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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.73,0:00:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nick Cave:\NThis place of dreaming within my work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.92,0:00:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really is the place that I find \Nthat I exist in most of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.87,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's just this sort \Nof amazing state of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.35,0:00:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is about dreaming for the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.69,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I've got to be able to \Nset up those parameters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I need to sort of put \Nin place to allow you to dream?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.36,0:01:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[synth music]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.06,0:01:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[camera clicks]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.66,0:01:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm based in Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.69,0:01:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it's an amazing place \Nto be because I can focus,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.04,0:01:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can have the type of studio that I need,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.39,0:01:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can introduce a new project here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.84,0:01:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is a network of people that I know here \Nthat can help sort of inform and build my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.94,0:01:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it really becomes this interesting \Nsort of laboratory for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.50,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[spectators oohing]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.62,0:01:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first Soundsuit was in '92 in response \Nto the Rodney King incident, the L.A. riots.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.44,0:01:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sitting in the park one day \Nand just sort of thinking about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.98,0:01:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it feel like to be \Ndiscarded, dismissed, profiled?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.40,0:02:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this twig on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.56,0:02:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I looked at that twig as something discarded.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.82,0:02:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I proceeded to just start \Ncollecting the twigs in the park.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.06,0:02:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I brought them all back to the studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.94,0:02:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I started to build this sculpture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.57,0:02:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[indistinct conversations]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.90,0:02:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to realize that the moment I \Nstarted to move in it, it made sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.14,0:02:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then it just literally put \Neverything in perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.10,0:02:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was building this suit of armor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.96,0:02:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I could shield \Nmyself from the world and society.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.42,0:02:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so out of that came this \Nsculpture-performative kind of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.68,0:02:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think after the first Soundsuit,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.02,0:03:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a different approach to art making.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.14,0:03:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that I was \Nan artist with a conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.54,0:03:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The moment I did was the moment that \Nmy life literally turned upside-down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.51,0:03:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[energetic pulsing music]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.92,0:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's just me kind of experimenting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, you know, a scientist \Nexploring alternative ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— How's it look?\N— Awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.77,0:03:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Oh, my God. It looks amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.24,0:03:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] I wanted to be not necessarily \Nsomething that is defined.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.84,0:03:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, like with the Soundsuit, \NI don't draw any of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.82,0:03:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— If that's areas that are,\Nlike, bad, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.66,0:03:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put a yellow pin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.04,0:03:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.54,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] I work hard, but I'm one single individual.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.51,0:04:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just too much. And so I had \Nto hire 3 full-time assistants.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.13,0:04:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[violin music]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.78,0:04:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there's, you know, 10 studio assistants \Nthat are regular full-time assistants.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.44,0:04:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all artists, which is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.16,0:04:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— I got just the end left.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.31,0:04:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just, you know, maybe 2 1/2\Nsquare feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.39,0:04:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's about 2 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.29,0:04:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should be done, you know,\NThursday, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.02,0:04:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] If I'm coming up with a new \Nconcept for a Soundsuit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.78,0:04:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tend to always do the first one myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.22,0:05:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very meditative for me. \NI can do it for hours on end.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.08,0:05:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— I just need a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.85,0:05:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] It's all really based on one \Nobject that becomes the instigator.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.88,0:05:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how a Soundsuit is built.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.71,0:05:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's built on me sort of identifying an object \Nand then me taking that object and relocating it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.78,0:05:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on and around the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.18,0:05:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then that begins this sort of journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.47,0:05:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cars driving]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.78,0:05:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— We need metal flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.68,0:05:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— A lot of metal flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.31,0:05:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] We just did a road trip looking for materials for \Nthe body of work that I'm working on currently.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.32,0:05:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Let's go back here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.67,0:05:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at all this silver.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.80,0:05:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to start collecting\Nthat.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.40,0:05:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] I find that when it comes to \Nlooking for supplies for my work,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.86,0:06:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm at the flea markets, the antique malls
