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Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.16,0:00:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sarah Sze: Designing A Subway Station]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.22,0:00:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A blueprint is traditionally\Na two-dimensional drawing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.10,0:00:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps you understand\Nthree-dimensional space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.92,0:00:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a place of transit,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.01,0:00:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted all of the different entranceways\Nof the subway station
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.28,0:00:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mirror how we move through space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.14,0:00:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this kind of speed of movement--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.47,0:00:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these transitions into different\Nkinds of environments
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.62,0:00:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we take for granted and we do repetitively.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.38,0:01:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really an incredible thing to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.31,0:01:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an actual new subway station come from
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.59,0:01:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a core driller to a realization.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.18,0:01:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Second Avenue subway extension
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.56,0:01:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a project that was first thought about\Nin, I think, 1920.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.74,0:01:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a major, major construction project.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.13,0:01:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's nice to be part of a project
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.06,0:01:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is so beyond you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.52,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're really part of a much larger system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.18,0:01:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been working on it for almost ten years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.89,0:01:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the application process to now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.58,0:01:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've done a lot of public artwork,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.86,0:01:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and MTA Arts and Design was incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.45,0:01:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They completely get behind the artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.48,0:01:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a huge number of tiles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.68,0:01:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a very technical installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.02,0:01:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many decisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.25,0:01:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I did feel a kind of pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.96,0:02:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to have to see that every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.80,0:02:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my great grandchildren might see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.83,0:02:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS] You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.83,0:02:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a kind of very, very permanent way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.69,0:02:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sarah Sze, "Blueprint for a Landscape"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.54,0:02:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[POLICE OFFICER] It's beautiful!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.50,0:02:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[SZE] Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.56,0:02:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[POLICE OFFICER] You mind if I just have\None picture with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.84,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[SZE] Sure, of course!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.92,0:02:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[POLICE OFFICER] Come on, do a good job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.90,0:02:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Do a good job, rookie!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.74,0:02:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALL LAUGH]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.18,0:02:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SZE] Subway stations are one of the\Nmost democratic places that you can find.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.90,0:02:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you have local,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.96,0:02:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have global audiences going through them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.48,0:02:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's an important idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.66,0:02:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the city values that experience also\Nas an aesthetic experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.68,0:02:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking about gravity differently\Nin each entryway or exit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.04,0:02:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first one I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.98,0:02:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has this kind of one-point perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.31,0:02:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speeding down through space.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.86,0:02:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking a lot about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.24,0:03:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Russian Constructivists,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.02,0:03:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Italian Futurists.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.20,0:03:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, they were obsessed\Nwith this idea of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.55,0:03:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the acceleration of the experience of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.86,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly through transit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.42,0:03:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this entryway,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.46,0:03:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're literally diving down through
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.22,0:03:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the surface of the pavement and the city--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.49,0:03:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to play around with it more in terms of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.57,0:03:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diving down through a surface,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.41,0:03:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost like when you dive into water.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.62,0:03:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I photographed the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.64,0:03:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is sort of the beginning of\NHudson Yards.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.86,0:03:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walk along that route to go to my studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.22,0:03:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was important to me to juxtapose it with\Na hand mark
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.82,0:03:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it didn't feel computer-generated\Nthroughout.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of things that was hard to understand\Nuntil it was made
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.10,0:03:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was how you would see the stations\Nfrom this level.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.24,0:04:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you came out here and this was your entrance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.07,0:04:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are different enough,\Nso you can really tell
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.88,0:04:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that's the southwest corner
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.26,0:04:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the northeast corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.63,0:04:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is a wayfinding thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.34,0:04:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted vertical landscapes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.36,0:04:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you would kind of anticipate\Nhaving an opportunity to see the detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.38,0:04:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you would pass into a moment of emptiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.85,0:04:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you'd come back to this density again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.88,0:04:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the mezzanine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.46,0:04:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was really interesting because actually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.88,0:04:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mezzanine was added on over the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.12,0:04:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "Okay, we have this opportunity\Nto do the mezzanine."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.66,0:04:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had actually done the three stairs first.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.98,0:04:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, here's where I can, sort of,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.74,0:04:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really explain the idea of how things move\Nin space.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.20,0:04:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just do something very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.58,0:04:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One gesture--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.81,0:04:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a piece of paper--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.07,0:05:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then have it mirror, sort of,\Nthe way air moves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.50,0:05:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the gust of wind when a train comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.18,0:05:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we move, we're pushing the air around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.32,0:05:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I applied to colleges,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.08,0:05:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I applied with an essay that was\Nabout the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.96,0:05:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would always draw people's portraits\Non the subway.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.75,0:05:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now it's kind of great to have drawings\Non the subway.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.70,0:05:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]