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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.26,0:00:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[REGGAE MUSIC PLAYS]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.08,0:00:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I like reggae because it's like listening\Nto a party.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.60,0:00:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like almost company, in a sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.26,0:00:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jamian Juliano-Villani, artist]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.45,0:00:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's music that's actually made from necessity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.25,0:00:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They built their own soundsystems,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.68,0:00:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own speakers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.18,0:00:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own recording devices,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.25,0:00:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, like, they just used the shit that they\Nhad.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.76,0:00:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["New York Close Up"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.58,0:00:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's kind of what I do, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.75,0:00:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I make my paintings out of necessity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.28,0:00:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like using the things around me to communicate\Nwhat I need to,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.88,0:00:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm really bad at articulating how\NI feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.28,0:00:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vocally.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.78,0:00:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The paintings do that for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.92,0:00:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Jamian Juliano-Villani's Painting Compulsion"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.60,0:00:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CLICKING SOUNDS FROM CAMERA PHONE SHUTTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.14,0:00:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just like this book because
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.02,0:00:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like really basic ways to compare things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.28,0:01:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look at something, I just take notes\Nof ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.34,0:01:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Green. Suede. Fleece.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.25,0:01:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tower of Babel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.43,0:01:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Microscopic life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.61,0:01:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hummingbird. Hand and egg. Daddy long legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.04,0:01:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daddy super long legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.90,0:01:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know that daddy long legs are the\Nmost poisonous spider in the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.28,0:01:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except that they don't have teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.81,0:01:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if they had teeth, you would be dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.52,0:01:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the one I'm doing now with the feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.16,0:01:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are Bruce Nauman feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.60,0:01:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the feet to somehow look scared,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.60,0:01:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I could figure that out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.76,0:01:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe a daddy long legs would do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.26,0:01:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever since I was little, I just kind of have\Nthis registry of facts in my brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.74,0:01:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In high school, I used to keep scrap books\Nof all the things that I liked.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.17,0:01:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just cut them out and put them in\Nthere and save them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.59,0:01:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that these are the kinds of things\Nthat made me feel comfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.26,0:02:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it seemed so natural, when I started painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.59,0:02:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to kind of do the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.98,0:02:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm working, I have probably, like, thirty\Nimages that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.80,0:02:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a month or two months, I'll keep on coming back to.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.02,0:02:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really will try to make those work with\Nwhat I'm doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.76,0:02:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, they never look like they're supposed\Nto be together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.28,0:02:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when shit gets good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.64,0:02:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when the painting can change from "an\Nimage-based narrative" into something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.44,0:02:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it could get dark or surreal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.77,0:02:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or funny or fucked up--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.88,0:02:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like I'm trying to deliver a baby, you\Nknow?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.33,0:02:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the baby is, like, really...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.78,0:02:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has like eight arms and is really fucked up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.90,0:02:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, like, I don't know how to deliver a baby,\Nyou know?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.38,0:02:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to figure out what kind of person\Nthis is going to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.35,0:02:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I don't think it should be as simple\Nas a human face,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.64,0:03:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I also don't know if it should just be\Nan animal, either.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.98,0:03:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, right now, I'm kind of just scrolling\Nthrough a bunch of images.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.64,0:03:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to plop around and see what\Nfeels right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.36,0:03:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.86,0:03:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too dumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.06,0:03:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is Shen Koo. I really like his work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.28,0:03:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like this, kind of, crazy apocalyptic\Nillustrator.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.12,0:03:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why I use cartoons a lot of the\Ntimes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.100,0:03:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because I like that they're a kind of populist\Nway of communicating.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.92,0:03:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because painting is not populist at all, you\Nknow?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.66,0:03:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--I kind of like that idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.82,0:03:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I respond to things immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.05,0:03:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in like an emotional, guttural way,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.12,0:03:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how decisions are formed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.82,0:03:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like when something pisses you off.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.84,0:03:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something stresses you out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.42,0:03:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, you like the color of something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.85,0:03:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like, "I like that sweater,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.79,0:03:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fuck it, I want that sweater."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.31,0:03:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know? It's like...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.33,0:03:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SNAPS FINGERS] Like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.39,0:03:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SOUND OF A CAR SCREECHING TO A HALT AND THEN CRASHING]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.10,0:03:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel much better about doing the paintings\NI do by using other references
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.75,0:04:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's not so insular--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.18,0:04:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not so personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.18,0:04:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're also helping me figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.23,0:04:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that I can't communicate yet to\Nmyself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.74,0:04:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one painting I did with the wavy fox in\Nthat cage,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.22,0:04:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's fucking me, you know!?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.85,0:04:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how I felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.86,0:04:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't realize it then.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.64,0:04:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they're all extensions of me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.57,0:04:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or self-portraits in some way--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.89,0:04:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at least an attitude that I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.04,0:04:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are things you can't necessarily put\Ninto words.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.44,0:04:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, like, having a really rough childhood...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.32,0:04:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I also have a twin,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.26,0:04:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was really hard for me to talk to other\Npeople.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.75,0:04:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just talk to my twin, and that would\Nbe it, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.62,0:04:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, like, I didn't need any friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.57,0:04:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't really have any friends growing\Nup, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.71,0:04:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, maybe two?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.50,0:04:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them was my sibling.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.02,0:04:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, doesn't really count.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.38,0:05:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think because of that, I have a hard time\Ncommunicating with people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.29,0:05:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, like, connecting with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.16,0:05:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having to, like, basically just rely on myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.70,0:05:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, if I don't take care of myself,\Nno one else will.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.18,0:05:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have this obsessive relationship with my\Nwork and the way I work
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.39,0:05:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's kind of like my friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.06,0:05:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the thing that validates me--makes\Nme feel good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.87,0:05:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I care about it and they care about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.82,0:05:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why I put the things that I collect--and\Nreally, really love--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.74,0:05:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my paintings, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.52,0:05:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, they're almost company, in a sense.