gallery settings--\Nits white walls, beautiful images.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.88,0:02:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems as if there's no agency.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.40,0:02:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, they are these\Nbeautiful young individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.15,0:02:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are on the walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.15,0:02:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have their own\Npersonal stories to tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.90,0:03:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surely, the "Brave Beauties"\Nare the only visual document
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.50,0:03:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has ever existed\Nthat has reached that far.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.28,0:03:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[PARTICIPANT] You can zoom in if you want to,\NI don't have pimples!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.86,0:03:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUHOLI] So, I just wanted to\Ngive a voice to trans women--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.62,0:03:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be heard and be seen\Nin art spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.64,0:03:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed to make sure that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.44,0:03:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people see themselves\Nas worthy humans,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.56,0:03:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like every other important woman\Nin South African history
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.47,0:03:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or beyond South African borders.