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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.15,0:00:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Tau] Keep working on\Nthat for a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.58,0:00:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'm gonna start on my thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.38,0:00:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.19,0:00:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really easy to lose yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.56,0:00:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the making part of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.28,0:00:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(eccentric effects playing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.44,0:00:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Camera Assistant] One A take one mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.52,0:00:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Assistant] See if it's\Nright and then I can tweak it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.52,0:00:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Tau] Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.35,0:00:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a very deep kind\Nof interior private life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.35,0:00:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been that way since I was a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.42,0:00:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Are you okay? ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.46,0:00:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.39,0:00:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Sit down ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.25,0:00:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Tau] Had a hard time\Nspeaking, intentionally quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also really struggled\Nwith communicating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.35,0:01:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting my ideas out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.12,0:01:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient woodwind music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.06,0:01:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sculpture has been really\Nimportant to that interior self.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.70,0:01:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Assistant] I love it.\NIt looks really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.81,0:01:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah. You did a good job on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.31,0:01:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're trying to do invisible around--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.99,0:01:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Tau] It's seamless.\NYeah, it's beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.21,0:01:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Assistant] Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.21,0:01:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I'm trying to pin this down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.86,0:01:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Tau] I'm making my own interpretations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.78,0:01:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some of the things that I absorb.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.28,0:01:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exciting thing about fabric,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.17,0:01:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's not brand new it has\Ncharacter, it's mysterious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.53,0:01:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the imperfection
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.44,0:01:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I love wondering\Nabout their secret lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.80,0:01:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use every single piece of scrap.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.35,0:01:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The floor gets swept at the end of the day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.97,0:01:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then we collect the little pieces.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.07,0:01:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we accumulate enough of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.56,0:02:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make new fabrics out of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.60,0:02:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So each new sculpture has a piece
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.31,0:02:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an older one embedded in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.19,0:02:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They share shreds of the same\Nmemory and the same truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.90,0:02:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(eccentric percussion music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.56,0:02:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm specifically interested\Nin the masks as objects
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.41,0:02:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are used directly in\Nthe process of communicating
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.43,0:02:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a spirit or a God\Nor sometimes an ancestor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.32,0:02:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began looking at Yoruba masks,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.71,0:02:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ceremonial ritual masks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.11,0:02:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking about their functions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.78,0:02:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wearer of the mask\Ncomes with a message.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.10,0:02:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're able to deliver the message
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.84,0:02:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the mask is possessing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.05,0:02:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(scissors cutting)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.32,0:02:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(scissors cutting)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.39,0:02:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(machine sewing)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.92,0:03:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(scissors cutting)\N(electric piano music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.85,0:03:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of Black creation is an upcycling
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.89,0:03:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of a lack thereof,\Nregardless of an access to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.22,0:03:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would position myself\Nin the DIY kind of nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.81,0:03:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking things as they are\Nand letting them shine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.20,0:03:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(electric piano music)\N(faint voice messages playing)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.76,0:03:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense of calm\Nwhen I'm here alone
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.49,0:03:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the objects as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.75,0:03:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that they kind of\Npreside over the studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.71,0:03:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel held by them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.46,0:03:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient electric piano music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.39,0:04:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the process of making the artworks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.28,0:04:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's sort of a yearning\Nfeeling that comes off of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.01,0:04:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.84,0:04:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say it's like\Na need for recognition.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.13,0:04:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you spend so much\Ntime fixated on touching
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.91,0:04:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and handling, sometimes\Nswaddled in the material even,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.89,0:04:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're kind of bonded to it in a way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.99,0:04:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything I make is\Npart of this process of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.36,0:04:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing them I've heard you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.31,0:04:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are the symbols that\NI've made in response to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.77,0:04:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're being seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.43,0:04:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stories are not really new.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.35,0:04:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're being interpreted differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.08,0:04:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The materials are not new.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.15,0:04:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're now contributing themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.68,0:04:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a different form and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.21,0:04:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is really wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.48,0:05:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient electric piano music)