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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.46,0:00:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TIM HAWKINSON: It’s something that emotes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.47,0:00:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it’s motorized and it is an emoter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.60,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can’t make most of these faces myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.44,0:00:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s using my face because \Nthat’s readily available and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.32,0:00:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have exclusive rights to my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.08,0:00:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed I guess honest to just use my own face.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.76,0:00:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just took my digital camera and held it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.12,0:00:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just took a bunch of shots.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.80,0:00:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took it into the developer \Nand he put it on a screen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:00:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we Photoshopped all the features.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.72,0:01:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We blanked out the mouth and \Nthe nostrils and the eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.24,0:01:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had just this egghead, this, with \Nno features, just thinking that I’d…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.28,0:01:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’d want to start with a blank face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.08,0:01:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I’d overlay the, the features
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.36,0:01:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other three kind of donor photographs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.20,0:01:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brain of the piece, or the driver,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.12,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just picking up the light and \Ndark patterns on the television
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.52,0:01:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are nineteen of these little suction
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.20,0:01:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cups that have little light \Nsensitive switches in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.60,0:01:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when a certain area of the screen is dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.04,0:01:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it triggers these different mechanisms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.80,0:01:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It actually triggers a motor in the face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.48,0:01:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the manipulations are very slight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.85,0:01:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depending just on what’s \Ncoming through the TV channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.84,0:02:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there’s a sporting event with lots of \Nactivity, the face can be pretty emotional.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.12,0:02:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use my image or my body in a lot \Nof the work as a jumping-off point,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.04,0:02:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but usually the end result \Nis so abstracted that I…
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.76,0:02:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t really feel so \Nidentified with it any longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.64,0:02:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not about my identity, but it’s \Nabout our identity and our experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.48,0:02:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within our bodies and our bodies’ \Nrelationship to the external world.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.24,0:03:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we do get rain in L.A.,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.72,0:03:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of us aren’t really prepared for rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.52,0:03:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was really great, just \Nwalking into the studio one time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.84,0:03:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were buckets around, \Nall catching the, the drips.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.12,0:03:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just had a great sound in the space.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.16,0:03:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was interested in using \Ndripping water in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.84,0:04:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn’t want just random drips, I \Nwanted something that you could dance to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.17,0:04:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something kind of choreographed-sounding.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.86,0:04:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ended up making this I guess it’s \Nsort of– it’s sort of a drumming machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.76,0:04:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The signal is sent from the mechanism \Nover here to, to this cable.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.04,0:04:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the different valves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.72,0:04:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the water is collected in these buckets.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.68,0:04:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I put in these little pie tins which create \Nsort of a resonator, really give a nice loud drip.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.80,0:04:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The signal originates with these gears.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.80,0:04:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each gear has a little knob on it, a little bump.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.84,0:04:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each gear also is paired up with a switch.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.12,0:04:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different switches come in contact with the \Nbump on the gear and give it a different pulse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.12,0:05:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not even electronics. \NI don’t know what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.24,0:05:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s wiring, I think what it \Nis is just making circuits.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.72,0:05:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The copper tape represents \Nall the different possible
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.36,0:05:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,permutations of three combinations of gears.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.52,0:05:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these pieces have become a little more \Ncomplex and they’re trying to do more things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.08,0:05:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it’s sent through, \NI think this cylinder here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.24,0:05:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the main aspects of the work that \Nend up having problems and breaking down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.88,0:05:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, maybe I need to go back to school \Nor actually take a course in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.16,0:05:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just thinking of this sort of creature
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.00,0:05:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s allowed to grow in \Na zero gravity environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.96,0:05:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now it’s being hung out to dry.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.40,0:06:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This form kind of grew out as a three-dimensional \Nkind of expansion out of some drawings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.28,0:06:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was working on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.12,0:06:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually using a drill to spin a pencil around.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.56,0:06:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that the pencil \Nlead was spinning around.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.64,0:06:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was able to open and close \Nthe diameter of the spin while
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.04,0:06:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was in motion. And so I was able to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.80,0:06:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create drawings that were almost kind \Nof reminiscent of intestines or worms.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.80,0:07:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a certain freshness in a drawing where
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.29,0:07:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re seeing something for the first time and,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.04,0:07:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so in my work I, I tried to \Nmaintain some of that freshness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.00,0:07:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep shifting what it is that \NI’m looking at to see it differently
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.36,0:07:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or creating a different \Nprocess of looking at something
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.32,0:07:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gives me a new kind of interpretation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.08,0:08:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t use preliminary drawings \Nfor pieces. I, well maybe I,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.16,0:08:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can’t think that far in advance and really \Nvisualize the piece in a finished state.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.00,0:08:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it much freer to go right \Nin and start making the piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.36,0:08:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just said that I never make preliminary studies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.82,0:08:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything but I did make models of balloons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.88,0:08:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That process involved being \Napproached by MASS MOCA
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.60,0:08:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they wondered what I would do with a space \N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.40,0:08:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was basically the size of a football field.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.28,0:08:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just came up with this \Nidea of using inflatables.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.36,0:08:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I was just a little nervous about \Nfilling fifteen thousand square feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.32,0:08:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t want to get caught short handed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.48,0:08:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I felt much better seeing \Nthese little models in the space.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.24,0:08:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was going to have a real \Nstrong physical presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.08,0:08:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I felt like it needed to \Nalso have this audible component.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.36,0:09:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a great moment when it \Nwas finally up and, and playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.16,0:09:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me it was just like hearing the first horn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.96,0:09:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really concerned that we \Nwould have enough air pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.60,0:09:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to activate the reeds to really \Nget a good tone out of them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.76,0:09:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that we wouldn’t like pop any balloons.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.08,0:09:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that large really does have to be under
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.96,0:09:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tremendous amount of air pressure to \Nget, you know, a sound out of a reed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.24,0:09:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used fishing net and tailored \Nthat around the balloons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.08,0:09:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was able to further \Ndefine and cinch them in.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.46,0:09:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was neat—it really was a quick way \Nof controlling a huge amount of volume.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.60,0:10:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MASS MOCA was one big long kind of narrow space.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.04,0:10:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gallery in New York was \Ndivided into like six rooms:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.80,0:10:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one gigantic room and slightly smaller \Nrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.40,0:10:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was afraid that the sound quality might be lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.08,0:10:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the end I was really happy with the sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.40,0:11:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each whatever note this is just \Nplays one on the Uberorgan…\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.72,0:11:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time when he made folk \Nmusical instruments for instance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.56,0:11:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took banjo lessons and that was, he \Nwas probably about 12 or something.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.64,0:11:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve been interested in music \Nfor most of my life I guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.80,0:11:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point I thought maybe I \Nwould be a musical instrument maker.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.20,0:11:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’d made a, a mandolin and a guitar.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.64,0:11:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The keyboard consists basically \Nof these photosensitive switches.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.68,0:11:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by covering one of the switches, blocking \Nout the light, you’d trigger one of the notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.08,0:12:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can stop it at a blank space and play \Nit like a piano.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.08,0:12:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s all based on a score that I put \Ntogether using lots of old church hymns
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.68,0:12:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Sailor’s Hornpipe and Swan Lake.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.84,0:12:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I grew up hearing these old Protestant hymns,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.40,0:12:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of them are really beautiful \Nand they have strong connotations,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.76,0:12:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also, you know, reflect faith.