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(Laughter)

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This is what it feels like in my city all the time: super tense.

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What’s gonna happen?

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You should do quick steps there, and then

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How is the beat studio?

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Booh!

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What up!

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You gonna carry it sexy

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Yeah

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Four years ago this whole floor was just one empty space

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There was no plumbing there was no heaters, there was no electrical

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Does it look level to you?

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Lucky for me, I got it grant and I partitioned to move it out

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some of it is rented to other artists.

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And I curved out a space for myself that was way bigger than I ever dreamt

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I was taking on too much in figuring out how to amake it happen.

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It's real. It works. Sort of.

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When I first moved to NY, my studio was maybe 700 sq feet

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I made sculptures within inches of the walls, it was really difficult,

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Especially for the work that I made. It taugh me how to be efficient,

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how to save space, how to save money and especially how to save time.

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Cause no one helps me, and when you don’t have a lot of resources, you get sharp.

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Voici la nouvelle sculpture de Diana

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Elle a deux mois pour la finir, pour une exhibition.

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Ouaih!

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This past year I had a pretty fast growth.

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It just impossible to do this alone on this scale.

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Do you have a bucket for me? Yes!

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So, now I have assistants that help me make these things.

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Tout le monde a un surnom au studio

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DrewDack "dessinait beaucoup étant petit"

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DrewDudak--"Dessinait Beaucoup Quand Il Était Petit"

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YejiLee--"Yejisauk"

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SarahFaitell--"Fatal"

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That's also why I have a studio manager to allocate different tasks to people

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now I can focus on something that requires my attention.

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Working on a set this large is amazing, it’s so much fun

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When I was first working for her I was her only assistant.

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I spent like 6 months working really closely with just her I learnt a lot about all different techniques.

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It might just be that one rod.

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You are great