0:00:00.150,0:00:02.580 - [Tau] Keep working on[br]that for a little bit 0:00:02.580,0:00:05.643 and then I'm gonna start on my thing. 0:00:11.379,0:00:12.212 Okay. 0:00:14.190,0:00:16.560 It's really easy to lose yourself 0:00:16.560,0:00:19.277 within the making part of things. 0:00:19.277,0:00:22.587 (eccentric effects playing) 0:00:25.440,0:00:27.090 - [Camera Assistant] One A take one mark. 0:00:32.520,0:00:35.520 - [Assistant] See if it's[br]right and then I can tweak it. 0:00:35.520,0:00:36.353 - [Tau] Yeah. 0:00:36.353,0:00:40.350 I have a very deep kind[br]of interior private life. 0:00:40.350,0:00:42.425 I've been that way since I was a child. 0:00:42.425,0:00:43.465 ♪ Are you okay? ♪ 0:00:43.465,0:00:46.132 (ambient music) 0:00:48.390,0:00:50.247 ♪ Sit down ♪ 0:00:50.247,0:00:53.133 - [Tau] Had a hard time[br]speaking, intentionally quiet. 0:00:54.000,0:00:58.350 And I also really struggled[br]with communicating 0:00:58.350,0:01:00.115 and getting my ideas out. 0:01:00.115,0:01:03.532 (ambient woodwind music) 0:01:12.060,0:01:16.563 Sculpture has been really[br]important to that interior self. 0:01:17.700,0:01:20.703 - [Assistant] I love it.[br]It looks really good. 0:01:21.810,0:01:23.310 Oh yeah. You did a good job on that. 0:01:23.310,0:01:24.990 We're trying to do invisible around-- 0:01:24.990,0:01:27.210 - [Tau] It's seamless.[br]Yeah, it's beautiful. 0:01:27.210,0:01:28.043 - [Assistant] Yeah. 0:01:30.210,0:01:31.860 Sorry, I'm trying to pin this down. 0:01:31.860,0:01:33.780 - [Tau] I'm making my own interpretations 0:01:33.780,0:01:36.813 of some of the things that I absorb. 0:01:38.280,0:01:40.170 The exciting thing about fabric, 0:01:40.170,0:01:43.530 when it's not brand new it has[br]character, it's mysterious. 0:01:43.530,0:01:45.441 I love the imperfection 0:01:45.441,0:01:48.046 and I love wondering[br]about their secret lives. 0:01:49.800,0:01:52.350 We use every single piece of scrap. 0:01:52.350,0:01:53.970 The floor gets swept at the end of the day 0:01:53.970,0:01:56.070 but then we collect the little pieces. 0:01:56.070,0:01:58.560 When we accumulate enough of them, 0:01:58.560,0:02:00.600 make new fabrics out of them. 0:02:00.600,0:02:02.310 So each new sculpture has a piece 0:02:02.310,0:02:04.173 of an older one embedded in it. 0:02:05.190,0:02:08.900 They share shreds of the same[br]memory and the same truth. 0:02:08.900,0:02:12.650 (eccentric percussion music) 0:02:13.560,0:02:16.410 I'm specifically interested[br]in the masks as objects 0:02:16.410,0:02:20.430 which are used directly in[br]the process of communicating 0:02:20.430,0:02:24.423 with a spirit or a God[br]or sometimes an ancestor. 0:02:25.320,0:02:28.710 I began looking at Yoruba masks, 0:02:28.710,0:02:31.110 ceremonial ritual masks 0:02:31.110,0:02:33.780 and thinking about their functions. 0:02:33.780,0:02:38.100 The wearer of the mask[br]comes with a message. 0:02:38.100,0:02:39.840 They're able to deliver the message 0:02:39.840,0:02:42.640 when the mask is possessing them. 0:02:45.047,0:02:47.964 (scissors cutting) 0:02:50.319,0:02:53.236 (scissors cutting) 0:02:56.388,0:02:59.138 (machine sewing) 0:03:06.919,0:03:11.850 (scissors cutting)[br](electric piano music) 0:03:11.850,0:03:16.000 A lot of Black creation is an upcycling 0:03:16.890,0:03:21.303 regardless of a lack thereof,[br]regardless of an access to. 0:03:23.220,0:03:27.810 I would position myself[br]in the DIY kind of nature, 0:03:27.810,0:03:32.202 taking things as they are[br]and letting them shine. 0:03:32.202,0:03:37.202 (electric piano music)[br](faint voice messages playing) 0:03:45.760,0:03:47.490 There's a sense of calm[br]when I'm here alone 0:03:47.490,0:03:48.750 with the objects as well, 0:03:48.750,0:03:52.710 the way that they kind of[br]preside over the studio. 0:03:52.710,0:03:54.457 I feel held by them. 0:03:54.457,0:03:58.374 (ambient electric piano music) 0:04:00.390,0:04:02.280 During the process of making the artworks, 0:04:02.280,0:04:05.010 there's sort of a yearning[br]feeling that comes off of them. 0:04:05.010,0:04:05.843 I don't know. 0:04:05.843,0:04:08.223 I would say it's like[br]a need for recognition. 0:04:11.130,0:04:14.910 When you spend so much[br]time fixated on touching 0:04:14.910,0:04:19.890 and handling, sometimes[br]swaddled in the material even, 0:04:19.890,0:04:22.263 you're kind of bonded to it in a way. 0:04:27.990,0:04:31.359 And everything I make is[br]part of this process of 0:04:31.359,0:04:34.309 showing them I've heard you 0:04:34.309,0:04:38.767 and these are the symbols that[br]I've made in response to you, 0:04:38.767,0:04:40.733 and you're being seen. 0:04:44.430,0:04:46.350 The stories are not really new. 0:04:46.350,0:04:49.080 They're being interpreted differently. 0:04:49.080,0:04:51.150 The materials are not new. 0:04:51.150,0:04:52.680 They're now contributing themselves 0:04:52.680,0:04:56.212 in a different form and 0:04:56.212,0:04:58.475 this is really wonderful. 0:04:58.475,0:05:00.834 (ambient electric piano music)