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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.92,0:00:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.60,0:00:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ukulele strums)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.88,0:00:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.51,0:00:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ukulele strums)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.46,0:00:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up on the border,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.70,0:00:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know that art was something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.13,0:00:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could do to sustain myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.56,0:00:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's not a lot of art
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.50,0:00:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seems accessible\Nto working class people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.41,0:00:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does art have to be so hierarchical?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.04,0:00:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does it have to be such a narrow view
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.50,0:00:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what humanity actually is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.27,0:00:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what humanity is\Nactually experiencing?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.24,0:00:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-I would cut the tape...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.43,0:00:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how I got into\Nstudying furniture design.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.49,0:00:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really just wanted to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.44,0:00:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was more working class,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.82,0:01:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but still artistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.66,0:01:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning how to work with wood and metal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.39,0:01:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemed like a very worthwhile thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.16,0:01:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could have a physical\Nand emotional outlet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.93,0:01:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also, my dad could\Nlook at something and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.83,0:01:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my god, you're a really good welder."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.65,0:01:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Father, in Spanish] Good morning!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.49,0:01:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mother, in Spanish] Good morning!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.53,0:01:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Father, in Spanish] I would like a seafood taco.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.20,0:01:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Aguiñiga, in Spanish] Do you want one too, Mom?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.41,0:01:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Mother, in Spanish] Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.68,0:01:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ukulele strums)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.93,0:01:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Aguiñiga] When I studied craft,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.16,0:01:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you knew the lineage of who taught who
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.50,0:01:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three, four generations down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.04,0:01:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You knew everybody you studied with.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.41,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "Oh, this person makes work this way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.07,0:01:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they learned from this master."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.51,0:01:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is something that\NI think a lot of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.09,0:01:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose parents migrated,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.70,0:01:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.98,0:01:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have lineages.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.06,0:01:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know my grandma's name, and that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.43,0:01:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of this really nice thing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.47,0:01:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to connect you back to\Ndifferent types of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.90,0:01:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,histories and traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.77,0:02:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up studying under Wendy Maruyama,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.54,0:02:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a really amazing Japanese-American\Nwoman, who's deaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.26,0:02:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was one of the first women
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.57,0:02:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get a Master's in furniture design,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.16,0:02:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makes a lot of really provocative work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about identity and gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.40,0:02:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.01,0:02:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft instrumental music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.27,0:02:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By having educators\Nthat I could relate to,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.28,0:02:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could kind of\Nsee part of my struggles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.32,0:02:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with identity mirrored in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.73,0:02:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped me flip a switch\Nthat led to where I am now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.10,0:02:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning about fiber,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.02,0:02:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning about fabric,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.93,0:02:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning about textiles,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.53,0:02:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps you take ownership
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.53,0:02:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how you present yourself to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.62,0:02:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you learn how to\Nmake your own fabric,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.70,0:02:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make your own clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.90,0:02:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be a lot more self-sufficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.08,0:02:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also have authorship of self.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.82,0:03:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft instrumental music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.39,0:03:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(traffic whirls)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.89,0:03:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft xylophone music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.42,0:03:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think art can offer different ways
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.41,0:03:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of getting to an answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.54,0:03:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can offer different possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.62,0:03:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Generative space.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.73,0:03:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power over your own identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.38,0:03:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft xylophone music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.82,0:03:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a lot of us that are marginalized,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.90,0:03:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or seen as others,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.50,0:03:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can explore different\Nways of telling our stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.18,0:03:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft xylophone music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.87,0:03:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(car horn honks)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.76,0:04:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft xylophone music)