[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.56,0:00:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSORIO: It's hard to explain to people \Nwhat I'm trying to do as an artist, Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.72,0:00:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I do not fit the artist description. Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.52,0:00:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always doing everything so subvertive. Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like always differently. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.04,0:00:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work deals a lot with contradiction. Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.64,0:00:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I embrace contradiction. Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.76,0:00:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contradiction can coexist with \Nbeauty—it can coexist with anger. Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.87,0:00:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can coexist with the different \Nemotions. The human body. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.62,0:01:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ latin music ] Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.16,0:01:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In "No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop," \Nit's about recreating my memory. Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.08,0:01:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was five years old, my father \Ntook me to get my first haircut, Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.24,0:01:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right around the neighborhood. Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.60,0:01:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was meant to be a celebration, \Nbecame a disastrous event. Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.16,0:01:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This barber, he was not used to \Ndealing with kinky hair, curly hair. Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.72,0:01:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was crying a lot, I was scared. I was \Ntraumatized by the sound of the hair clipping. Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.00,0:02:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a combination of race, a right \Nof passage into becoming a little man, Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.68,0:02:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that they both \Ncame together simultaneously. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.08,0:02:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No crying allowed in the barbershop" \Ndeals with the issue of machismo, Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.96,0:02:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a whole. Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.32,0:02:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a whole, it connects \Nto the universe, somehow. Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.96,0:02:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The piece pays homage to my \Nfather, a man of African descent. Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.96,0:02:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often feel that as people of African descent, Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.40,0:02:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were completely displaced from \Nthe community that we come from, Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.32,0:03:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, which is a contradiction, but \Nit makes sense in Puerto Rican reality. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.52,0:03:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MAN: when he was about eight or nine years old, Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.48,0:03:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I noticed that he painted the \Nceiling of the house, of his room. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.08,0:03:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was beautiful, you know, it looked \Nbeautiful, so later on I got happy. Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.74,0:03:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LUISA: He always—everything, \Nhe wanted always to, to— Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.56,0:03:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was doing all kinds of articles like, like \Nhouses, trucks, cars and everything, he would. Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.04,0:03:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we enjoyed seeing him working, \Nbecause I want him to make, Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.24,0:03:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least to have a trade. Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.92,0:03:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming from a working-class family, \Nbeing an artist is not an option, Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.28,0:03:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's more of a challenge than anything else. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.84,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just cannot remember ever saying, \N"I'm going to be an artist." Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not a possibility, \NIt was not an alternative. Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.36,0:04:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was working as a social worker, \Nand I put that role in my pocket. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.92,0:04:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always had to have two things \Nhappening simultaneously, Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.40,0:04:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in case one didn't go good, well \Nthen I had the other one to survive. Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.28,0:04:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only way that I can connect \NIs by doing installation work, Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.68,0:04:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I feel that I needed to say something \Nthat had to be beyond something on the wall. Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.04,0:04:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to create a space that is overpowering. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.04,0:05:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very much aware that my \Nwork, it's one that provides, Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.76,0:05:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aesthetically, an uncomfortable \Nreaction in many people. Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.68,0:05:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's interesting, because a lot of the \Npeople ask me, "Do you live like this?" Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.88,0:05:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is this how your home is?" And it isn't—I \Nam making a very calculated intervention. Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.48,0:05:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When this piece, "The Scene of a \NCrime," was at the Whitney Museum, Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.16,0:05:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it almost felt as if I had \Ntaken a piece of the South Bronx Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.52,0:05:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and placed it in the middle of Madison Avenue. Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.52,0:05:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Latino community has been portrayed \Nas one that is very accessible. Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.52,0:05:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in, specifically "The Scene of a Crime," Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.84,0:05:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has a yellow ribbon where \Npeople are not allowed to come in— Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.92,0:06:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have delineated \Nthese very specific spaces Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.60,0:06:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very specific issues as sacred spaces. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.56,0:06:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you stand and you're not allowed \Nto come in, then you need to reflect. Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.83,0:06:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you need to confront yourself— Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.28,0:06:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost as if I stand a giant \Nmirror right in front of you. Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.96,0:06:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I create a work of art, and I go \Ninto different, other sectors of society, Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.48,0:06:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gather information, and the work is \Ncreated when I bring together where I am Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.96,0:06:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where the rest of society is. