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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CAI GUO-QIANG in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the twenty-first century
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work is sometimes like the poppy flower
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has this almost romantic side
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yet, it also represents poison
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gun powder
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From it's very essence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see so much of the power of the universe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we came to be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can express these grand ideas about the cosmos.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very epic and heroic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time it's used for such destruction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gun powder possesses a physical danger anyone who is near it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with time you get to know the material.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First you have to accept that it's uncontrollable.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then work with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've worked with the material so long,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've gained an understanding with how it works
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My way of doing it is just to flow with the material.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To let it take me where it wants to go.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I continuously want it to give me problems.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give me obstacles to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This whole process of making drawing is very much like lovemaking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the very beginning of laying down the paper,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like laying down the sheets on the bed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1:59\NAnd it's a very long process.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2:01\NAlways working towards a final goal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2:09\NAnd all the time there's this feeling that you just want it to explode.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2:13\NTo finish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2:18\NBut you're afraid that maybe it's too early,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2:21\Nmaybe it's not the best time yet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2:22\NMaybe you need to work on it a little more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:18\NAnd then afterwards, you either have great satisfaction
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:21\Nor you have disappointment as to your entire performance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:28\NYou can talk all day about the ancient philosophies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:31\Nand modern philosophies, art history,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:33\Ncriticism, theory, subject matter, historical context,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:38\Ncontemporary, post-modernism, form, representation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:43\NAll these things can be discussed, but in the end,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:47\Nit's really this on sight performance so to speak,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:51\Nthat really makes a work.