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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.80,0:00:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[El Anatsui: Studio Process]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.50,0:00:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The studio is located in the university town\Nof Nsukka
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.30,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in southeastern Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.84,0:00:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 10, 20 minutes, by walking,\Nnorth of the university campus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.20,0:00:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are times when I come in unexpectedly,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.54,0:00:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'll park my car elsewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.54,0:00:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walk in and you hear a lot of...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.71,0:00:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of, how do you call it now,\Nbanter. [LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.44,0:01:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very loud banter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.15,0:01:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I go in, then they all keep quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.37,0:01:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.70,0:01:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I always demand that there should\Nbe absolute silence in there--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.66,0:01:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as much silence as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.76,0:01:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I try to impress upon them that\Na studio is a sacred place
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.70,0:01:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you come to do some bit of reflection\Nand thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.46,0:01:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For each new, say, pattern or texture that\NI'm introducing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.70,0:01:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to show them how it's done,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.01,0:01:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I find that, as an artist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.97,0:01:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't maintain physical contact with\Nhandling the material, for instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.51,0:01:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work might end up not having a soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.12,0:02:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, they have to do the units--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.81,0:02:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we call them "blocks"--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.56,0:02:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a block can consist of maybe\Ntwo hundred and something bottle caps together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.37,0:02:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you take these units\Nand then start playing around with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.17,0:02:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then that's when you now have to\Nlay all of them out,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.68,0:02:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scatter them in the studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.98,0:02:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then start picking what you need\Nfor each portion of the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.72,0:02:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put them together in a bunch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.54,0:02:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you try to see what it can suggest.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.16,0:03:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's something that you feel is interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.54,0:03:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something effective,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.44,0:03:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have started a new idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.26,0:03:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just play around--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.59,0:03:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play around, shift around,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.31,0:03:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at times, for days,\Nyou can just keep shifting things around.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.16,0:03:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And taking photographs of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.14,0:03:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and putting them on the computer and...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.02,0:03:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have a lot of images on my computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.56,0:03:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In course of time, I could go back\Nand just keep looking at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.02,0:03:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need a very large bank of images--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.28,0:03:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of effects, of textures--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.07,0:03:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can always refer to,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.91,0:03:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they could trigger off new ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.88,0:04:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because ideas do come at very unusual times.