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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.93,0:00:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of foil pieces tapping against each other in the wind]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.68,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish that I spoke more languages
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.00,0:00:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think each language is a window completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.13,0:00:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a new window.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.42,0:00:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I at times regret that I'm not very good at languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.95,0:00:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd love to have more windows opening to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.17,0:01:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are times that I name my--title my--works in my language, Ewe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.98,0:01:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like in my language, there are several words which would have multiple meanings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.75,0:01:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a little tonality change, the word "Gli"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.20,0:01:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can mean so many things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.82,0:01:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gli" is "wall"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.10,0:01:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gli", same spelling, is "story"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.53,0:01:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gli" is like "disrupt"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.93,0:01:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "Gli" can mean erupt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.15,0:01:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so on and so forth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.35,0:01:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several of the words that I use have such a range of meanings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.35,0:01:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas with English I find that it is a bit specific
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.22,0:01:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since I'm working with the idea of non-fixity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.72,0:02:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something indeterminate, I don't want the language to inform.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.65,0:02:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because wanting it to inform, and by giving it a context
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.13,0:02:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you limit its ability to stretch,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want it to remain contextless
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.97,0:02:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it leads you anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.38,0:02:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tradition that actually started my profession off
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.85,0:02:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was this collection of symbols that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.11,0:02:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they call Adinkra symbols
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.27,0:02:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Adinkra" means saying goodbye.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.92,0:02:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually a series of signs and symbols that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.75,0:02:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are printed on textiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.01,0:02:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a library, I read a couple of books
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.77,0:03:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which there were claims that Africa didn't have art
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.45,0:03:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that African art is not abstract
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.95,0:03:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I saw these signs in which you clearly see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.47,0:03:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people making attempts to encapsulate abstract ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.35,0:03:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the oneness of God or unity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.55,0:03:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That really opened my eyes, and I stayed with those signs for well over 5 years
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.88,0:03:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after I finished school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.02,0:03:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like in Europe you will go to the museum to see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.47,0:03:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the artworks of your forebearers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.22,0:03:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was my museum that I discovered.