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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\Nfor anyone who is near it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.15,0:01:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with time,\Nyou get to know the material.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.78,0:01:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First you have to accept\Nthat it's uncontrollable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.30,0:01:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, work with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.30,0:01:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've worked with the material so long,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.57,0:01:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've gained an understanding\Nof how it works
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.22,0:01:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My way of doing it\Nis just to flow with the material.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.32,0:01:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To let,\Nit take me where it wants me to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.41,0:01:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I continuously want it to\Ngive me problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.29,0:01:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give me obstacles to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.12,0:01:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This whole process of making drawing\Nis very much like lovemaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.19,0:01:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the very beginning of\Nlaying down the paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.35,0:01:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like laying down\Nthe sheets on the bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.09,0:02:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a very long process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.54,0:02:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always working towards a final goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.46,0:02:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all the time there's this feeling\Nthat you just want it to explode.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.97,0:02:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to finish.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.75,0:02:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're afraid\Nthat maybe it's too early,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.82,0:02:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe it's not the best time yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.39,0:02:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you need to work on it\Na little more.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.37,0:03:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then afterwards,\Nyou either have great satisfaction
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.32,0:03:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you have disappointment as to\Nyour entire performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.26,0:03:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can talk all day about the ancient\Nphilosophies and modern philosophies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.35,0:03:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,art history, criticism, theory,\Nsubject matter, historical context,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.40,0:03:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contemporary, post-modernism, form,\Nrepresentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.38,0:03:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these things can be discussed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.74,0:03:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.23,0:03:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really this on sight performance,\Nso to speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.46,0:03:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really makes a work.