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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.92,0:00:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.60,0:00:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK: I grew up in a very religious family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.28,0:00:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were several ministers in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.44,0:00:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it was a sense of community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.60,0:00:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was um filled with beautiful \Nstories and great music.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.40,0:00:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those stories are things \Nthat you can just kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.08,0:00:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take along in your pocket and \Ntake out whenever you need them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.92,0:01:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I wanted to be a comic book artist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.56,0:01:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but over time I became interested \Nin different kinds of art.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.83,0:01:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I never lost that love for that \Nkind of storytelling, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.68,0:01:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of superheroes and \Nthis panel by panel narrative.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.36,0:01:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to pick language that \Nhas a certain kind of a cadence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.96,0:01:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I like to pick words \Nthat have double meanings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.32,0:01:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, if you take a letter away it’ll \Nbe maybe even an opposite word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.04,0:01:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes words explode and its \Njust about each individual letter.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.20,0:02:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TDH: Mounds are these half \Nhuman, half plant mutants
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.76,0:02:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that came to life about 50,000 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.08,0:02:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when an ape man masturbated in a field of flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.25,0:02:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His human parts are co-mingling \Nwith the plant parts and, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.08,0:02:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s starting to bubble and boil and \Nsomething’s about to sprout out of this mess,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.92,0:02:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that’s the Mound.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.24,0:02:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story comes to me as visions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.52,0:02:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After I realized what Mounds were,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.20,0:02:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a lot of questions for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.60,0:02:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, where do they come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.08,0:02:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How tall are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.52,0:03:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they eat?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.04,0:03:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, just all of these types of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.76,0:03:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in asking the question, you can \Nthen almost have like an epiphany
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.24,0:03:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from there you just keep \Ngoing and it actually snowballs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.28,0:03:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to me, that’s what the vision is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This painting here is called “By and By”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.40,0:03:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the last in a series of paintings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.72,0:03:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are about the life and \Ndeath of Mound number one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.96,0:03:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his name is The Legend.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.04,0:03:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the skeleton of Mound Number \NOne has been left in the forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.08,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of the forest animals and even \Nsome animals that are not from the forest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.00,0:03:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have come to grieve and to pay their respects.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.44,0:04:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve always like the story of Noah’s Ark
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.68,0:04:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the idea of all of these animals that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.20,0:04:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put their differences aside \Nto coexist in this one space.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.84,0:04:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s kind of what’s happening here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.88,0:04:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the animals from around the \Nworld have gathered together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.44,0:04:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay homage to this great creature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.92,0:04:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you see black and white or \Nwords within paintings, it’s Loid.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Loid is kind of a father type of an energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.04,0:04:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he’s also all about kind of black and white.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.00,0:04:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s no in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.08,0:04:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Painter is a spirit energy who is \Nkind of a mothering type of an energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.20,0:04:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anytime you see colors within the paintings,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.12,0:04:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s as a result of Painter’s presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.81,0:05:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of it comes back to my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.24,0:05:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is Painter and she is \NLoid wrapped up into one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.32,0:05:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, she is the smiling face of Painter, \Nshe is the color that you get from Painter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.64,0:05:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time she was \Nstern when she spoke her word
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.20,0:05:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had to listen, so she was also Loid.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.88,0:05:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mom: A lot of his art, I think, is \Nwhat he has seen over the years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.84,0:05:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over his childhood --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.36,0:05:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the hurtful things, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.72,0:05:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he wanted to get in \Nthere and do something about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.40,0:05:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think he has created someone to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.84,0:05:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that has become his Torpedo person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.92,0:05:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Torpedo Boy is kind of my alter ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.60,0:05:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I created him when I was, I \Nwould say, in the fourth grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.44,0:05:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can fly, he can lift things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.96,0:06:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He’s a super hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.74,0:06:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he’s super strong, except \Nhe has an inflated ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.87,0:06:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mom: I think eventually he will really find out
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.72,0:06:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can actually solve it all
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.96,0:06:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that goes right back \Nto his roots and the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.04,0:06:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TDH: Painter and Loid, you know, \Nwith their son Torpedo Boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.48,0:06:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a lot like the Holy Trinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.32,0:06:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God sent his son down to save the Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.64,0:06:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Torpedo Boy is sent to like \Nprotect these Mound creatures
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.28,0:06:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to do good things. But \NTorpedo Boy is terribly flawed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.07,0:07:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his pride and all of his other human emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.56,0:07:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get in the way of him performing his duties.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.12,0:07:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looks like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.36,0:07:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.80,0:07:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even have a Torpedo Boy outfit \Nthat I wear while I’m painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.32,0:07:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the show ‘It Came from the Studio Floor,’
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.00,0:07:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Torpedo Boy is the protagonist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.76,0:07:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are taken step by step through where he was
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.48,0:07:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Mound Number One was attacked and killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.92,0:07:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we get to see what, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.72,0:07:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was the hold up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why didn’t he make it in time \Nto save Mound Number One?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.24,0:07:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way the scale of the show is kind of heroic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.92,0:07:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, there’s a giant Torpedo \NBoy “T” painted on the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.20,0:08:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, he arose and fell all in the same show.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.30,0:08:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughs) It’s pretty pathetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.20,0:08:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tend to have an entourage \Nwith me wherever I go –
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.92,0:08:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not necessarily people, but objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.08,0:08:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a collection of grocery lists,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.96,0:08:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plastic tops, amateur paintings,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.48,0:08:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photos I find on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.24,0:08:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Balloons – you can never have too many balloons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.88,0:08:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This belonged to my \Ngrandfather, who was a butcher,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.80,0:08:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I guess he used this to \Nshield himself from offal
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.56,0:08:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and various meat juices.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.56,0:08:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t know, I just like to \Nhave echoes of my family around
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.56,0:08:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they echo into the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.80,0:09:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even here at home, I like to \Nhave things out all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.08,0:09:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m a big toy collector and \NI’ve been actively trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.32,0:09:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,piece together my childhood \Nby finding all of those toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.36,0:09:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s just an effort to reconnect with a time
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.28,0:09:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was just a little more \Nopen and receptive to things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.16,0:09:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And its just great to have these \Nthings around me as a reminder.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.04,0:09:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s almost a dangerous obsession,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.24,0:09:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I have to get all of the toys \Nsince some of my toys were taken away,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.16,0:09:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to now get all of them back.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.08,0:09:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had one when I was a kid, \Nbut it got thrown away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.71,0:09:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Monica: Some people put things \Nin files or folders or stacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.76,0:09:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he doesn’t stack, he piles.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.84,0:09:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TDH: I’m getting better about \Nfiling things because of her,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.00,0:10:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she’s organized, she can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.28,0:10:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.60,0:10:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anywhere I move, these \Nmounds seem to move with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.44,0:10:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, in my car there’s a \Npile of things that’s a mound.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.96,0:10:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my studio, there’s piles \Nof things all over the place
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.36,0:10:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that’s how I pick from these piles.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.76,0:10:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What’s happening with the \Npieces that are in the studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.84,0:11:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see those as colorful blasts of \Nenergy or communication from Mounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.12,0:11:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these visions of hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.08,0:11:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a way it’s like God’s promise \Nwith the rainbow after the flood.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.88,0:11:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my work, I feel I’m finally \Nbeing able to bring together
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.88,0:11:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the worlds of comic book narratives \Nand the history of abstraction.