[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.64,0:00:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Art21 Extended Play"] Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.98,0:00:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Liz Larner: Distorting Form with Color"] Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.62,0:00:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leg seems lower, Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.30,0:00:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it's also the twisting\Nof the tetrahedron Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.12,0:00:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gives it that appearance. Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.80,0:00:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my favorite sculptural intervention\Nin Los Angeles-- Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.08,0:00:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe anywhere. Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.40,0:00:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Tony Smith's "Smoke,"\Nand it was brought here in 2008. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.94,0:00:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the hexagon\Nfrom all these different angles. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.56,0:00:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not on a grid. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.08,0:00:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a great example of flow, Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.92,0:00:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it takes it so far beyond the math, Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.86,0:01:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although it's kind of all about math.\N[LAUGHS] Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.84,0:01:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ahmanson atrium, Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.80,0:01:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was almost kind of like a dead space\Nat LACMA. Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.44,0:01:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just a space that you would pass through, Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.39,0:01:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from here to there. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.86,0:01:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so bringing this incredible sculpture\Ninto the space Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.06,0:01:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really changed it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.62,0:01:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS] Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.50,0:01:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you have to hurry through the space, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.06,0:01:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's still a great experience every time\Nand from every angle. Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.76,0:01:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to see what sculpture can do, Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.10,0:01:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this I think is probably one of the greatest\Nexamples of that ever. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.12,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now that LACMA is going to be moving, Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.54,0:01:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll come back many times before the building\Ncomes down. Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.32,0:01:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read something else about Tony Smith, Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.14,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that "You can have it in any color\Nas long as it's black." Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.66,0:02:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS] Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.48,0:02:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, he really limited himself to Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.44,0:02:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not going crazy with the color Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.47,0:02:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because form is just so important. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.06,0:02:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not really used to seeing\Ncolors distort form by not following it. Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.10,0:02:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Color, it's such a huge part of our perception, Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.69,0:02:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to be able to use it as a material, Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.04,0:02:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it work volumetrically--\Nand not use it just graphically-- Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.35,0:02:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that's very interesting to me. Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.87,0:02:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of pleasure to be had,\Nlooking at minimalism. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.96,0:02:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There doesn't have to be an equivalency\Nbetween volume, mass, and density, Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.32,0:02:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that seemed to be something\Nreally exciting to try to work with. Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.46,0:03:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I say hexagram or hexagon? Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.76,0:03:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[INTERVIEWER, OFF SCREEN]\NHexagon. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.84,0:03:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LARNER]\NOkay! Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.70,0:03:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]