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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.48,0:00:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(woman speaking foreign language)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.08,0:00:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It'd be 59.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.96,0:00:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pawnbroker) I give the same\Nprice to sell or to pawn.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.01,0:00:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's good? Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.33,0:00:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, please put it here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.40,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Rose Salane) Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- All right, I hope you\Ndidn't pay too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.96,0:00:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much did you pay?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.59,0:00:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I didn't pay so, so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.03,0:00:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- How much do you think they're worth?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.74,0:00:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Let's see.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.50,0:00:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one, I wish is diamond\Nengagement ring, but it is not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.60,0:00:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Okay, how much would you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.03,0:00:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You know, it'll bring you like $1.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.40,0:00:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one is silver.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.31,0:00:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.14,0:00:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Retail, you can get\N$25 if you wanna sell it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.93,0:01:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is metal, has no value.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.18,0:01:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.86,0:01:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Rose) I've always been drawn to objects
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.36,0:01:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reflect the everyday\Nmovements of people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.64,0:01:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.23,0:01:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember at a young age
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing these really extensive\Ncommutes to high school
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.52,0:01:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from deep Queens, going into\Ncentral parts of Manhattan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.47,0:01:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was commuting alongside people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.09,0:01:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were engaging in\Nso many forms of labor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.39,0:01:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that were going\Nto their respective jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.67,0:01:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or respective sites of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.24,0:01:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted just to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.89,0:01:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the experience of living in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.90,0:01:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I follow a lot of auctions\Nthroughout the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.78,0:01:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of them was the\NMTA's Asset Recovery.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.94,0:01:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that's lost on the subway
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.56,0:02:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that isn't claimed for a year
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.15,0:02:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes into this Asset Recovery auction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.57,0:02:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I purchased 94 rings\Nfrom the MTA auction site.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.09,0:02:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember being taken aback
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.62,0:02:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by this image of all these\Nrings that were lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.73,0:02:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It almost reminded me of an\Noverhead view of a crowd,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.97,0:02:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly this image of\Nthe 2003 blackout in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.52,0:02:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It almost felt like these\Nrings themselves had the power
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.18,0:02:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak about commuters\Nliving in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.57,0:02:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm interested in how this set of objects
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.21,0:02:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflects a large cast of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.32,0:02:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music continues)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.54,0:02:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the way that I work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.07,0:02:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I examine the many unknowns
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.01,0:02:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that surround these lost\Nand unclaimed objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.25,0:02:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I begin considering\Nwhat measurements
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.71,0:02:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or methods can assess\Ntheir potential value.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.61,0:02:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music continues)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.80,0:03:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we determine\Nsomething is worth something
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.57,0:03:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or of some importance\Nto a place or a person?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.72,0:03:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(machine whirring)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.98,0:03:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was curious about taking\Nmitochondrial DNA samples
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.88,0:03:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the rings to potentially\Nget some information
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.13,0:03:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the biological makeup\Nof the previous owner
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.17,0:03:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a lineage, a genetic lineage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.90,0:03:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Lab Worker) So for your experiment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.92,0:03:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're gonna look at a region of DNA
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.75,0:03:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tends to get these\Nmutations added up over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.69,0:03:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as mom passes it down to daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.82,0:03:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those mutations carry on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.98,0:03:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Rose) So we'll swab some of the rings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.44,0:03:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if there is any\Nmitochondrial DNA on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.25,0:03:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.80,0:03:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have objects\Nthat have been disengaged
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.72,0:03:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this way that's so intimate,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.85,0:04:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is like obviously\Nthrough the finger,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.26,0:04:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't really know what\Ninformation you leave behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.04,0:04:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really wondering, how does an object
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.96,0:04:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,retain that information\Nabout the previous owner?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.71,0:04:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(machine whirring)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.82,0:04:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This amount of information,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.35,0:04:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which could potentially just\Nbe dirt, is from the ring.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.39,0:04:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Lab Worker) Yeah, that looks great.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.23,0:04:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to nudge it a little.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.49,0:04:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah, cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.59,0:04:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Rose) The one with a very faint\Npurple but no band is the ring
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.96,0:04:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning that there was no\Ninformation that could be found.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.83,0:04:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.45,0:04:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we had found through\Nthis process was that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.23,0:04:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some forms of information\Nare just not available.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.92,0:05:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music continues)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.98,0:05:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think about how this\Ncollection was assembled,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.12,0:05:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all these losses\Nwere brought together
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.92,0:05:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hope to be reclaimed,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.08,0:05:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of humanity in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.26,0:05:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If science doesn't give\Nus the full picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.73,0:05:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then looking at value\Nin terms of spirituality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.11,0:05:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or speculation might give us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.12,0:05:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different view of the life experience
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.10,0:05:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the previous owner.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.35,0:05:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wanted to have the rings\Ninterpreted by a psychic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.18,0:05:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sentimental value of objects
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.19,0:05:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way that we cast\Nour feelings onto things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.80,0:05:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very much overlooked
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.96,0:05:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's an incredibly\Nhigh form of value.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.55,0:06:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Psychic) She was a\Nyoung woman, a mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.26,0:06:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spent a lot of time with her\Nfamily, with her children.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.62,0:06:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Rose) Do you know how many children
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.77,0:06:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would she have had?\N- Three.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.39,0:06:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Three.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.22,0:06:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Two boys, one girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.22,0:06:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why, but this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.27,0:06:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not picking up anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.68,0:06:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one's a very, very\Nspecial ring to someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.67,0:06:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they was very sad when they lost it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.79,0:06:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Till today, they still\Ntry looking for this ring.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.50,0:06:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of those macho, tough guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.33,0:06:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very happy person.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.69,0:06:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lot of class, very outgoing,\Nhad a lot of hard times,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.91,0:06:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got into a lot of trouble,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.68,0:06:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he also served time in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.06,0:06:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What is he currently doing now?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.52,0:06:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- He's kind of still up to no good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.38,0:07:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not straightening out.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.51,0:07:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to, he tried, but\Nit's just the way his life is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.100,0:07:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.58,0:07:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Rose) The ring project really\Nled me to kind of understand
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.30,0:07:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to deal with this side\Nof loss, but also regaining.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.35,0:07:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always been interested in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.76,0:07:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how an object could\Nretell a personal history
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.59,0:07:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the familiarity in them
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.58,0:07:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can trigger more\Nquestions and stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.56,0:07:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music continues)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.63,0:07:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These objects are just a small soundbite
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.84,0:07:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a large chaotic city.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.74,0:07:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(coins clinking)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.90,0:07:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I acquired around 800 pounds of coins
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.93,0:08:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were used to pay for bus fair.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.89,0:08:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ranged from casino\Ntokens to religious pendants
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.97,0:08:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to completely blank pieces of hardware.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.19,0:08:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, these coins reflect the population
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.34,0:08:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and represent a lot of\Nreally big themes in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.24,0:08:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(coins clinking)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.49,0:08:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, the objects I find are lost
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.89,0:08:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I like to recirculate this object back
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.50,0:08:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the eyes of those that\Nare living in New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.45,0:08:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music continues)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.77,0:08:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was dealing so much with these coins,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.27,0:08:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these close up moments,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.43,0:08:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing all of them\Ntogether and zooming out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.07,0:08:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, oh my goodness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.93,0:08:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really created this view\Nof the city that I inhabit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.93,0:08:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music continues)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.53,0:08:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at these objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.37,0:08:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see so many different people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.88,0:08:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you so many different stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.17,0:08:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see so many lives lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.40,0:09:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music continues)