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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.81,0:00:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Maya Lin: New York]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.04,0:00:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN] It's all about being random, so you can't create any patterns,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.16,0:00:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you always have to switch up the distance--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.64,0:00:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you make a couple closer to each other and a couple further away...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.14,0:00:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JAMES EWERT, STUDIO ASSISTANT]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.38,0:00:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for this area, where it's the end of the river and it's really thin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.81,0:00:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's usually just one pin, so it just varies in one dimension,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.35,0:00:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can't look like there's a pattern at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.99,0:00:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LIN] Generally when people experience something that is, say, a thousand miles long,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.89,0:01:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though you see a map and plan, your experience of a certain waterway is what you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.43,0:01:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really hard to understand an ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.63,0:01:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really hard to understand a river.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.14,0:01:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, again, they tend to span borders--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.71,0:01:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they tend to span so many different zones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.21,0:01:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it will begin to think of those as, for lack of a better word,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.63,0:01:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a very precious object...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.49,0:01:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Begins to get you to think of that river system as something that is much more controlled or finite
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.63,0:01:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something that is a singular organism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.50,0:01:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The show in New York will focus primarily in on New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.68,0:01:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to get to understand a place, like New York City,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.75,0:01:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's literally below our feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.05,0:01:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What used to be there historically, topographically,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.76,0:02:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as what's there right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.21,0:02:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one of the two things that are anchoring the shows are these very large stone circles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.21,0:02:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this also will be in the show as a cast recycled silver piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.81,0:02:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is Manhattan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.05,0:02:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This piece is going to be a pin river of the streams that used to be traversing midtown Manhattan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.49,0:02:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,west to east.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.83,0:02:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to create another waterway system,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.24,0:02:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is, sort of, literally the flood zone of Hurricane Sandy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.62,0:02:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we're going to turn that into a fairly large pin river.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.15,0:03:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if it's important to anyone else other than me--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.87,0:03:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fascinated by it. And I think throughout my work,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.12,0:03:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've tried to reveal aspects of the natural world that you may not be thinking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.76,0:03:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Hurricane Sandy, we're becoming to be very aware of our water's edge,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.47,0:03:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is something Manhattan hasn't really focused on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.46,0:03:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the discussions right now are: well, if we had not destroyed all the oyster beds--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.55,0:03:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oyster beds were actually there to mitigate a lot of the storm surge.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.25,0:03:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, if the salt marshes were to combat...they're there as our first line of defense.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.83,0:03:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we remember that this is what Manhattan used to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.46,0:03:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we remember it, could we restore it back to a fraction of what it's abundance used to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.31,0:04:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to break down basic ecosystem services,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.38,0:04:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are cleaning our air, cleaning our water...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.72,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a moral issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.88,0:04:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One species absolutely doesn't have a right to overrun the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.29,0:04:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I'm curious if I'm having an impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.19,0:04:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an artist, I don't want to be preachy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.62,0:04:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think the sculptures themselves, they've given facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.97,0:04:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm someone who basically loves to mine the facts and stand back.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.21,0:04:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we forget what used to be, then we've lost an ability toreally be sensitive to our surroundings.