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.88,0:06:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for something that \Nmay spark a new direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.18,0:06:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— There's a lot of ducks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.29,0:06:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— No ducks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.39,0:06:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— No ducks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.88,0:06:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] I don't have a list ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.36,0:06:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may not know how I'm going \Nto use it right at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.44,0:06:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it all eventually sort of comes back \Naround and enters the work at some point.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.92,0:06:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm finding that I'm building work \Nas we're antiquing right on the spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.40,0:06:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may build an entire piece \Nbecause I will find "x" here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.12,0:06:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'll say, OK, I need \Nto find this to go with "x."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.20,0:06:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[strumming music]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.76,0:07:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of this kind of stuff is nostalgic. It is \Nthis place that we want to sort of remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.41,0:07:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.16,0:07:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I just started buying these ceramic birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.48,0:07:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you know, I bought them \Nbecause in my upbringing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.84,0:07:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was what was considered precious art.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.12,0:07:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it was kept in the china cabinet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.70,0:07:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was my way of staying connected to \Nmy grandparents as they were getting older.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.14,0:07:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was my way of honoring \Nand sort of celebrating how
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.93,0:07:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they influenced my upbringing and my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.64,0:07:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.86,0:07:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a part of the work is really about this \Nsense of honor in the celebratory kind of way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.74,0:07:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Soundsuits are fantastic, fantastical.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.21,0:08:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.15,0:08:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very much interested in being able to create \Nthese concepts that I can immerse myself in.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.88,0:08:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cranbrook Art Museum really became \Nthe core of this immersive experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.24,0:08:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From that core were these satellite experiences \Nthat were built around performance activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.00,0:08:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Choreographer]...as you're\Ndoing this, don't forget,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.91,0:08:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more trotting, more\Npersonality,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.66,0:08:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more character. Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.66,0:08:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More energy, more energy, more\Nenergy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.73,0:08:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There can never be enough\Nenergy...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.21,0:09:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Cave] One of the performances at Cranbrook was \Nreally working with the Detroit School of Arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.55,0:09:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a public high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.18,0:09:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think dance has always been a \Nreal critical part of my practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.93,0:09:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[energetic music]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.84,0:09:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Soundsuits are really \Nbroken up into 2 bodies of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.94,0:09:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is sculpture work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.30,0:09:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, and that's sort of the\Nstatic work that, you know, you see in the museums.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.42,0:09:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's this sort \Nof performance, uh, Soundsuits.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.41,0:09:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[drum music]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.94,0:09:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.56,0:09:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When producing a project of that scale--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.06,0:09:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these components and parts and elements--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.84,0:10:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're all--it's like building\Na collage.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.53,0:10:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[drumming]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.67,0:10:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think by the end of the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.80,0:10:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably over 500 people were involved \Nin some aspect of the performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.82,0:10:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we were interested \Nin making happen in Detroit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.28,0:10:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we get people out of their \Ncommunities and engaged with the arts?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.00,0:10:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[clapping]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.36,0:10:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Trayvon Martin" is a new work \Nthat was shown at Cranbrook.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.38,0:10:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's made up of a Black mannequin dressed \Nin a hoodie and sneakers and jeans.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.36,0:10:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then surrounding its body \Nis these plastic blow molds.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.46,0:11:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which are, like, sometimes at Halloween,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.10,0:11:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are these plastic forms \Nthat are set out in yards.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.00,0:11:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they are surrounding this \Nsort of figure almost as guardians.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.16,0:11:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then over top of the entire structure is \Nthis web that's constructed out of pony beads.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.04,0:11:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So from a distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.06,0:11:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looks like this amazing sort of gold \Nsculptural form until you get up close
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.80,0:11:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize that there \Nis someone trapped inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.33,0:11:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[synth music]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.88,0:11:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very, very disturbing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.51,0:11:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's going on right now politically \Nwithin the Black community,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.18,0:11:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only Chicago but around the country \Nwhat's going on with police brutality
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.76,0:11:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these unarmed Black men that are being killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.94,0:12:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it just goes on and on.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.18,0:12:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I think at the end of the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.80,0:12:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's me giving back to the community \Nand being this sort of change agent.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.72,0:12:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to change our way of \Nengaging with one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.88,0:12:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to use art as a form of diplomacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.22,0:12:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I'm in this state of urgency right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.64,0:12:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.12,0:12:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just feel so unsettled.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.17,0:12:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm doing what I'm doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.36,0:12:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not sure if it's happening fast enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.46,0:12:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.42,0:12:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[soft electronic music]