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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.98,0:00:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[David Brooks, Artist]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.30,0:00:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[New York Close Up]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.10,0:00:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I grew up in a small town.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.10,0:00:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brazil, Indiana.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.60,0:00:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to New York in the mid-Nineties
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.22,0:00:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to school at Cooper Union.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.02,0:00:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["David Brooks Hits the Pavement"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.24,0:00:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And being a skater, I could just skate all\Naround town.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.46,0:00:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would go to all the museums,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.72,0:00:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have my skateboard with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.97,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just check it at coat check.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.42,0:00:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a little backwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.78,0:00:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, only the year before had I seen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.34,0:00:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my first piece of historical artwork in person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.34,0:01:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do recall, very starkly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.90,0:01:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.92,0:01:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discovering the ancestral totems\Nfrom the New Guinea area.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.30,0:01:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, they're very exotic looking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.50,0:01:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But each one of those face is an actual person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.88,0:01:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I realized what was behind them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.40,0:01:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it definitely shattered a particular\Npreconceived idea as to what art was.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.92,0:01:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was both the life around the artwork\Nduring it being made.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.68,0:01:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was the life around the artwork
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.59,0:01:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it functioned in the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.25,0:01:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a life around the artwork
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.07,0:01:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how it got to the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.50,0:01:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's the life behind it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.42,0:01:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the truth content within it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.54,0:01:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is actually really quite extraordinary
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.95,0:01:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and goes far beyond what it appears to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.97,0:02:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a piece I did at PS1
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.36,0:02:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I planted about fifty trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.58,0:02:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more of this, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.58,0:02:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cross section of an Amazonian forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.52,0:02:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we dumped, pumped, and sprayed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.28,0:02:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about twenty tons of concrete\Non the entire forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.28,0:02:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.76,0:02:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more of an action
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.91,0:02:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than it is a composition
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.77,0:02:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an object.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.00,0:02:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's one that is both horrifying
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.16,0:02:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has some beauty to it at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.82,0:02:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The forest then regrew over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.54,0:02:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it would break through\Nelements of the concrete.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.43,0:02:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And had a whole life cycle that went on\Nfor a year and a half.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.48,0:02:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so desensitized to imagery of violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.14,0:02:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in terms of a landscape,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.52,0:02:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in terms of a culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.13,0:02:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what the project really is looking at
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.75,0:03:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is trying to find ways to tether reality\Nright back to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.10,0:03:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like skating,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.58,0:03:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no ideology behind hitting the pavement.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.12,0:03:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just you and your body\Nhitting the pavement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.16,0:03:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a kind of reality check.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.94,0:03:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The skating started...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.26,0:03:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was quite young\Nand I was really bad at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.44,0:03:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my brother, I remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.80,0:03:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made fun of me at one point.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.02,0:03:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like, "You've been skating that long\Nand you still suck?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.82,0:03:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there was a turning point\Nat around the age of thirteen
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.77,0:03:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I became extremely disciplined.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.40,0:03:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had this thing where I had to\Nlearn a trick a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.21,0:03:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to sneak out of the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.74,0:03:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, at two in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.54,0:03:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drive up to Chicago or...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.60,0:03:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.68,0:03:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or drive down to Louisville.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.72,0:03:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So skateboarding, for me,\Nwas the most fulfilling
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.82,0:04:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you would find a new situation\Nin an urban context
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.62,0:04:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you think of a different way to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.96,0:04:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It propels one to want to actually\Ngo out in the world and explore.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.68,0:04:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The Explorers Club]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.08,0:04:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Explorers Club is a private club
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.92,0:04:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was founded in 1904
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.47,0:04:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a number of people that were embarking\Non these different endeavors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.71,0:04:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they kind of needed a center
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.85,0:04:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they could come together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.25,0:04:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have what they call a "smoker"--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.66,0:04:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they would meet and discuss\Nwhat kind of expeditions they've been doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.22,0:04:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was a place to disseminate information.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.48,0:05:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of its founding,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.06,0:05:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were people, of course,\Nracing to the poles--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.12,0:05:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,North and South--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.54,0:05:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to get to the top of the\Ntallest mountain on earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.14,0:05:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mount Everest.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.30,0:05:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, to get to the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.50,0:05:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as these people were\Nracing to the great firsts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.69,0:05:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were kind of passing up\Nall of the rest of life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.47,0:05:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.90,0:05:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I think now we've come to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.61,0:05:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a completely different understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.26,0:05:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how to perceive\Nthe definition of exploration.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.10,0:05:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's really about those granular,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.42,0:05:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infinitesimal minutiae aspects of life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.09,0:05:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really are the things that\Nmake up the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.70,0:05:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A combine is basically a piece of\Nfarming equipment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.80,0:05:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cuts corn,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.18,0:05:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaks the kernels of the corn off the cob,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.46,0:05:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then sifts and rasps\Nthe cobs and the stalks,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.78,0:06:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also cleans the grain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.08,0:06:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exhibition breaks apart this\Npiece of machinery
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.94,0:06:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into thousands of pieces.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.70,0:06:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes time and movement going around\Nand looking at everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.18,0:06:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like an ecosystem is not really
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.21,0:06:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something you can just show up\Nand stand in front of and experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.91,0:06:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually a number of processes that,\Nover time,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.92,0:06:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you understand, experience,\Nand you put it back together.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.46,0:06:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking the macroscopic hole\Ninto the microscopic details
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.10,0:06:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make up this one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.19,0:06:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that also does many operations all at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.67,0:06:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an infinite number of variations
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.72,0:06:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of things one can do with a skateboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.36,0:06:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it never quite ends,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.02,0:06:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it will always keep going,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.96,0:06:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more you put into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.46,0:06:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that at one point
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.46,0:07:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to be a professional skateboarder.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.38,0:07:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a girl broke my heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.64,0:07:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just started making art
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.70,0:07:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite intensely.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.72,0:07:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized I was just better at\Nmaking artwork
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.26,0:07:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I was at skateboarding.