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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.45,0:00:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.22,0:00:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Fantasy for me is survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.77,0:00:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.81,0:00:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.30,0:00:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.01,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been, I think for my whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.100,0:00:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(object rattling)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.31,0:00:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am Naudline Pierre.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.49,0:00:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.25,0:00:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make paintings,\Nsculpture, works on paper
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.47,0:00:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that explore an alternate\Nuniverse with celestial beings
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.33,0:00:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other worldly creatures,\Nand a main character
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.11,0:00:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or protagonist who is growing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.33,0:00:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sort of shares a\Nlikeness to me, but isn't me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.36,0:01:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient piano music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.44,0:01:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to hang on to this sense
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fantasy from a young\Nage due to necessity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.35,0:01:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born into a family
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.73,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had really strong religious beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient piano music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.15,0:01:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a ton of fear as a kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.51,0:01:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there was a fear of\Nnot being righteous enough
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.69,0:01:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it to the next spot
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.13,0:01:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I would get left\Nbehind here in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.46,0:01:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't quite work out\Nin the failed experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.65,0:01:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here I am, almost 35\Nand still here. (laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.06,0:01:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient and string music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.05,0:01:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking about flying and\Nburning and destroying
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.58,0:01:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating and loving\Nand hating and raging.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.74,0:01:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I can just do all\Nof that in the studio
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.70,0:02:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can do that through the stories
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.92,0:02:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these characters\Nare allowing me to tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.50,0:02:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.50,0:02:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I come into the\Nstudio and nothing's happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.52,0:02:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.15,0:02:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit and stare and wait\Nfor these characters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.70,0:02:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to allow me in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.07,0:02:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these characters give me the okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.65,0:02:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the time I\Nfeel myself asking them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.58,0:02:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make themselves known to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.72,0:02:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.88,0:02:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't exactly know, and I like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.01,0:02:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to kind of keep the mystery there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.35,0:02:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.90,0:02:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have these characters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.37,0:02:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are just like a\Nhead connected to wings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.45,0:02:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I have characters that have arms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.66,0:02:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and legs and wings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.28,0:02:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I have guardians,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.87,0:03:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are really, really tall beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.44,0:03:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I have the central\Nfigure who is more human
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.76,0:03:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doesn't have the appearance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.08,0:03:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these celestial beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.58,0:03:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is learning how to\Nharness her own powers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.12,0:03:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sort of fly on her own.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.29,0:03:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think "I, A Terror\NLoosed Upon Your Heels"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.22,0:03:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a really pivotal work for me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.81,0:03:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was one of the first works
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.72,0:03:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the central figure is\Nleading a charge in motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.61,0:03:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's riding a chariot of fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.37,0:03:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being pulled by celestial beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.22,0:03:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.20,0:03:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, that work is very powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.78,0:03:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she's holding\Nherself up surrounded
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.78,0:03:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by these other supportive characters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.72,0:03:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's kind of like, yeah, "I'm a terror
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.05,0:03:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm coming after you."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.46,0:03:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.77,0:04:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I look for places\Nwhere I can feel that thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.46,0:04:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can't really express
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.02,0:04:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with words that you feel in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.02,0:04:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite places in the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.91,0:04:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have to say\Nwould be the cloisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.43,0:04:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just feels really good to be in a place
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.82,0:04:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I feel a lot of inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.97,0:04:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It transports me to another time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.58,0:04:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what attracts me to\Nthat time period is the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.76,0:04:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these are very much European males
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.91,0:04:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they probably weren't\Nthinking about someone like me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.51,0:04:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were making the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.08,0:04:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I get to take whatever\NI want from history
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.81,0:04:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reframe it all to\Ninclude what I wanna see.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.42,0:04:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.53,0:04:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At an early age I just was always thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.93,0:04:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about things unseen and\Nfantastical imagery and beasts
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.21,0:04:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prophecies and the end of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.94,0:05:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this idea of celestial beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.04,0:05:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stars, flames, serpents,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.89,0:05:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it connects to a sort of unseen world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.14,0:05:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I grew up with a lot\Nof that kind of language.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.63,0:05:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.28,0:05:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up, it was just understood that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.94,0:05:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this wasn't my final home,\Nthat there was another one
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.17,0:05:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was being built\Nfor me somewhere else,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.74,0:05:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I just hung on long enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.31,0:05:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd make it to that place.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.51,0:05:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so being able to make another place
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.77,0:05:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I call the shots,\Nit's a nice feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.71,0:05:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(traffic sounding)\N(horn blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.88,0:05:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that I'm an adult,\NI can kind of understand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.85,0:05:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how and why I am who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.14,0:06:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I embody different aspects\Nof myself, different aspects
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.31,0:06:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these creatures that I'm painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.45,0:06:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about embracing my own multiplicity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.57,0:06:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drawing power from change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.04,0:06:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am learning from the\Ncharacters who are allowing me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.86,0:06:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show them as they change, as they grow
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.39,0:06:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are many in one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.98,0:06:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(synth music)