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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.02,0:00:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sounds of birds chirping]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.80,0:00:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.59,0:00:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] This is what it feels like in my studio all the time. Super tense.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.07,0:00:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diana Al-Hadid--Artist
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.24,0:00:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] "What’s gonna happen?" [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.87,0:00:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sound FX App-Ryan's iPhone
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.40,0:00:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ryan] "Is she gonna put steps there?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.32,0:00:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And then..."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.55,0:00:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sounds of record scratching]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.28,0:00:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Al-Hadid studios!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.82,0:00:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] "Boom!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.72,0:00:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana Al-Hadid's Studio Boom]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.06,0:00:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What up!?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.41,0:00:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ryan] "You wanna hear 'sexy'?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.93,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana, laughing] "I do."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.03,0:00:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of saxophone playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.31,0:00:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sounds of blowtorch]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.73,0:00:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four years ago this whole floor was just one empty space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.53,0:00:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sounds of drilling]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.96,0:01:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no plumbing, there was no heaters, there was no electrical.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.88,0:01:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Does it look level to you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.76,0:01:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucky for me, I got it grant and I partitioned some of it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.76,0:01:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of it's rented to other artists.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I curved out a space for myself that was way bigger than I ever dreamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.24,0:01:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was taking on too much and figuring out how to make it happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.56,0:01:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's real. It works. Sort of."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.53,0:01:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first moved to New York, my studio was maybe 700 square feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.79,0:01:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Actual Size--320 square feet]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.43,0:01:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made sculptures within inches of the walls. It was really difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.71,0:01:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially for the work that I made. It taught me how to be efficient:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.01,0:01:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to save space, how to save money, and especially how to save time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.11,0:01:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because no one helped me, and when you don’t have a lot of resources, you get sharp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.34,0:02:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[This is Diana's new sculpture.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.01,0:02:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[She has two months to finish it for a show.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.30,0:02:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yay!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.15,0:02:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This past year I had pretty fast growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.23,0:02:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just impossible to do this alone on this scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.88,0:02:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you have a bucket for me? Yes!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.58,0:02:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, now I have assistants that help me make these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.11,0:02:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Everyone in the studio has a nickname.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.74,0:02:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Drew Dudak--"Drew A Lot When He Was A Kid"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.81,0:02:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Yeji Lee--"Yejisaur"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.24,0:02:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sarah Faitell--"Fatal"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.74,0:02:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's also why I have a studio manager...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.34,0:02:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jonathan de Simone--"Jonny D On The Ones & Twos"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.86,0:02:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...to allocate different tasks for people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.04,0:02:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can focus on something that requires my attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.18,0:02:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jonathan] Working on stuff this large is amazing, it’s so much fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.77,0:02:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.18,0:02:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was first working for her, I was her only assistant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.67,0:03:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent like six months working really closely with just her and learned a lot about all the different techniques.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.09,0:03:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] "It might just be that one rod."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.57,0:03:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jonathan] "You are correct."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.02,0:03:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jonathan] She’a kind of a "go-big-or-go-home" person.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.92,0:03:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] "Yes! I love when I'm right."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.99,0:03:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jonathan] Everything is like balls to the wall...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.20,0:03:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] "It's so nice, it punctures through."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.99,0:03:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jonathan] ...giant sculpture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.04,0:03:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of the processes here are really specific and a little bit weird and unique.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.09,0:03:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, largely what I do is train other people how to do something in the way that Diana wants it done.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.07,0:03:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] All this stuff I do people can learn. It’s really easy. I think. Everything I do is easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.54,0:03:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick] "Yeah, but it's also like watching the master at work."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.07,0:03:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.29,0:03:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick] I mean to touch fiber glass like you do, to hold it, you can’t do it yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.67,0:03:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] "I’m much faster."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.07,0:03:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick] Yeah, and you make it look more natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.44,0:03:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] It was kind of a mess in here for many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.23,0:03:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of Nick, now I look like a professional.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.09,0:03:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick] She likes receipts--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.13,0:04:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nicholas Joyce--"Snick"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.01,0:04:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keeping track of everything to the penny. So that’s actually a difficult part.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.89,0:04:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tons of details. [laughs] Exciting details.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.62,0:04:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jon and I have a competition.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.04,0:04:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s like, I have to get her in the office, and he has to get her on the studio on the same day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.71,0:04:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we split her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.76,0:04:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Office] [Studio]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.89,0:04:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] We're going outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.62,0:04:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jonathan] This is like a really great working environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.57,0:04:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s really nice being here. I'm definitely learning a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.04,0:04:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on the other hand it is really time consuming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.77,0:04:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Time on the Job]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.04,0:04:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think there’ll come a point at which I need to go do my own thing now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.96,0:04:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hardest part of leaving here will be the fact that we laugh so much at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.23,0:05:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean it’s serious too, we're getting shit done, but the fact that the vibe is really relaxed is so nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.70,0:05:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] Going to use a ladder.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.55,0:05:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana's been working on this sculpture for over a year.]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.56,0:05:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[With one month left the studio goes into overdrive.]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.31,0:05:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] There’s huge change that happens at the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.96,0:05:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, once everything got attached and a lot of the big main decisions are made,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.12,0:05:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My focus is on these minuscule details. The nuts and the bolts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.92,0:05:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paul] There are steel supports,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.40,0:05:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paul Pino--"Paulapart"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.13,0:05:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paul] Like here. There’s a little one inside here, and here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.61,0:05:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these drips kind of obscure where the supports are, to make it look like you're in this sci-fi kind of world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.71,0:05:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the rules of physics are being bent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.51,0:05:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] Elements come on and come off, and so my job is predicting some of those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.63,0:05:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're really geeky about ways to problem-solve large complicated sculptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.83,0:05:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Dennis] The sculpture itself is not built in a rational way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.95,0:06:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has more of an aesthetic goal rather than a tectonic one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.44,0:06:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the thing that I'm working on mostly right now are...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.62,0:06:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Dennis Harvey--"Dennisio (del Toro)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.77,0:06:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...construction manuals on how to assemble one of these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.76,0:06:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am always running out to the studio, measuring pieces, and coming back to the computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.91,0:06:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s part of each sculpture that you don’t see.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.66,0:06:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These instruction manuals will stay with the sculpture for the rest of its life. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.98,0:06:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paul] Sometimes I'll get home after working here and I've had a lot of dreams about cutting and gluing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.68,0:06:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not sure if I'm dreaming about doing her work or doing my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.18,0:06:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end, it doesn’t make a big difference to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.70,0:06:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[It's now 1:30 a.m.]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.05,0:06:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The art movers arrive first thing in the morning.]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.20,0:06:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Diana] What we're doing in the studio together is our own problem for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.41,0:06:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, at some point, it will be the world's problem...forever. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.81,0:07:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The art world is really temperamental,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.08,0:07:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I could be down to myself next year, who knows?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.23,0:07:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I'm careful and I try to be prepared for luck.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.66,0:07:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Artists are some of the savviest, inventive people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.36,0:07:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have to manage a really illogical pursuit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.21,0:07:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of the world is a lot more logical.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.29,0:07:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every artist I know is dealing with lot of stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.79,0:07:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of desire, and a lot of curiosity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.99,0:07:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're kind of sneaky undercover people that look like you and me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.50,0:07:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So...be careful. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.47,0:07:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're everywhere. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.85,0:07:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music begins playing: "Eisbär" by Grauzone]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.36,0:07:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dance party!