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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.14,0:00:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in the middle of installing\N"Party on the CAPS".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.15,0:00:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this curved wall that we\Npicked up in three parts,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.18,0:00:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to be put together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.63,0:00:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,painted,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.63,0:00:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then eventually installed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.98,0:00:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will be, actually,\Na screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have these parameters,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.49,0:00:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the sound,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.85,0:00:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the editing,\Nthe animation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.30,0:00:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is designed for the film.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.96,0:00:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I add the space--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.56,0:00:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many screens,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.86,0:00:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.58,0:00:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, everything is coming together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the final touch is:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.32,0:00:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the video finally makes it onto\Nthe surfaces that we built for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.97,0:00:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is,\Nthings that are level never look straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.04,0:01:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the step where I get to edit my film,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.15,0:01:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but using space instead of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.90,0:01:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go shot by shot,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.82,0:01:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for each shot,\Ndecide what do you see where.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.58,0:01:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can make cuts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.58,0:01:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can also show something\Nin different places.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.76,0:01:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That has an effect on\Nhow you experience the film.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.16,0:01:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Meriem Bennani: In Between Languages"]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.28,0:01:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sculptures started happening\Nwith the films in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.30,0:01:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I never made a sculpture that's not\Npaired with a film.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.38,0:01:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You bring into it things that are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.94,0:01:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characteristics of another way of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.56,0:01:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You learn something from animation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.94,0:01:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to do with humor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.46,0:02:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you can make sculptures\Nthat are funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.80,0:02:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll have the master version of the video--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.54,0:02:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what you would watch as a film--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.02,0:02:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the sculptures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.72,0:02:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they come from a digital world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.52,0:02:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.08,0:02:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they're fabricated.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.12,0:02:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they all come from opposite places\Nand they meet in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.94,0:02:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SOUND OF SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.24,0:02:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the high school I went to\Nin Rabat, Morocco,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.62,0:02:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I filmed a group of teenagers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.40,0:02:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Mission Teens"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.44,0:02:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subject of "MISSION TEENS" is\Nthe French-speaking culture in Morocco.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.14,0:03:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN, IN FRENCH]\N--So I've been in the French system
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.57,0:03:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--since...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.06,0:03:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--basically since kindergarten.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.60,0:03:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NThe biggest tool for the way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.80,0:03:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that French maintain this power
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.29,0:03:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.29,0:03:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SHEEP, IN FRENCH]\N--Having your kids at the Mission is...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.58,0:03:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--is prestigious!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.04,0:03:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NThe film is not about how
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.25,0:03:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French is not a Moroccan language,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.13,0:03:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's more so about why French is political
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.41,0:03:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also a soft power tool.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.34,0:03:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[TEACHER, OFF-SCREEN, IN FRENCH]\N--So, the definition of Third World is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.26,0:03:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something you need to master!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.56,0:03:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NI was French educated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.66,0:03:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned about French history,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.58,0:03:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French geography.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.58,0:03:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ways that I thought are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.82,0:03:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the way that I developed\Nbeing able to be critical--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.36,0:03:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these things are\Ncomplete products of French school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.48,0:03:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to emancipate myself from that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.65,0:03:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.13,0:03:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN, IN FRENCH]\N--The French Mission it's that we don't focus
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.34,0:03:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--so much on the country we live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.55,0:03:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Knowing that, even if it's a French school,\Nbut it's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.38,0:03:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--we're in Morocco and I would like it if
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.34,0:03:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--they focused more on Morocco and Islam and everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.98,0:04:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[HOUSE, SINGING]\N--I'm a fancy house in Rabat...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.54,0:04:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NAlso, I filmed houses from the neighborhoods
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.94,0:04:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where most people who\Ngo to French school live.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.20,0:04:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[HOUSE, SINGING]\N--Got me up a golden door.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.40,0:04:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--I'm very much what everyone admires.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.50,0:04:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NFrom the architecture,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.90,0:04:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see what lifestyle people aspire to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.64,0:04:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"MISSION TEENS,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.72,0:04:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's first been shown here at\Nthe Whitney Biennial,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.94,0:04:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside these sculptures on the terrace.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.34,0:04:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called them "viewing stations."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.96,0:04:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[HOUSE, SINGING]\N--Palm trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.68,0:04:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Marble floors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.86,0:04:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NWhen you press the button,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.04,0:04:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually steals the video\Nfrom the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.20,0:04:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other person on the other side\Npresses the button as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.42,0:04:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it becomes about having to coexist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.16,0:04:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.66,0:04:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The themes I choose for my work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.19,0:04:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't make a conscious choice of being like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.36,0:04:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to talk about post-colonialism."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.58,0:04:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.52,0:05:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follow what I spontaneously am drawn to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.70,0:05:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In "Party on the CAPS,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.94,0:05:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagined a world where\Nteleportation is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.96,0:05:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ALLIGATOR]\N--Remember when teleportation replaced airplanes?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.78,0:05:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NIt's kind of like thinking about\Nimmigration in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.44,0:05:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["America's bouncer"]\N--You can't come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.88,0:05:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--You can't come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.12,0:05:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BENNANI]\NEurope and America would freak out\Nabout their borders
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.44,0:05:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if teleportation was possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.57,0:05:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Caps is an island\Nin the middle of the Atlantic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.37,0:06:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a place where American troopers--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.49,0:06:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is like a new version of I.C.E.,\Nkind of--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.29,0:06:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has put people that have been intercepted\Nfrom Africa trying to teleport to America.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.39,0:06:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the place has become\Na place of its own.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.06,0:06:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole island of The Caps
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.30,0:06:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a physical analogy\Nfor the idea of diaspora--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.47,0:06:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how people think of diaspora as either\Nhaving to fully assimilate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.33,0:06:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or return to the land they come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.53,0:06:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that actually there's a third alternative,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.93,0:06:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is in that in-between.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.34,0:06:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Can you have the starting point be where\Nthe lens would be?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.32,0:06:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--See, the screen should come here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.24,0:06:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually when something interests me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.04,0:06:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not able to clarify at first\Nwhy I'm interested in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.86,0:06:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that effort to articulate that interest,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.34,0:06:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.92,0:06:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't been able to express myself
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.60,0:06:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or articulate myself with words\Nas well as I would like to.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.92,0:07:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that has to do with\Nbeing here for ten years
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.02,0:07:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being English-as-a-second-language,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.72,0:07:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling like I'm losing\Na bit of my first language,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.70,0:07:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a very strange feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.94,0:07:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always been in between languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.54,0:07:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that developing this practice\Nthat pulls from so many different languages--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.88,0:07:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of TV,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.20,0:07:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cinema,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.23,0:07:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sculpture and installation--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.04,0:07:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mixing it all together has allowed me\Nto hit the right note,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.70,0:07:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my own way.