[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CAI GUO-QIANG in Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.59,0:00:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the twenty-first century Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.40,0:00:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work is sometimes like the poppy flower Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.02,0:00:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has this almost romantic side Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.00,0:00:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yet, it also represents poison Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.01,0:00:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gun powder Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.82,0:00:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From its very essence, you can see Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.06,0:00:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much of the power of the universe\Nhow we came to be. Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.06,0:00:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can express these grand ideas\Nabout the cosmos Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.47,0:00:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very epic and heroic, Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.48,0:00:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time\Nit's used for such destruction. Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.93,0:00:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gun powder possesses a physical danger anyone who is near it. Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.15,0:01:00.52,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.