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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.42,0:00:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tania Bruguera: "Immigrant Movement International"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.56,0:00:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Queens, New York]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.36,0:00:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALIZA NISENBAUM] It was really fun to paint here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.18,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Aliza Nisenbaum, Artist]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.00,0:00:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was painting always when there was either\Na Zumba class
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.34,0:00:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a children's orchestra class.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.52,0:00:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There would always be at least four or five\Nlittle kids around my palette,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.63,0:00:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting their fingers into the paint
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.07,0:00:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asking me how to make particular colors
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.09,0:00:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seeing the way I put the brush down on\Nthe canvas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.54,0:00:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a Mexican,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.71,0:01:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've become a little bit more of a part\Nof the art world down there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.62,0:01:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so this has been like a real home for\Nme.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.18,0:01:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, yeah, Vero and Marisa are here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.76,0:01:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[NISENBAUM, IN SPANISH] How are you Vero?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.40,0:01:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--It's been a long time since I saw you last!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.24,0:01:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[VERO, IN SPANISH] Yes, yes. I've missed\Nyou too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.18,0:01:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[NISENBAUM, IN SPANISH] Likewise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.18,0:01:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Hi Marisa! How are you love?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.92,0:01:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[MARISA, IN SPANISH] Good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.56,0:01:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[NISENBAUM, IN SPANISH] Are you both ready\Nfor the party?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.23,0:01:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[VERO, IN SPANISH] Yes, yes. Very, very\Nready.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.20,0:01:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[NISENBAUM] I painted Vero twice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.52,0:01:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was my first model
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.94,0:01:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is the most inspiring person that\NI met in my class.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.48,0:01:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[VERO, IN SPANISH] I feel very very proud\Nbecause
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.74,0:01:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine, I'm in a painting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.32,0:01:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me, my husband, and my daughter!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.42,0:01:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my mind I thought that in one hour
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.70,0:01:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a painting was completed; but, no,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.56,0:01:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a lot of hours of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.62,0:01:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met her here because I took her class
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.58,0:01:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of learning English through art.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.26,0:01:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[NISENBAUM] We were talking a lot about ideas\Nof women--ideas of feminism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.41,0:02:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, they really didn't use the word 'feminist'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.03,0:02:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it was a little bit shunned or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.64,0:02:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we started opening up ideas of what that\Nwould mean for different people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.93,0:02:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, the idea of sitting face to face,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.45,0:02:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a very intimate experience having a model\Nand painting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.39,0:02:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, that always makes people open up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're painting every single part of their\Nflesh and their skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.82,0:02:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the flow and folds of their clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.60,0:02:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, that immediately is a kind of intimate\Nexperience.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.20,0:02:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[VERO, IN SPANISH] In Mexico, I studied an\NAztec dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.16,0:02:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family and I are accustomed to wearing\Nattire
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.96,0:02:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,typical of our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.40,0:02:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the truth is that time I wore a blouse\Nwith flowers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.30,0:02:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very pretty, with strong colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.96,0:02:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I always see it, I have the painting\Nin my home
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.14,0:02:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my living room.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.96,0:02:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before anything, I give thanks to Aliza.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.94,0:03:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[NISENBAUM] A lot of these women are people\Nthat hide, in some ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.04,0:03:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from public view--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.54,0:03:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from being seen--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.25,0:03:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a lot of them are undocumented immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.81,0:03:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was trying to give a sense of agency\Nto the women that were here
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.60,0:03:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of finding their voice, in terms\Nart,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.78,0:03:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in terms of, also, basic English skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's such a rich history of social painting\Nin Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.58,0:03:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, going back all the way to the muralists,\Nand...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.38,0:03:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think so much more art now has become about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.72,0:03:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this social space--social practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.65,0:03:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tania Bruguera; Artist, IMI Initiator]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.71,0:03:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very important for everyone to know about\Nthe poetics of this space.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.96,0:03:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BRUGUERA] The people in Immigrant Movement,\Nthey are using art to empower themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.38,0:03:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they have been part of contemporary art\Nas well,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.23,0:03:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they understand now, much better,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.39,0:03:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how contemporary art works,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.96,0:04:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything they can get out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.66,0:04:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can also grow and understand how to\Nwork from their fear--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.20,0:04:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the limitations they have put on themselves\Nonce they enter this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.54,0:04:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ANA RAMIEREZ] Because we're in a city
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.98,0:04:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes is somewhat difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.78,0:04:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once a while we all go through difficult moments
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.04,0:04:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our lives, no?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.76,0:04:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, being in a ceremony gives me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.54,0:04:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the strength to go forward day to day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.28,0:04:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So being here, for me, fills me with strength--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.86,0:04:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strength, happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.52,0:04:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.76,0:04:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gives me pleasure to work together\Nwith my family
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.32,0:04:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Tletlpapalotzin group.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.98,0:05:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[IMI Community Celebration Day]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.96,0:05:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BRUGUERA] Immigrant Movement is not a finished\Nproduct yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.36,0:05:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the time that we spend in Immigrant Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.79,0:05:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until now, is to prepare the conditions for\Nthe project to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.42,0:05:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ask me who I am, I think I am an idealist
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.85,0:05:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am dying to start a political party,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.71,0:05:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is what I really wanted to do--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.25,0:05:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a political power for immigrants,\Nby immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.84,0:05:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know, in the United States, the risk\Nof doing that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.98,0:05:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's going to be seen maybe as
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.49,0:05:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a gesture more than an actual thing that happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.98,0:05:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we'll see.