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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.29,0:00:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(machine clattering)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.41,0:00:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Azikiwe] Hi,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.24,0:00:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks for stopping by my\Nname's Azikiwe Mohammed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.75,0:00:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're here at my studio in Jersey city
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.36,0:00:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Mana Contemporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.34,0:00:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(upbeat jaunty music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.42,0:00:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to think\Nwhat I have to take out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.40,0:00:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.04,0:00:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.46,0:00:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bags rustling)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.81,0:00:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, police piggy bank right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.80,0:00:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.65,0:00:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(coins clatter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.60,0:00:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tight.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.44,0:00:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a fun one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.70,0:00:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May your house be warm,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.62,0:00:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your friends be many,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.30,0:00:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your sausages long."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.80,0:00:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then look, I just happened\Nto have one sitting here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.61,0:00:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.76,0:00:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the names of four\Ndifferent black beaches
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.96,0:01:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.54,0:01:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's research.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.99,0:01:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this stuff is useful for in here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.32,0:01:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I'm making things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.38,0:01:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sewing machine whirrs)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.87,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job isn't the capital "A" art person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.54,0:01:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word artist feels a little funky,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.45,0:01:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.97,0:01:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emanates from you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.37,0:01:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from your, you know, cult of genius,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.53,0:01:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behold, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.81,0:01:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the whole, get outta here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.97,0:01:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't make any sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.65,0:01:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(machine whirrs)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.30,0:01:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not very good at precious things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.84,0:01:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't use that word "artist,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.88,0:01:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suppose I would self describe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.68,0:01:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a guy who makes stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.87,0:02:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Builder, I say a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.79,0:02:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I build a pretty wide variety of objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.41,0:02:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gold jewelry, paintings,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.00,0:02:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neon sculpture, furniture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.45,0:02:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photography, puppets,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.63,0:02:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clothing, tapestries, embroidery work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.45,0:02:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trying to use what I know\Nbest as a touchstone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.80,0:02:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.63,0:02:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are clearly very specific to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.96,0:02:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black people and black homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.27,0:02:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In general, wood is a\Nless expensive material.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.53,0:03:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you'll find it in a lot of\Nlower moneyed people's homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.83,0:03:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Warm colors to come home to,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.38,0:03:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the opposite of being\Nyelled at by a manager
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.20,0:03:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tones that live in spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.95,0:03:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I know have said yes to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.18,0:03:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(machine engine rumbles)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.54,0:03:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm making spaces,\Nit needs to be inviting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.90,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hi. Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.23,0:03:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're interested
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.90,0:03:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're having painting\Nclasses here, outside today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.92,0:03:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just hop over to the tent,\Nyou have to say hi, and we'll
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.00,0:03:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll give you some stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.50,0:03:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.11,0:03:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Woman's Voice] Can you paint anything?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.53,0:03:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yeah, you can paint anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.61,0:03:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is meant to be a\Nstarting place for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.46,0:03:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Woman's Voice] Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.29,0:03:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- But if this starting place
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.13,0:03:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ends you up somewhere\Nelse, that's also fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.68,0:04:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only rule is that you\Nget to say yes to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.09,0:04:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The thing that I hope\Nto make most frequently
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.90,0:04:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that covers\Nsome form of a need
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.79,0:04:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for someone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.20,0:04:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure what kind\Nof sandwich this one is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.33,0:04:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think meatloaf sandwich, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.53,0:04:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever had one of those?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.23,0:04:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a great bottle of wine, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.58,0:04:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.93,0:04:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that's a bonus
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.40,0:04:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the art space is you can turn one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.12,0:04:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into another thing pretty easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.36,0:04:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I make fake food and then I can sell it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.78,0:04:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then turn that into real\Nfood that I can give to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.33,0:04:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(trolley rattles)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.29,0:04:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(coins clatter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.53,0:05:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bag ruffles)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.62,0:05:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Man's Voice] Thank you, thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.73,0:05:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Azikiwe] You're welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.82,0:05:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One way to say yes to a need\Nthat we all have is food stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.70,0:05:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you gotta, you gotta eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.48,0:05:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You're welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.72,0:05:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Every other week
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.24,0:05:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we distribute approximately\N140 bags of food
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.60,0:05:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each bag a solid three to five meals
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.36,0:05:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Best salad ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.73,0:05:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You're welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.39,0:05:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Make things less shitty for whoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.02,0:05:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That feels like the only thing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.49,0:05:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humans are supposed to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.33,0:05:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Home for me is in\NTribeca, lower Manhattan.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.93,0:05:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've lived there my whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.24,0:06:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people talk\Nabout lofts and artists.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.71,0:06:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know any of those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.32,0:06:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, my dad is a working photographer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.12,0:06:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to school photographer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.89,0:06:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The relationship that I had to the arts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.54,0:06:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.49,0:06:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a job like any other,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.86,0:06:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that live here, that work here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.34,0:06:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those people are normally\Nleft out of the story
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.25,0:06:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what New York is, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.26,0:06:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like who are the people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.66,0:06:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the 42nd\Nstreet cleanup authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.35,0:06:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So trying to figure out how you can add
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.94,0:06:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of those humans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.11,0:06:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back into this space.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.96,0:06:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the idea was a souvenir shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.28,0:06:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Generally in black and brown neighborhoods
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.88,0:07:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is always jewelry, liquor,\Npizza, thrift store.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.49,0:07:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can sort of start piecing together,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.65,0:07:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both who's buying what\Nin the neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.65,0:07:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what people are interested in.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.44,0:07:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's all of the things
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.67,0:07:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are normally in those spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.45,0:07:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just slightly different
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.10,0:07:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking to a New York\Nthat I know very well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.68,0:07:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Announcer] ♪ Big Apple\NGifts And Souvenirs ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.83,0:07:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Azikiwe] Welcome to Big\NApple Gifts And Souvenirs
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.04,0:07:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protecting you from the rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.25,0:07:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay warm and stay cool at the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.89,0:07:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big Apple Gifts And Souvenirs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.66,0:07:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a souvenir shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.92,0:07:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. Here, come on in.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.92,0:07:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, so trying to have objects
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.86,0:08:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that include a lot of the\Nother people that live here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.03,0:08:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work here, that are from here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.41,0:08:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If tourists are going to\Nbe coming to that space
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.28,0:08:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find objects and say this\Nis what New York looks like,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.64,0:08:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's a missed opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.98,0:08:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not have some people that\Nlook like us in that suitcase.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.68,0:08:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you can hand somebody\Nback an object that is them
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.67,0:08:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has their stories inside of it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.15,0:08:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they can hand to somebody else,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.82,0:08:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's not a lot of information\Nthat needs to be exchanged
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.23,0:08:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cause the object is\Ndoing the heavy lifting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.38,0:08:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It's a starting place.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.41,0:08:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a, not a, not a destination.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.10,0:08:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Man's Voice] Yeah. Wow.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.68,0:08:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(paper rustles)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.33,0:08:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Azikiwe] The role of an artist
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.16,0:08:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is still in service of whomever.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.61,0:09:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This should be something\Nthat you're able to take
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.74,0:09:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something that we can share together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.16,0:09:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And myself as a maker of objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.06,0:09:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this seems to be useful to\Nhumans, to whatever degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.82,0:09:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as long as it's useful\Nthen I'll keep doing this job.