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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.47,0:00:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.96,0:00:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graffiti Removal: the process of erasing\Ngraffiti by painting over it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.02,0:00:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subconscious art: a product of artistic\Nmerit that was created without conscious
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.20,0:00:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,artistic intentions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.90,0:01:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graffiti removal has become one of the\Nmore intriguing and important art
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.91,0:01:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movements of the early 21st century
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.08,0:01:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with roots in abstract expressionism
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.86,0:01:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minimalism and russian constructivism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.58,0:01:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graffiti removal is both a progressive\Ncontinuation of these movements
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.71,0:01:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an important step in\Nthe future of modern art.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.96,0:01:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes graffiti removal\Nparticularly intriguing though, is that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.86,0:01:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the artists creating it are unconscious\Nof their artistic achievements.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.38,0:01:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This unconscious or subconscious\Nproduction is nothing new
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.77,0:01:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and examples can be identified\Nat any urban landscape,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.57,0:01:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in mediums ranging from sculpture\Nto design to performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.40,0:02:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stemming from a basic natural instinct\Nto be artistic and creative
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.33,0:02:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human beings create subconscious\Nart on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.81,0:02:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course as is the case with many\Nconscious artists, much of the work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.23,0:02:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has little artistic merit and fits more\Naccurately into the category of exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.65,0:02:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But occasionally an individual or group
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.73,0:02:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subconsciously create a work\Nof true artistic genius
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.58,0:03:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.54,0:03:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When compared to the works of\Nthe great abstract artists
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.56,0:03:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Rothko, Rauschenberg\Nand Malevich's,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.97,0:04:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graffiti removal can be seen as the\Nculmination of many of the important
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.95,0:04:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movements of modern art
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.44,0:04:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while maintaining its own distinctive\Ntraits and qualities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.24,0:04:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Examples of successful \Ngraffiti removal pieces,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.58,0:04:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also known as ‘buffs’
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.56,0:04:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will often free a balanced composition\Nof densely layered floating shapes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.80,0:04:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and areas of colour, and often fall\Ninto one of three stylistic forms:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.29,0:04:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symmetrical, in which a recognisable\Ngeometric order of layered squares
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.98,0:04:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rectangles can be identified.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.78,0:04:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ghosting, in which the remover follows the\Nlines of the graffiti piece it is covering
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.98,0:04:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the general form and shape\Nof the original tag is emphasised.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.08,0:04:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And radical,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.79,0:04:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the remover uses neither geometry\Nnor the original tag as guidelines
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.10,0:04:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.87,0:05:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often called an outside the lines remove.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.48,0:05:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But regardless of its stylistic form
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.46,0:05:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graffiti removal will always make a \Ndecisive rejection of recognizable imagery
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.14,0:05:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact repress\Ncommunication entirely.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.75,0:07:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.07,0:07:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graffiti removal is a layered\Nand complex art form
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.88,0:07:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what makes the removal movement
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.81,0:07:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so significant? Its that is unconscious,\Naccidental and collaborative.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.40,0:07:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Removal pieces may take\Nmany months to complete
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.97,0:07:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can be a collaboration of\Nseveral taggers and removers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.54,0:07:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graffiti removers are not schooled artists
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.34,0:08:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but government employees who possess\Nthe qualifications of responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.82,0:08:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dedication
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.67,0:08:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are trained to operate machinery, \Ndrive city vehicles and are versed in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.38,0:08:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-graffiti legislation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.100,0:08:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are equipped with brushes,\Nrollers and a palette
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.16,0:08:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that includes colors such as\Nhalation, dove, and red.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.23,0:08:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although graffiti removers are\Nmaking aesthetic choices
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.61,0:08:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about color and technique\Nin their daily routine,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.89,0:08:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don’t set out to create public art
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.02,0:08:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather to uphold anti-graffiti\Nlaws and deter civil disobedience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.97,0:08:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,halation should be down there with those.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.02,0:08:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, could be this one
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.50,0:08:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, obviously it’s this one. \NWell, this is halation right here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.50,0:08:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that right here, I pulled it out. \NYou pulled it out?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.71,0:08:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that was snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.46,0:08:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The streets of Portland Oregon’s\Nsoutheast industrial district
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.24,0:09:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have become a hot spot in\Nthe graffiti removal movement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.15,0:09:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating the first official \Ngraffiti-free zone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.56,0:09:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,city legislators have passed\Nlaws mandating the daily patrol
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.64,0:09:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and immediate removal of all tags in\Ngraffiti within this two square mile area
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.52,0:09:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Portland is becoming known as\Na very unfriendly for taggers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.77,0:09:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a nutshell a graffiti-free zone is\Nwhere you go in and you clean
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.99,0:09:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the graffiti up each day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.92,0:09:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s you go in and start in the same\Nplace and clean it up day after day
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.80,0:09:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the goal being that the taggers\Nwill quit marking the territory
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.31,0:09:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of the rectangles that you're\Ntalking about in terms of when we
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.73,0:09:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clean it up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.58,0:09:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what we do with rectangles it’s just\Nbetter, It's easier on the eye if you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.25,0:09:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do a square as opposed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.38,0:09:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just you basically have an outline\Nof the tag if you just cover the tag
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.86,0:09:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the goal is not to have\Nrectangles the goal is really
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.35,0:09:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to match the building as close as we \Ncan and not have it stand out, but
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.14,0:09:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occasionally you have different people out\Nthere doing it they they clean it up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.86,0:10:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,differently and you end up with a result\Nin different patchwork looks out there
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.49,0:10:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.59,0:10:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's oftentimes difficult\Nto get politicians and government
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.25,0:10:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,officials to share their\Nartistic motivations.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.49,0:10:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Closer examination of the interview\Nvideo tapes reveal the more accurate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.59,0:10:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repressed subliminal intentions\Nthat are at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.41,0:10:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.12,0:10:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the rectangles that you're talking\Nabout in terms of when we clean it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.81,0:10:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beauty and art is the intended goal that\Nwe have when we go out and clean up
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.93,0:10:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is no coincidence that funding for\Nanti-graffiti campaigns often outweighs
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.24,0:10:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funding for the arts while not being a \Nconscious decision on the part
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.50,0:10:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ruling class,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.01,0:10:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the declared war on graffiti plays\Nan important role in the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.54,0:10:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,furthering of the art form.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.04,0:10:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The unconscious artistic desires
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.46,0:10:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of even the most conservative\Nmembers of the ruling
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.08,0:11:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,system leak out in this\Nsubconscious conspiracy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.88,0:11:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find and promote creative endeavors.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.92,0:11:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a complex set of circumstances that\Nfuel subconscious art production,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.50,0:11:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human beings have a natural\Ninstinct to be creative and artistic,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.04,0:11:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but conflict arises when society favors\Nmaterial wealth over creative expression.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.33,0:11:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When individuals are encouraged to repress\Ntheir natural instincts in order to pursue
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.05,0:11:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the accumulation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.93,0:11:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of commodities, a dangerous buildup of\Nrepressed artistic desire is generated.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.54,0:11:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graffiti removal and other subconscious\Nart forms are the natural
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.96,0:11:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eruption of these desires and\Ntheir ubiquitous forms speak
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.18,0:11:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the passions and dreams within us all.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.47,0:13:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)