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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.39,0:00:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.37,0:00:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone told me,\Nwhen I was a younger artist:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.43,0:00:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you don't see the art that you like,\Njust invent it yourself."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.92,0:00:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(chimes)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.59,0:00:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Guadalupe Maravilla & the Sound of Healing]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.17,0:00:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up playing on the\Nsteps of the pyramids
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.17,0:01:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in El Salvador.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.66,0:01:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I had a deep\Nconnection to the Mayans
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.79,0:01:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the architecture and their art.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.24,0:01:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(horn blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.32,0:01:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially the sculptures--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.10,0:01:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those sculptures,\Nthey were these giant steles
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.93,0:01:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carved out of a rock--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.20,0:01:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they told stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.63,0:01:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're also objects\Nto perform rituals in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.77,0:01:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm really not interested in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.48,0:01:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imitating what they were doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.36,0:01:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was interested in learning about ritual,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.04,0:01:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but reinventing, creating my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.62,0:01:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.25,0:01:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Socrates Sculpture Park,\NQueens, New York]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.81,0:01:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sculpture at Socrates,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.47,0:01:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was my first outdoor sculpture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.93,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made out of recycled aluminum.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(wind blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.35,0:01:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sculpture itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.86,0:02:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're a continuation of\Nmy "Disease Thrower" series.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.59,0:02:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Disease Throwers," 2019–2020]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.64,0:02:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they're headdresses,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.23,0:02:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're shrines,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.67,0:02:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're healing instruments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.15,0:02:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The materials of the sculptures
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.57,0:02:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an opportunity to go\Nback to Central America,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.39,0:02:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go back to Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.09,0:02:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and collect materials from these lands
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.95,0:02:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I crossed as a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.86,0:02:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.78,0:02:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work is autobiographical,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.81,0:02:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's really important to understand\Nwhere I come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.02,0:02:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in El Salvador, in San Salvador.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.07,0:02:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a revolution that\Nwas starting when I was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.12,0:02:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first few years,\Nit was kind of a happy time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.99,0:02:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the war started to escalate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:03:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gunfire)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.95,0:03:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family had to flee\NEl Salvador immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.17,0:03:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I was kind of by myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.36,0:03:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was eight years old, they told me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.99,0:03:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to be reunited with my family
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.66,0:03:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.96,0:03:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm going by land.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.78,0:03:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Plant them anywhere randomly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.42,0:03:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my journey started in El Salvador,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.80,0:03:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I went to Honduras,\Nto Guatemala,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.56,0:03:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the way through Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.25,0:03:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This went on for almost\Ntwo and a half months.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.09,0:03:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tripa Chuca" is a game\Nthat I grew up playing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.03,0:03:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other friends and a piece of paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.17,0:03:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tripa Chuca:\NA children's game in which players draw lines\Nbetween pairs of numbers to create abstract patterns.]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.45,0:03:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to play when I\Nwas crossing the border,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.62,0:03:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was eight years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.67,0:03:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to play with the coyote.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.94,0:03:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to play with other kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.71,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this has always been\Na really important game.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.32,0:03:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is why I always mark\Nmy spaces with this game.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.62,0:04:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very lucky
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.85,0:04:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the border was very\Ndifferent in those times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.96,0:04:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was 1984, but even\Nthose kids that I was with,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.37,0:04:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of them didn't make it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.71,0:04:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.92,0:04:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could have went so many different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.63,0:04:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.20,0:04:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born December 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.48,0:04:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My birthday is very significant for me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.25,0:04:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was born on\Nthe twelfth month and the twelfth day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.53,0:04:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the longest time,\NI was looking at the calendar
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.53,0:04:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was just like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.36,0:04:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow, I'm going to have a birthday"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.36,0:04:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"that's going to be all twelves in 2012."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.31,0:04:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's when I found out I had cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.58,0:04:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.46,0:04:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(camera shutter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.97,0:04:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.64,0:04:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the middle of radiation treatments,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.72,0:05:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was really an empowering time\Nfor me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.86,0:05:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that was the first time\NI was exposed to a sound bath.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.75,0:05:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.62,0:05:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was losing a lot of water\Nbecause of the radiation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.01,0:05:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said it's\Nreally good to replenish
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.77,0:05:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very little water that you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.11,0:05:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so sound therapy may work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.72,0:05:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(mysterious music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.83,0:05:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time,\NI realized sound is medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.34,0:05:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I overcome this experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.06,0:05:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to learn how to play,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.49,0:05:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.10,0:05:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with others that are going\Nthrough that struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.81,0:05:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started my own healing workshops
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.04,0:05:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for undocumented immigrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.09,0:05:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the pandemic hit,\NI came across Juan Carlos Ruiz,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.03,0:05:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pastor at the church in Bay Ridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.62,0:05:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was feeding over three thousand people\Nper week.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.62,0:05:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I decided to collaborate with him
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.88,0:05:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then just bring all my\Nhealing work into the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.37,0:05:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(chiming)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.24,0:06:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman, in Spanish]\N--At some point, did you ask yourself\Nwhy this was happening to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.89,0:06:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Maravilla, in Spanish]\N--Yes, I think about that all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Having cancer was a really difficult period,\Nbut it's also been a great teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.83,0:06:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Everyone has their own trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.98,0:06:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--And that trauma is different for everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.30,0:06:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--For me, the trauma of being separated\Nfrom my family when I was a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.93,0:06:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--the trauma of the civil war,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.17,0:06:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--all of that manifested in an\Nenergy in my stomach
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.46,0:06:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that became cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.68,0:06:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gong lightly ringing)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.56,0:06:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Planeta Abuelx"]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.12,0:07:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's a very special day,\Nbecause in a couple hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.91,0:07:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to have\Nover three hundred people show up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.57,0:07:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put an invitation out\Nfor anyone that has cancer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.42,0:07:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anyone that is a cancer survivor
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.81,0:07:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anyone that has dealt\Nwith a cancer loss.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.13,0:07:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point after overcoming cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.14,0:07:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did see art a lot different.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.50,0:07:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a point when I was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.06,0:07:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, do I continue being an artist?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.87,0:07:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Or do I just go into a jungle\Nwith a 'curandero' for 10 years"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.45,0:07:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and disappear and just learn."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.86,0:07:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very conflicted,\Nwhich direction to go in.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.37,0:07:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm more interested\Nin creating my own path.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.38,0:07:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my own path is using art and healing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.96,0:07:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and combining the two.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.52,0:07:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(chiming)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.51,0:07:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(horn blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.13,0:08:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(horn blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.40,0:08:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(glass ringing)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.48,0:08:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From my experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.35,0:08:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healing is not always a pleasant thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.75,0:08:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where everything is\Nperfect and clean.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.07,0:08:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Healing can be very\Ndifficult and challenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.78,0:09:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But having a community\Nthat has gone through
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.62,0:09:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similar experiences can\Nbe really empowering.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.25,0:09:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gong rings)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.32,0:09:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making these elaborate "Disease Throwers,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.47,0:09:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not just about telling\Na story from my past,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.16,0:09:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also about\Nhow this healing ritual
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.23,0:09:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can continue even in the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.15,0:09:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(fire crackling)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.44,0:09:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long after I'm gone.