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.52,0:07:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MAN: okay, I just want to know if this, do \Nwe have to keep on visiting you behind bars, Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.76,0:07:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or are we going to live like a family already, \N'cause you in jail and us two out here, Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.88,0:07:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know mom is probably, ain't barely \Nmaking it, you know what I'm saying? Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.86,0:07:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MAN: I used to get up in the middle of \Nthe night to change your pampers, to… Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.64,0:07:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pissed on me a couple of \Ntimes, you used to cry and, Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.44,0:07:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember all of that. Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.68,0:07:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the first words that \Ncame out of your mouth was "daddy." Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.24,0:07:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't pass this year, 'cause \Nit was one death after the other, Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.60,0:07:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you getting locked up. Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.52,0:07:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was just like everything, \Nyou know, just falling on me. Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.66,0:07:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSORIO: What I would love people to \Ncome out is thinking who they are Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.16,0:07:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in relationship to what they have \Njust seen, and start a negotiation. Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.68,0:08:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only with the artwork, \Nbut the public at large. Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.52,0:08:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who I am. Where do I stand? Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.09,0:08:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MAN: I love you now, son. Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.20,0:08:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSORIO: I'm very much aware that what \NI wanted to do is to provoke change, Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.44,0:08:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only socially, but physically and spiritually. Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.32,0:08:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MAN: You've done public art projects in \Nbarbershops,in taxi cabs, in basketball courts. Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.04,0:08:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this the first time you do a \Nproject within a domestic setting? Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.92,0:08:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSORIO: No, I've worked in Santa Barbara. Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.72,0:08:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was called "state of preservation." Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.88,0:08:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was about plastic. Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.16,0:09:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went with the whole issue of the stereotypical \Nimagery of Latino family using plastic. Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.04,0:09:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went into this very open-minded \Nfamily, a very wealthy family, Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.92,0:09:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we plastified the whole house. Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.27,0:09:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ laughter ]\NAnd they lived like that for about three months. Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.68,0:09:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single precious object was plastified. Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.96,0:09:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was incredible—they \Nwere really open-minded people. Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.08,0:09:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Home Visits," it's loosely rooted in religious, \Npopular tradition of the visiting saint. Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.28,0:09:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a kid, we were visited by a niche \Nof a virgin of Guadalupe, sent by the church. Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.16,0:09:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, what about the \Nsame thing with contemporary art? Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.04,0:09:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WOMAN: It almost looks like \Nthere's flame in there. Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.56,0:09:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSORIO: Why can't contemporary art visit \None home after the other for the week? Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.24,0:10:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of the new century, \Nit's about… a renewal, for me. Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.92,0:10:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to go back and renew all this— Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.40,0:10:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mission, my philosophy, \Nmy way of looking at art— Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.24,0:10:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know there's something missing \Nthat I wanted to find or create again. Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.48,0:10:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's that in the front? Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.63,0:10:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GIRL: That's the... Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.32,0:10:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ laughter ] Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.07,0:10:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GIRL: Telling a story. Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.18,0:10:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSORIO: Telling the story of how it happened. Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.08,0:10:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story's based on Tina and her two daughters. Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.40,0:10:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tina lost her house and all \Nher possessions, due to a fire. Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.04,0:10:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shortly after it happened, she put \Na little blanket over the girl. Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.80,0:10:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, so there's a lot of \Nstories inside that the family told me. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.72,0:10:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was intrigued by the idea that I've gained so \Nmuch, yet the possibility of losing it overnight. Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.00,0:10:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, moving right along, I've got to take \Nit to another place, another opening. Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.12,0:10:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to miss the house, \N'cause it's been here for a week\N Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.96,0:11:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's going to feel funny \Nhaving this space opened. Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.56,0:11:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since childhood, I have felt that \Nsomehow there is one piece missing. Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.12,0:11:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got to New York, I spoke \NEnglish, but it wasn't good enough. Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.20,0:11:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then I just felt that somehow I couldn't \Nunderstand completely what was going on, Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.88,0:11:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I got a picture of it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.28,0:11:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't so good that it \Ndidn't get the real picture of it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.40,0:11:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes I feel that I'm eternally, \Nyou know, displaced, that I'm there, Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.20,0:11:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not quite there. Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.96,0:11:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that, as an artist, I've been able \Nto resolve one thing—to find my own place. Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.76,0:11:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a very clear mission. I know \Nexactly what I wanted to do with my work, Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.08,0:12:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how my displacement somehow seems \Nperfectly fine for the people out there. Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.72,0:12:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there are many of \Nus in the same boat as I am.